Soccer, Halloween Parade, New Tooth and a Favorite Thing

We have been very busy this past week!  Grant had his last soccer game and scored 3 goals.  He thinks the easiest way to score is to kick the ball towards the goal and if he misses.....he goes and picks the ball up and places it right in front of the goal and kicks it in!  Everyone gets a big laugh out of it.  I tried to explain that he can't do that but it hasn't seem to set in just yet.  He got his first trophy and promptly broke it within a few hours.  He carried it around the house and then jumped on the couch with it in his hand......and the soccer ball broke right off!  Super glue has repaired it for now.  

We had our neighborhood Halloween Parade this past Sunday.  It was sooooo cold that we left Luke and Sloan at home.  Grant was adamant that he didn't need a jacket.  Good thing I took it anyway since he was begging for it not long after we started the parade.  He went as Super Why.  He got to wear his costume to school today for their Halloween party.

CC came to help out for a few days since I had a meeting to go to.  She and Grant went to the aquarium and to see a movie.  He actually sat through the entire movie, Nemo.  He had a great time!

Sloan is now cutting another tooth.  Her top, right tooth is starting to come in now.  The other top tooth is still coming in too.  Her teeth seem to take forever to come in.  She loves to grind them together which is horrible to listen to.  She has a "favorite" thing now.  It is a little white dog that came attached to some balloons that she got for her birthday.  We call it her "doggie" and she will look for it if you ask her where it is.  She just holds it as she crawls around and gets really upset if you take it away from her.  The problem is that it is not the best quality so I don't know how long it will last.  I have tried to swap it out for other stuffed animals but have had zero luck so far.

I have started to try and force her to walk more but she just stomps her feet and fusses after a few steps.  Then, she drops and crawls super fast to what she wants.  She is on her own timeline with walking obviously. 

Sloan now loves to crawl on top of things and sit.  If you put a pillow on the floor, she will crawl to the middle and turn around and just sit there with a toy.  It is pretty funny to watch. 

She loves to get in the dog bed

About to go out to eat and I couldn't get a smile.  She looked cute though!

 End of season soccer party! 

 The first trophy!

 Sloan and her "doggie"

 Sitting on the pillow with the doggie

 In her new jacket...ready for the cold

 Brrrrrrrr.....it was really cold and Super Why put a jacket on right after this picture

 Sloan loves to look out the window.  She also likes to lick the window, yuk!



Sloan's One Year Pictures

Horse rides and pumpkin carving

We had a fun weekend!  Grant got to ride a horse!  We went to McKenna Farms which is a Rehab farm for children with illnesses and disabilities.  Our neighbor used their services for their little boy before he passed away.  They had a fundraiser this weekend so we went to support them.  Grant got to see lots of horses and ride one.  I thought he might be a little scared since these are not small horses but he got right on.  His horse was named "Star".  

One of Grant's new words is "cool".  He has been using it to describe all kinds of things lately.  Guessing he got this one from a preschool friend.

We also carved our pumpkins.  Grant loved using a spoon to scoop out the guts of the pumpkins.  And he demanded that we cook the seeds so he could eat them.  I think they must have discussed this at school too.  So we salted them and cooked them.  And he ate a lot of them and I made him save some for later in the week.  He LOVES any kind of nuts or seeds for some reason.

I took Sloan for her 1 year pictures and they turned out great!  However, the CD I got had the wrong pictures on it.  I am going to pick up the right one tomorrow hopefully and then I can post her pictures.  

Sloan is also now saying "uh oh" when anything drops on the ground or if she throws something.  She is really starting to babble more and more but it is still mostly nonsense.

Getting ready to ride! 

Dialogue with a 3 year old

There is always an interesting conversation in the car on the way to preschool with Grant.  I never know what it will be but this morning was funny.  Here is how it went...

Grant:  Mom, are you going to hospital today? (he says this because we tell him that I go see doctors for work)
Me:  Yes, why?
Grant: I have been to the hospital
Me: Yes, when you burned your hands when you were little
Grant: No, I went when sloan was little
Me: Yes, when sloan was born, you came to the hospital for a little while
Grant: Why did sloan leave hospital?
Me: Because we brought her home to get big like you
Grant: I don't want to get big! (in a whiny voice)
Me: Why do you not want to get big?  Everyone gets big one day
Grant: Cause then my Super Why costume won't fit!  (I laughed out loud at that one)
Me: They make bigger costumes when you get bigger
Grant: OHHHH! I actually need a bigger one now!
Me: Next year you can get a bigger one
Grant: Ok

Crazy boy!

Sloan's ONE Year Stats

I took Sloan for her 1 year appointment today! She weighs 16lb 15oz (15 percentile) and her height is 28.5 inches (40th percentile).  Her head was 17 and 5/8 inches as well.  She is long and skinny, ha ha!  She got one shot today (PCV - pneumonia).  Everything else was perfect and she goes back at 15 months.

In other news, her top, left tooth broke through the skin today!  Now she has a whopping 3 teeth!  The other top tooth is about to come through as well.  She now grinds her teeth together and it sounds awful.  She has also developed quite a fondness for mommy lately.  If she sees me and I walk out of the room or out of her sight, she starts crying big tears.  It is sad but funny too since she immediately stops crying when I pick her up.  SPOILED already!  Grant never did that but he is just soooooo outgoing that he would go with anyone.  I can see already that she is not like him in that respect.

Sloan will have her 1 year pictures done on Friday so let's hope she smiles big!

Halloween costumes, JW's party and Sloan is ONE!

We had a great weekend!  Grant and Sloan put on their costumes so CC could get some pictures....of course that is asking a lot for both of them to cooperate at the same time, lol!  Grant decided to keep on his Super Why costume almost the entire weekend!  Papa Bill's back is probably hurting from carrying him around so Grant could pretend he was flying. 

We went to JW's first birthday party.  Grant had a blast with all of the barnyard themed items as well as the jump house.  He did get a bit aggressive and kick a much bigger kid off of a tractor.....hmmmm.  

Sloan turned ONE on Sunday and she got to smash her cake and open gifts.  She was slow to start on the cake but then got into it.  She has 2 teeth on the bottom but her top teeth are about to break through.  Her doctor's appointment is this week so we will have her stats soon.

Not a happy little lamb!  This face says it all, ha ha!

 She would only look down at the straw....oh well.

 Riding JW's cow rocker

 Grant playing in the barn

 Queen of this Jump House!

 Grant striking a pose....we are in trouble when he is a teenager!

Papa Bill, CC and the kids.....not an easy one to get

 Happy Birthday!

 Ready for some cake!

 She was not sure what was going on

 But then she got into it....

 Holding up her litttle finger.....One Year Old!

 Her Butterfly rocker

 We tried to add JW to the picture too....he wasn't very happy though.  Maybe next time but it is sooooo hard to get them all to pay attention....and smiling is just way to much to ask for!

 Sloan playing with some of her new toys

 She was tired at this point

Grant flying around the house

 Exploring JW's party

 Nana, Sloan and me

 Rhett and I puting Grant's shoes back on while Sloan's stares at us like we are crazy

 Brittani, JW, Sloan and Me

 Our new Halloween blow ups!  CC sent us home with 2 new cats!  Our neighbors loved it!