by Jessica McCanse on December 16, 2008
Seth just told me about the night that he, Grayson, and Papa (Grandpa Rick) went to get our Christmas tree. There was a big fire pit in the middle of a clearing, and as they approached it — not close, but just close enough to begin to feel the warmth — Grayson said, very seriously: [...]
by Jessica McCanse on December 15, 2008
Today, Grayson seemed to be so much older than 2. From his verbal oddities (”Grayson, do you wanna go downstairs?” / “I WOULD like to go downstairs, actually.”) to his height, it just seems weird to think his 3rd birthday is still a month away.
After work, we drove around a little to look at Christmas [...]
by Jessica McCanse on December 12, 2008
Grayson’s babysitter, Kristi, has a 7-year-old son named Quinten. Grayson and Quinten get along very well. Recently, Q has been looking through his stuff to find things to give to Grayson. This week we ended up with 3 Batman shirts, a Superman costume, and a Batman cape. We haven’t gotten Grayson to try anything else [...]
by Jessica McCanse on December 11, 2008
I was reading stories to him last night, and this book about tractors said something like “a skid steer loader’s bucket has a flat bottom.”
Grayson got a really funny look and said, “Mama, tractors don’t have bottoms!”
I explained it wasn’t a bottom like OUR bottoms, but demonstrated like this: “See, this is the top of [...]