A few of Grant's favorites

At (almost) two and a half years:

Favorite Foods: cheese, graham crackers, peanut butter, cottage cheese (for such a picky eater, we think it's crazy that he's so wild about cottage cheese....he eats bowlfuls of it!), grapes, anything made out of chocolate.

Favorite Toys: all of his Lightning McQueen cars (and other racecars from CARS, the movie); his tricycle (he calls it his motorcycle); his sand/water table in the backyard; his Little People garage.

Favorite Movie: Of course, CARS. We try to introduce new movies but he's not too interested. Today Dean watched Ratatouille with him (we had it recorded on our DVR), and a few minutes into it, he told Dean, "I don't like this movie. It's a little scary."

Favorite TV Shows: At the moment, he really likes Curious George and Handy Manny. He also still likes Little Einsteins quite a bit.

Favorite Song: Jesus Loves Me. He will start singing it out of the blue and it's one of the sweetest things to me. He learned it at school and always asks for Dean to sing it to him before he goes to bed. He also likes Rock a Bye Baby.

Favorite Books: According to Dean (who puts Grant to bed), right now he likes Go Dog Go, The Runaway Bunny, and Bear Snores On (for anyone who doesn't have this book, it's one of our all-time favorites.....), among a few others. Unfortunately, he's not much into books right now, except a few at bedtime. He prefers to read books that he's familar with, so getting books from the library is no fun.....which is sad to me because there are so many I'd love to get! Hopefully he will outgrow this stage soon.....I think during the day he is just too busy to sit down and listen to me read a book to him.

Favorite activities: being outside.....he's always asking to go for a walk or to go out to the backyard. He plays with his sand table and workbench, pushes his lawnmower, and loves to swing and play with the water hose. This worries me a little because it's getting so hot outside already! He gets so bored inside, he doesn't like to do arts/crafts yet, and he doesn't do very well when we run errands. So I don't really know what we're going to do during the days this summer......

Favorite random objects: He absolutely LOVES batteries. He will just hold them in his hand and walk around the house with them, putting them into containers and taking them back out. He does the same with coins and screws. I have been throwing away any of these things when I see them, now.....especially because Drew is starting to crawl. YIKES!