The Grandma That Lives At Grandma's House??

Samuel is at such a fun age!  I love what he does and says.  Here's a few examples from the past couple of days:

• Samuel keeps the Grandparents straight by calling my Mom (Grandma Stegink), "The Grandma that lives at Grandma's house" and my Dad, "The Grandpa that lives at Grandma's house".  He sometimes call Daryl's Mom "Grandma Neil" and her husband "Grandpa Neil".  
• Samuel loves playing Chutes and Ladders.  He likes to play fast and he can count out the spaces all by himself.  When a ladder is coming up he'll even say "I want a 4" or whatever number it takes to land on the ladder.  Same with a slide . . . "No 3, no 3!"  He's learning his numbers (1-100) really well by playing this game so much.  His favorite numbers are 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, etc.  But instead of twenty-two it is "two-de-two" and thirty-three is "three-de-three".  It makes sense, doesn't it? ;)
• My Mom got Samuel some real soccer shoes at a garage sale this past weekend.  When she gave them to him he was so excited.  He couldn't believe that he had real soccer shoes.  He showed me how he could run so fast in the grass now and kick the soccer ball so far.  He then told me, "Look Mom!  They even have prickles on the bottom of them!"