My beloved consignment sale is coming next week. It couldn't have come at a better time. My son has some serious highwater pants! And some shirts look like halter tops. I find it amusing that I kept his shorts and shirts from last summer with the hopes of getting another season out of them. Not a chance! Since his birthday in December, Jackson has hit a BIG growth spurt. We noticed it first with his pants. Then, today I noticed that he can slam dunk his basketball goal now without jumping. I was asked the other day if he was five. FIVE?!!
Maybe this grow spurt explains the fact that he has taken a nap every day for the last week, when I thought they were all but done. Whatever the reason, I'll take it.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
feeding the obsession
The other night we heard a random knock at the door. Mike assumed it was yet another student selling something. However, this time it was Mike's cousin, David, and his daughter, Madison. They live in our neighborhood and were on a walk when they decided to stop by.
Within minutes they noticed some of Jackson's toys from the Disney movie Cars, Jack's latest OBSESSION. We have a handful of cars, but I haven't been able to find some of the key characters from the movie. Come to find out, David is also a big fan and collects all the cars from the movie. I had no idea there were that many out there!
Last night we heard another knock. It was David again - this time with 2 big bags of toys this time. He went out yesterday and bought Jackson a race track/storage case, and a dozen new cars. Unreal! He was thoughtful enough to give Jack one bag now, and set aside the other bag for us to give him another time.
Needless to say, Jackson was beside himself with excitement. It's amazing how much of the movie he can reenact with those cars. It is also quite remarkable how much he loves the stuff! He played with the set for 3 straight hours before bed last night, and raced downstairs this morning after waking up to play more. He cracks me up when he makes Sally and Lightning McQueen kiss. He informed me today that Sally was the mommy and Lightning was the daddy and that "dey are a family. Dey love each other".
Within minutes they noticed some of Jackson's toys from the Disney movie Cars, Jack's latest OBSESSION. We have a handful of cars, but I haven't been able to find some of the key characters from the movie. Come to find out, David is also a big fan and collects all the cars from the movie. I had no idea there were that many out there!
Last night we heard another knock. It was David again - this time with 2 big bags of toys this time. He went out yesterday and bought Jackson a race track/storage case, and a dozen new cars. Unreal! He was thoughtful enough to give Jack one bag now, and set aside the other bag for us to give him another time.
Needless to say, Jackson was beside himself with excitement. It's amazing how much of the movie he can reenact with those cars. It is also quite remarkable how much he loves the stuff! He played with the set for 3 straight hours before bed last night, and raced downstairs this morning after waking up to play more. He cracks me up when he makes Sally and Lightning McQueen kiss. He informed me today that Sally was the mommy and Lightning was the daddy and that "dey are a family. Dey love each other".
Friday, February 22, 2008
Happy Anniversary Mimi and GrandDaddy Pete
Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad/Mimi & Granddaddy Pete!!
We love you!!
Note of translation: Jackson thinks you can only say "Birthday" after the word happy. So his "happy anniversary" sounds more like "Happy Bur-sa-dee". When I corrected, he said "what's that? No, mommy, it's a burbay" (aka birthday).
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Where'd it come from?
I didn't want to post this. I thought it had gone away. We thought if we ignored it, he would stop. That's not working - so far.
Our son has made up a word for "bummer" - his own curse word of sorts. There. I said it. It feels good to confess it.
Jackson says "trappers!" when things don't go like he expected, when he falls down, drops things, etc. He even started saying "Oh, double trappers!".
We have NO IDEA where this came from. We've been trying to figure it out for months. We're pretty sure that it is NOT from a certain C-word that may-or-may-not rhyme with "trappers", because that is not a word that is said in this house. He had stopped saying it for a few weeks, but has started back again. (I think Tim may have something to do with that because he thinks Jack's word is hilarious and jokingly uses it now, too.)
Guess there are worse things?!
Our son has made up a word for "bummer" - his own curse word of sorts. There. I said it. It feels good to confess it.
Jackson says "trappers!" when things don't go like he expected, when he falls down, drops things, etc. He even started saying "Oh, double trappers!".
We have NO IDEA where this came from. We've been trying to figure it out for months. We're pretty sure that it is NOT from a certain C-word that may-or-may-not rhyme with "trappers", because that is not a word that is said in this house. He had stopped saying it for a few weeks, but has started back again. (I think Tim may have something to do with that because he thinks Jack's word is hilarious and jokingly uses it now, too.)
Guess there are worse things?!
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