Wednesday With Reece

I went to get dog food yesterday evening, and when I got home Reece was here!

His art project for our latest lesson was to make a pizza. We used a paper plate, red finger paint mixed with a little Elmer's glue and some Italian seasoning (for the sauce), and cut-up bits of construction paper for the toppings. He had fun making his pizza, and because of the Italian seasoning it even smelled liked real pizza.

We used another paper pizza to learn about fractions--whole, halves and quarters.

We were supposed to make mini-pizzas with English muffin halves, but I forgot to buy the ingredients, so we'll do that on Friday. Instead, Papa went to Schlotzsky's and got us individual pizzas for supper. Reece and I had pepperoni and cheese. Yum.

The weekend before last Reece went to the Monster Truck Jam with his parents. This is the second year he has gone, and he loved it! He already had a few monster trucks, but has a lot more now. He brought them all with him to show us. He asked if he could watch "monster trucks on Y-tube," and of course I said yes. So he played with his trucks, making them do all the same moves as the trucks on the videos. Last year his favorite was Gravedigger, but this year he seems to like one called Shocker best. He is very serious while he puts them through their paces. :o)

We stayed up pretty late and slept in a bit this morning. (I got up early to let the puppies out and feed them, but since Reece was still asleep, I went back to bed and snuggled with him for awhile).

Later we went with his daddy to Lowe's, then stopped at McDonald's on the way to Great Grans and took her some lunch, too. He loved sharing his monster trucks with her. She's a great playmate.

We took Teddy for a walk, and Reece was so tickled when he discovered that Teddy is afraid of heights. We went up to the third floor where there is a balcony overlooking the pool. Teddy wouldn't go anywhere near the edge. Reece would try to pull him over close to the railing with his leash, and Teddy would lie down and pull back. They were so cute.

When we left Gran's, Reece instructed me to kiss her good-bye and tell her "Merry Christmas." :o) I've been telling him it's not Christmas any more, and he says, "Oh, now it's January." So then he said to Gran, "Happy Holidays!" and waved at her. He cracks me up.

His daddy is working on his car brakes today, and they were going to get a part after I dropped Reece off. He loves doing anything with his daddy.