Little Helper

If Jackson is in a bad mood or just being fussy all I have to do is say, "do you want to help mommy?" The answer is always yes. So I then proceed to find something for him to do to help me. This was one such day so I decided to have him help me make our pizza.

It was delicious!

Farewell Spring Break!

Spring break is coming to a close. :-( I sure did enjoy spending so much time with Jackson. Tomorrow it's back to the real world. Here are some pictures from our week.


This was my bathroom after I took a shower the other day. Jackson kept himself entertained.



Then he moved on to his room...


Then he shut the door and got stuck.


We spent several mornings sitting in bed watching Elmo before starting our day.

He chewed on his raspberry and admired Andy.

Then we enjoyed the surprise snow from last night!

We also enoyed seeing Presley, Jacob and Luke, and Colton and Caden. What a treat to see so many friends!

Hello Out There!

I haven't been a good blogger lately. Things have been SUPER busy around here. Work has been hectic and Jackson has been keeping us very busy.

Night times are getting a little tricky. Jackson wants to bring about 10 different things with him when he rocks with me and then he wants to have them all in bed with him. He is definitely starting to stall the bedtime process, running in and out of the room picking out things he wants to take to bed with him. We changed his bed time to a little later because it was becoming obvious that he didn't need quite as much sleep.

I have started giving Jackson his haircuts. I decided it was something I could do to save a little money. His hair grows so fast! We bought a hair trimming kit that came with instructions. This is his second haircut. It's a little shorter than before and I can definitely see some errors.

I wrote down what I used last time but got a little messed up. I was supposed to use the light purple (no. 6). Instead I used the dark purple (no. 2). Oops! Laine and I were laughing as we noticed all the mistakes I was making. I figure what's the worst that can happen? He will have a bad haircut - he'll never know!

Baby #2 is another reason I haven't been blogging much! That's right, Jackson is going to be a big brother. I'm 15 1/2 weeks along. Luckily I'm feeling normal again. Thank goodness! Along with our expanding family we have purchased a new car! I'm officially a mom now with my new mom-mobile!

My Camry has been with me for 10 1/2 years. It has been a GREAT car. This is the first and only other car I've ever bought with my very own money. I remember how proud I was to get it. I was a few months into my first year of teaching. It was so much nicer than anything I'd ever driven before. I'm going to miss this car!

In other news, Jackson is being a little toot these days! Last summer I read "Love and Logic for Early Childhood." I am planning to start reading it again as a refresher. I need some help! He's hitting, biting, and throwing food everywhere. He's pushing the limits a lot. The funny thing is that the other day his teacher asked me if he cries much at home. I told her that he did and that he threw some pretty good fits. She told me he never cries at school and was so well mannered. She said he obeys all the time and always helps clean up. She was just surprised that he is the youngest in the class but followed the rules so well. She feels like he understands a lot and is able to keep up well. That made me happy - at least he's good at school! :-)

Other than that, he's great to be around. He is picking up new words every day and starting to put two words together. He has SO much energy! It's exhausting. He wakes up saying, "outside" and would absolutely live out there if we'd let him. This boy is ALL BOY!

We are on spring break so hopefully I will have more pictures this week.

Reading Time

Jackson is really enjoying reading these days. He will even sit in your lap and read to you. It's funny to hear his little voice "reading." SO cute!

He likes to take the cushion off of his rocking chair and climb up in it to read.

I hope he will enjoy reading later in life like he does now. I have a ton of children's novels from my teaching days and I cannot wait to read them to him...Bridge to Terabithia....Holes....Maniac Magee....Hatchet....The BFG....Where the Red Fern Grows...etc! It will be so fun!