OT

From ages 0-2ish Grant had occupational therapy. We worked on getting him to eat and to use his right hand. He graduated OT at 2 1/2 and has continued to favor his left hand. After a few months of preschool it was determined that he should start up occupational therapy again. This time he does it at Beaumont in the very cool room pictured here. They keep Grant's attention by having him do a fine motor activity and then as a reward he can play around in here. He loves going and we are starting to see signs of improvement!

Grant's Birthday

For Grant's 5th birthday we took him to Beauty and the Beast (the play). From the time the first actor came out until the finale his jaw was on the floor. He thought everything was funny and when the actors on the stage would ask a question Grant would yell out the answer. The coolest part was at the end the whole cast sang happy birthday to him and gave him a gift. (They do this if you come within a week of your birthday.) We thought it would be special for Grant to be alone with Jim and me but the whole time he kept saying he wished Kate was there with him!

After the play we came back to our house where Grandma and Grandpa Koss and Lindsay, Josh and Oliver met us. Grant wanted a transformer theme so we ate transformer cupcakes and played pin the helmet on the transformer. Kate pinned the helmet on papa's nose and he kept it there all night. I think it was one of the best days of Grant's life ever.

When he was asleep that night Jim and I went in and prayed for him and thanked God over and over that He saved Grant's life 5 years ago!

Advent

I had been feeling quite proud of Grant's spiritual questions...until today. :) He had been asking if God leaves dirt piles when He moves mountains and had been wondering how exactly God got in his heart? Did he swim in, jump in, or walk in? I thought he had been jiving with the whole advent thing too, until today he pointed at the advent calendar and asked "when are we going to do the chocolate chart today?"