Pryor sings the ABCs

Need I say more?

Carnegie Science Center

We went to the Carnegie Science Center on Sunday after church and since they didn't have Sunday school we were able to get downtown just before 11 AM.

It was just FABULOUS!!! The children hadn't ever been to a nice science museum. We saw three floors and didn't even visit the top floor where they have the water table and other typical children's museum exhibits nor did we see the naval submarine docked outside.

We saw the Sky Above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood show at the digital dome theater. They have an aquarium area and a model railroad exhibit. Of course Grady loved the K'Nex exhibit - yes, they really have a k'nex exhibit!

We saw the Meringue Madness show at the test kitchen. Alice and Grady raised their hands and particpated in the show - see the pictures below. Of course, my favorite part was the sample at the end!

Breaking News, Part Two

The tooth fairy has been very busy here recently!

His smile looks so different! It's crazy! He is so excited. He seemed surprised that the tooth fairy brought the same amount that she had for the first three! ($2.00 - coin dollars)

Breaking News

Breaking news!! The other tooth that was not quite as loose this weekend, came out today!

Grady - in an act of love I have never seen in him before - kept the lost tooth a secret. He lost it at Powered Up - a church program/dinner on Thursday nights. Stephen went to pick them up - and they both said they had a secret they would tell when they got home. They both kept the secret the entire fifteen minutes.

When they got home, Grady told us - and the fact he had saved it till home made me cloud up! So precious!

Playdate

We invited some friends to come over and play yesterday afternoon and had a great time!

Grady asked Jack, a little boy from his class. Jack liked legos but had never heard of k'nex. Grady was more than happy to inform him. I'm not sure how many words the little boy spoke the whole time he was here.

Alice invited Michelle R. (not to be confused with Michelle G., twin sister to Rachel, both of whom we have played with before) to come over. Her Mom, who is from Germany, also brought her 5th grade daughter and her 3 (almost 4) year old son. Pryor played with Nicklaus and the two got along well.

After a while, we all played Scene It! Disney version - the DVD video clip/board game. The children and I had been playing it earlier in the week. I'm embarrassed to say that my children kept on answering for the other children but I think everyone had a good time.

Home Movies

Grady was pushing Pryor in a big container. He wanted me to film him.

Then Alice wanted a turn. In this second video, you can almost hear what Pryor is saying, "Hello, Baseball Game!" He was actually holding Grady's basketball game which is similar to Grady's baseball game. Pryor was talking into it like a phone. He is really becoming a chatty chad!

I can't believe that Grady's front tooth has still not come out! When he wiggled his tooth on this video, I thought for sure it was coming out that night. Here we are two days later and it still is in!

Holidays and Outfits

This was before church on Sunday in some adorable outfits from Mom. Later that night, we did a couple of movie clips - I'll post them next.

I just found out about this yesterday: this is the first year this school system has had two weeks off at Christmas. Normally, they only have one!!! Good grief! Are you kidding me? I was already upset that they don't have a spring break - only 2 days before and one day after Easter. I think I would have had a nervous breakdown with only one week of school.

It has been snowing off and on for the last few days. We haven't even gotten in our boots to go out and play in it. I guess it's becoming old already - uh oh! It may be a long winter!

Halloween Pics - Better Late than Never

We had an excellent Halloween this year! Thank you to Amy Colton for our costumes!

Grady as a Karate guy

Alice as a mermaid (she said she was Ariel.)

Pryor as a bunny rabbit

Haruka, Grady and Alice out trick or treating! They were out for the max allotted time: 6-8 PM - no more no less! Haruka didn't want to go out - we convinced her to go! Who wouldn't want to go and get free candy?

Grady and his hoard - I was blown away by his catch.

Alice got an incredible stash as well - full size candy bars and everything!

A Celebrity in our House

This picture is interesting for two reasons:

- Grady is a cutie patootie in the back row in the middle (with his head askew)

- I didn't realize he will be in the Class of 2020!!

Leaves

These pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago, although we were out raking leaves again yesterday. In fact, almost all of the leaves are off this tree today.

Grady loves raking, especially if we pay him a little money!

They wanted to get buried in the leaves and have me take a picture. Well, all you could see in the picture was a pile of leaves!

Grady loves posing for the camera!