"Si-Guy OR Arthur"

The last of the grandsons (at least for now), is Silas Arthur Paul ; age 4. As is stated in the title, he is often referred to as "Arthur". My late Father, was Rev. Arthur Earl Fritz. I feel very blessed to have a grandson who bears his name. Silas has always been known as our "little peanut". He FINALLY made it on the growth chart at his 4-year well-baby checkup. (He is in the 5th and 10th percentile, but, hey, someone has to be on the low end, right?) You would never know to watch him play that he ever had a complication in his life. He was born a month early because he was not growing in the womb and the placenta was also starting to deteriorate. So, getting him into the REAL WORLD where he could eat and grow was a MUST! He had lots and lots of doctors for the first couple of years of his life. I believe he had as many as 9 Specialists at one time. But, little by little, things have either been corrected, or outgrown. He is a feisty little guy. He will start Kindergarten in the Fall - where has the time gone to? He, like both of his other brothers, loves babies - especially baby girls. They all wanted a baby sister so badly and then their Aunt Cherene had the audacity to have 2 boys and no girls, either! (Sorry, Oma.../that is their father, Jeremy and Cherene's mom.) Oma is German for Grandma. When friends of Nichole and Jeremy had a baby girl about 21 months ago (Kaylyn), Silas was OBSESSED with her! He played the "Erin" game whenever anyone would play it with him - which is Kaylyn's mama's name. That game consisted of Silas playing that HE was Kaylyn and whomever played w/him was Erin. He would have you wrap him in a blanket and he'd pretend to kick and cry, etc. But he is very gentle (as are all 3 boys) with their baby girl cousins. Silas played on a "pre T-Ball" league this year - just to learn the game of Baseball. That little peanut would get up and hit the ball on the very first PITCH almost every time! Talk about mouths dropping to the ground. Guess that comes from having two very talented big brothers play with him! He is learning to ride his bike w/o training wheels, since bigger brother, Gideon, learned to earlier this year. If Silas can, he will monopolize ALL your time just playing with him~!!! He LOVES to have a grandparent or aunt or uncle down on the floor with him playing in his bedroom. He comes up with words of his own, such as: "it is an I-GOO-DEE-A, mom" (A good idea!) You know when you hear a little one saying something profound? You almost always know they have "heard" it before from an adult in their life. A couple months ago, he was being babysat by a dear friend of the family, Mona. Since Silas had Mona all to himself, they were playing house. He told her it was time to go to bed, read her a story (I'd have loved to hear that one!) and then told her to get into his bed. He turned out the light and closed the door. After he had closed the door, Mona, being like a child, called "Daddy". Silas opened the door, left the light off and said, "We will not be making a habit of this". LOL! He has on obsession with shoes and hats/or hoodies. If they go on, they don't come off until the end of the day. He also has two people in his life that he feels the need to "guard" from the Grinch. Now, he NEVER has talked to anyone else, ever, about the Grinch. But every time he sees Aunt Beki and his little cousin, Zoe, he protects them from the Grinch~ go figure....????