Happy Belated Birthday, Grant!

So, It has been 3 weeks now, but Grant did have a Birthday and is now 3 years old.  My oh my, how time flies!!  He is such a delight.  I am so glad to have him as part of our family.

At Grant's well-child visit, he weighed 31 pounds (41st percentile) and was 36 1/2 inches tall (19th percentile).  In every way he is as healthy as a horse.  He is the funniest child.  He always makes us laugh.  He is still not potty trained.  Typical responses from when when asked when he will potty train include: "In 3 days. No, actually, 6 days." or "When I am a girl".  Needless to say, we haven't gotten too far in that realm.  When he's ready, he'll do it, I suppose. 

Grant loves train, tractors, cars- anything with wheels.  He enjoys playing with his sisters and loves to do everything they do- which unfortunately sometimes includes dressing up like a fairy and dancing around the living room.  (Let's hope he outgrows that really soon!)

One funny quirk about Grant is that he hates it when I pull my hair back in a pony tail.  He gets super upset and will at times go into hysterics until I take out the hair tie and leave it down.  Funny guy.  Not quite sure what that is all about. 

Here's his Birthday interview followed by some pictures of his Birthday:

How old are you now?
I don't know.   
How old are you now?
 I don't know.
Grant, are you 2 years old?
Yeah.  I am 2 years old.  I am 2.
Grant, you had a Birthday.  How old did you turn on your Birthday? 

6

You are 3 years old. 
I am 3 years old.

What is your favorite animal?
a tiger

What is your favorite color?
green

What is your favorite food?
white sauce, white noodles.

What is your favorite treat?
chocolate.
Chocolate what?
Chocolate mango. (I laughed)
Chocolate milk.
Do you have chocolate milk mom?
I just laughed again and told him no.
What is your favorite book?
My truck book that has lots of pages in it.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
a teenager

Who loves you the most?
Emma

What is your favorite part of the day?
ride bikes

What is your favorite thing to do?
play



The dining area all decked out for the Birthday Breakfast- the big 3 balloon was a gift from the kids' adopted Grandma.





It's all about the cream for this guy; I let him lick the beaters on his Birthday.  He wanted pancakes with cream and strawberries for breakfast.  He doesn't like syrup.  He informs us it makes him too sticky. 

He loves that cream!

Yummy pancakes!

Grandma Pilz sent him $3.  His exclamation upon pulling them out of the envelope was: "Three monies!!!!!!"  He then immediately handed one to each of his sisters.  So sweet. 

Playing with his new Lightning McQueen racetrack from mom and dad.

Birthday cake- I love the look on his face.  I am kind of selfish and if I can get away with it, I make a cake that I like.  Since Grant's only request for his Birthday cake was that it had cream and berries on it, I got to make my absolute favorite pound cake recipe.  Delicious.  I was glad to see that he was delighted as well.  (Emma has even requested it for her Birthday in May!)

Enjoying his cake

After lunch and cake, we packed into the van and headed for the Central Valley.  We stayed one night in a hotel, went out to dinner and the next day went to "Color the Skies"- a hot air balloon festival.  Of course, what did the children do upon entering the hotel room?  You guessed it!!  Jumped on the beds, of course!



We spent some time in the pool, too.  Here's the Birthday boy enjoying the steps.



It was not much of a surprise that by bedtime they had gotten quite daring!

Here we are early in the morning at the festival.  Unfortunately, it was too windy for the balloons to actually take off.  There were many more things to see, luckily!

The petting zoo was the most favorite attraction for the children- the girls especially.

Sky divers!  It was so neat to see them land.  There were about 12 of them total!

Synchronized kite flying show set to music.  Very impressive.  I had never seen anything like that before!