Carrots, Zoo Preschool Trip, Jon Walter's Birthday Party, and an Early Birthday for Sloan

Carrots! Both of our kids love eating raw carrots now. Grant has always liked them and Sloan wants everything he has of course. She has choked on them before but now she is pretty good at chewing them up. She loves to dip them in ranch dressing too.

Busy times lately! Grant's class got to visit the zoo and they had a great time. His favorite animal was the komodo dragon. He talked about it all day until we finally got to see it. He and his classmate Toby spent a lot of the day together seeing all of the animals.

We also just changed our nanny. We got Penni back who was our nanny when Grant was a baby and we are so excited. Both kids absolutely love her and so do we.

We all went to Easley this past weekend for Jon Walter's birthday party. It was themed a "Big Dig" and we all had a great time. Grant and Sloan got to ride on a bull dozer and in a dump truck. They loved playing in the sand and seeing the family. We also had an early celebration for Sloan's birthday. She got all kinds of new toys that she loves.....a precious tee pee tent, a ride on toy with music, a my little pony that talks, a princess set and some new baby dolls....one even has its own potty and goes pee pee and poo poo, lol! We will celebrate her birthday again on her actual birthday.

Preschool, Dress Up, new toys and Oh Gosh!

We have been busy these days with soccer, preschool, swim lessons and much more. Sloan is cutting 2 top teeth and just got over a cold (no ear infection, woo hoo!). She continues to say "oh gosh!" all the time and it is so funny. She says it when something is dropped or when she doesn't get her way. She and Grant have a love/hate relationship these days. When one of them has something, the other wants it. It causes lots of arguments to say the least. Grant's latest concept: I had the candy Mike and Ike's in my car. On the way to school he asked if he could have "some of that gum". I told him it wasn't gum but he could have some. He then said "I like to call it gum because Sloan can't have gum".


Grant got his last 4 year shot which was his second MMR and it also included his second chicken pox. He is done with shots now until he is 11 years old! Woo hoo!

Sloan's new word is "share" and she shakes her head up and down (like saying yes). However, she totally does NOT understand the real concept of the word. She says "share" when she wants something from Grant. But if we say it to her, she refuses to give up whatever it is that we are asking for. And when we just take it from her, she screams "Oh Gosh!"

Grant's Preschool Class 

New pirate ship to play with! 

New duck callers from CC! They may disappear randomly soon..... 

Playing dress up! 

Go Gamecocks! 

Sloan's new favorite thing...hanging from the countertop! 

The Beach!

Here are the other pictures from the beach! We had a great time this year. Grant got to play with his cousin Drew and they had a ton of fun at the beach, the pool, putt putt, etc. We got to see a man catch a shark on the beach in front of the house we rented....a little disturbing but fun to see. That same fisherman used a net to catch a bunch of bait fish and let Grant throw the ones back that were too big. He loved picking them up and tossing them back into the ocean.

We took the kids to play Putt Putt and that was an adventure. Grant and Drew were more interested and going as fast as they could through the holes to see all of the stuff on each hole. Sloan liked the hole where the ball entered a fake log and then came out the other end. She would throw it in and then go get it and do it all over again and again! We got ice cream afterwards which was great because it soooooo hot!

We went to the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and took the kids on the Ferris wheel (Sky View). It has enclosed, air conditioned seats and goes really high. Grant really liked being able to see everything that high. Sloan could have cared less but I was glad she didn't freak out.

We also got to visit with Luke's granddad, Aunt Jill and Uncle William, Mama Cindy and Papa David, and grandpa Jimmy. We can't wait for next year!

Grant and Drew eating at River City Cafe! 

Sloan's the first day at the beach! 

The Shark! 

Ready to eat! 

We got crab legs and both kids loved it! They made crab fingers for themselves!