Scene 1: Getting ready for school… Mom: “Grant, get out of bed.” “Grant, eat your toast.” “Grant, please put down the Legos.” “Grant, please hurry or you won’t have time to play on the playground before school.” Scene 2: Walking Grant to school…. Mom: “Grant, you better hurry up or you won’t have time to […]

Scene: Walking Grant to school this morning. I notice a huge spider. Mom: “Hey Grant! Look at that big spider up there in that web!” Grant: “Wow! He is big and is poisonous.” Mom: “No, he’s not poisonous. He’s a nice spider… just a big ole’ Garden Spider.” Grant: (after thinking a moment)…. “What’s he […]

Scene: Our kitchen at lunch time. I have just offered Grant a sandwich…. Grant: “My heart is telling me to have ice cream.” Me: “After you have a sandwich, you may have a little ice cream.” Grant: “If I don’t have it, my heart will stop talking to me.” How do you respond to that?

Scene: the produce section in our grocery store. I am thrilled to see that “Red Lion” Nectarines are in season and on sale. Me: “Oh Grant! Yay! These are so yummy! When you were in my tummy, these nectarines were all that I wanted to eat.” Grant: “I was in your tummy…?” Me: (Oh crap! […]

Driving in the car last night, with Conner and Grant in the back seat…. Conner and I were having a discussion and I needed to say the word “sex” which I decided to spell, since I did not want Grant to hear the word. Big mistake. “What’s S – E – X?” Smooth move, Ex-Lax. […]