More on Life with Grayson

Grayson switched classrooms recently at school and has been coming home demonstrating lots of learning, which I LOVE! We have learned all about how he needs to blow his nose to get out mucus (not just snot), the trees are in our ENVIRONMENT, and lots more. But lately he has been talking about being dead. Not sure if this is just a phase or if something happened with a classmate's family and he has just picked up on it through playground gossip.

A couple weeks ago I mentioned that Grayson was carrying around a blanket that my mom had given him when he was first born. His Response:"Mom (big sigh and a look of... you have no idea what you are talking about mom). Grandma DeeDee is dead."
His comment was so matter of fact, like there is no possible way she had given him the blanket because she is not here. He has no memory of her since he was so young when she passed away.

Last week we were driving down the highway and passed the cemetery. As we passed he got excited and said "Thats the flower garden where Grandma DeeDee is dead at". Not sure how he figured out she was "there" since I always just say it is where we go to put out flowers to remember her. I am glad that he views this as a garden though. Since the time he has been able to walk, he has ensured that there are 3 (exact number) pine cones mixed in with her flowers. Its been a cute tradition and I'll be sad if he every forgets it.

Then there was the Museum of Discovery. We went for a dinosaur exhibit. The first thing he says... "That dinosaur is dead. Where did his heart go when he died?" Thats a hard question to answer for a preschooler.

Probably one of the funnier stories.... his first swimming lesson. He was mostly excited (except for a few moments early in the morning where television was more important...this is where the new Angry Bird towel became important... yep I knew this might require a little coersion). He had his goggles on his head for a couple hours and wore his swim trunks all morning. His instructor convinced him to get in the water with her and he participated for the most part. Everytime she would shift her hand placement on him he would say "I don't want to die" in a very solemn serious tone. The funniest part ... he never seemed scared during their session and his poor teacher wasn't sure what to make of it all!