Grant's Filibuster

Grant uses a great many techniques to get what he wants. Whining, begging, crying, repeating, singing, stealing, throwing, bargaining, bartering, bribing; and now we can add.....filibustering (just like Congress). He usually does it at night when he is way too tired and does not want to got to bed or even be told to go back to bed. So he'll just ignore you and keep talking over you in an attempt to win some more awake time. It doesn't work, except we listen until its over as it is hilarious. But it does make for great blogging! This attempt is full of his favorite thing ever - mowing and weed wacking.

Peter's Laugh

This is the hardest Peter has ever laughed. All Grant's doing. And yes, he did pee his pants, but then again he always does.

Grant is Obsessed with Mowing

Everyday Grant wakes up and wants to mow the grass. Everyday! When I finally get to go out and mow he has to hold my hand (or maybe I have to hold his?) until we're finished. It takes a lot longer than it used to. Anyway, after watching me start the mower so many times here he demonstrates his vast knowledge of starting the mower. We'll cover what to do once we get it going in a later video. Really.




This is Grant demonstrating what to do with the mower once its started and what happens when the grass catcher gets full. He covers maintenance as well. The little guy is amazing at how fast he catches onto things. Of course when its time to get Dad a cold drink, the newspaper, and a foot rub, the kid pretends I'm speaking Swahili.

Little Leap Gets Mowed

This must have been a rainy day out and Grant had brought his mower inside for some practice. He has this talking stuffed animal frog that says the alphabet and stuff. He's called Little Leap. Well, Little Leap was just minding his own business one day in the reading room when Grant found him relaxing on the carpet. As Grant had already made a few passes through the rest of the house he quickly fixed his sights on some fresh frog blood. Peter made several desperate attempts to save the reptile friend but to no avail. The cameraman was apparently held hostage by her own laughter and could only hope her chuckles would console Little Leap as his fate played out before her. Grant must have had the mower set to 'mulch' as he left the machine on top of the victim for some time to ensure full choppage. Just another day in the life of the boy obsessed with mowing.

The Baseball Trip

Here is the only surviving evidence of our trip to Chicago/Milwaukee (there had been some doubts as to our whereabouts by some of the wives). We in fact did make it to Milwaukee and here we are. It actually was a great game, one of the best i've been in attendance for. The kettle corn was the best ever and I'm not a big kettle corn fan. I had 3 chorizo sausages and then almost threw them all up during the sausage race. It was awesome! Milton Bradley has still not recovered from our heckling.