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2011-03-20T13:18:00.000-07:00

Carter's 4th Birthday

2009-05-16T17:41:00.000-07:00

Go Eagles!!!

2008-10-25T14:04:00.000-07:00

Jackson's last football game of the season was today. Here is the clip of the last play of the game.

We won 14 - 7. Go Eagles!!!!

2008-09-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

And in related news Carter has been sequestered to the naughty spot for the better part of a week now. With no signs of reprieve, he might as well bring his blankey and Jack the bear down now and save himself the trouble of even going up to bed because odds are he will be returning to the spot first thing in the morning.

His favorite new phrases are "I know all your twicks Mommy" followed by my all time favorite "Wach you talkin bout Mommy?" (no those aren't typos - that is actually the way he says it...charming isn't it?

How can someone with such an angelic face be so... evil? He's just lucky he is cute!! ; 0)

Waiting for the Tooth Fairy...

2008-09-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

Its official.... I have a big kid. I knew this day would come but that doesn't make it any easier. What is the big life event in Jackson's life that has made me come to this realization you ask - well he lost his 1st tooth today!! How can this be happening already? I'm sure that staying out late, girls and college are right around the corner.! I'm soooo not ready for this. The tooth has been loose for about 2 weeks so I knew this was coming, but I am choosing to remain in denial.

He is so proud. He lost the tooth on the way to lunch and as soon as we got to the restaurant he stopped everyone who would listen to tell (and show) them the hole where his baby tooth once was. Ironically enough the first people we happened upon were 2 bikers who Carter admonished for not wearing their helmets but they were still polite enough to fein interest in my child's big news!

My Big Kid.

I choose to think of him like this - even though I know that he is growing up.

A week of firsts continued...

2008-08-26T06:36:00.000-07:00

It has been quite a week at our house. It's been a week full of moments that make all the chaos and confusion worth it. My big kid learned how to ride a bike without training wheels this weekend.

A week of firsts....

2008-08-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

Jackson's first day of Pre-K and Carter's first day of preschool.

"So I think Jack can Dance"

2008-08-05T17:19:00.000-07:00

I swear we have had a birthday party every weekend for the last 3 weeks - and we have at least one every weekend for the rest of the summer. There have been various themes and gimmicks. We have gone to a bowling party, a bounce house party, a water park party and of course Jackson's video game party at Luigi's is next week. How can it be that every child we know was born between Memorial Day and Labor Day??

I thought I would share a clip from the bowling party. Jackson loved it - and like most things Carter could take it or leave it. It was a cute party though. They had music and a "host" which was a college age girl that kept the game moving and served them pizza. She also led them in little dances. Now not to brag or anything but I must say my kid has rhythm. I am attempting to upload the video so you can all see for yourselves why I think Jackson will definitely end up on "So you think you can Dance" one day. But until I figure out how that works just contemplate the last time you saw a 4 year old perform the Cha Cha Slide with the accuracy of a ballroom dancer.... yea i wouldn't have believed it either if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

ETA: And by popular demand - I give you Cha Cha Jackson... :)

Jackson's Birthday Invitation

2008-07-11T07:58:00.000-07:00

So it’s that time of year again. Jackson’s 5th birthday is fast approaching (I can’t believe he is going to be 5!!!) and I need to start planning the party. Usually we throw a party at the house which involves me cooking and cleaning for 3 days and is completely exhausting. This year we decided to do something a little different. We are going to have the party at Luigi’s (it’s like a Chuck E Cheese.) I don’t know who is more excited me or Jackson!! :)

I did still promise him he could do a “Star Wars” theme since he has been talking about it since last August. I got the invitations done and they are pretty hilarious. He dressed up in his Anakin Skywalker costume from Halloween and gave me his best “Jedi” poses.

He is pretty proud of his “Master Jedi” status.

July 4th weekend.

2008-07-07T08:19:00.001-07:00

My first blog post!! I needed a place to post pictures and keep track of all of the funny stuff the boys do so here we go.

We headed home to Michigan for the 4th of July like we do every year. The boys really look forward to it. Really they look forward to the bags of candy they receive at the parade and the wave runners at Uncle Bob's lake house. So you can imagine the fear when we found out that not only was the pool going to be closed at the condo but that Uncle Bob sold the wave runners....I was not looking forward to telling Jackson. He actually took it very well and when they found out they couldn't drive the wave runners they moved on to bigger and better things - they decided they would be driving the boat instead.