A John Deere Gator

One of Anna Grace's big Christmas presents this year was a John Deere Gator. My parents got it for her and they were so excited about it that they wanted to give it to her on Christmas eve day. We took her on a scavenger hunt to find it.


Where could it be Nana?? What am I even looking for??

How big is it?? Is it in the tree house??

Is it a letter?? Is it in the mailbox? Oh Look! There is a letter from Santa in the mailbox. Is that what I am looking for?

Hmmmmm... nothing new in the front yard. What are we looking for, Nana??

There is the Gator..... parked beside the shed.

Anna Grace has a tricycle, a bicycle, a big wheel and a pink car that all have pedals. We have tried to show her over and over again how to pedal and ride these fun toys, but she has no interest in them. Every now and then she will ask to ride one of them, but she never pedals. She uses her feet on the road to push it and make it go. Kind of like the Flinstones.
Well, she has a few friends with battery powered cars - Spencer, Bess and Mason to name a few. She loves to ride in them with her friends, but she likes to be the passenger. She is very content being the passenger and has expressed no interest in wanting to drive one.

Anna Grace has found the Gator. When she first saw it she just stood there frozen (almost scared) and looked at it. Then she slowly moved towards it and got in the passenger seat.

Nana told her to move to the driver's seat. This battery powered car was for her and she was the driver. She said, "I know that, Nana." Then we all stood there and watched her as she just sat there and looked at us and snickered a little bit. We told her to push the pedal to make it go and she said, "It kind of scares me a little bit." We told her it was ok and that we were all there to help her.

She was very cautious at first, but the more she drove it, the more she enjoyed it. Here she told Thomas to take a picture of her! She was happy now!

Wyatt came over and she even took him for a ride in her new "car". Wyatt kept smiling and laughing and saying, "Look Nana! I'm in tractor!" and "Look Big Pop! I'm in tractor!"

Wyatt had a great time and AG enjoyed driving him around the backyard.