Thursday, February 23, 2012

Today is going to be a great day for this...

Jackson is in his happy place when he's outside.  Give him some dirt and a few trucks and all is right in the world.  With sunny skies and temps in the 70s today, I'm guessing he'll be in his happy place all afternoon.  (The picture above is from his dirt hole at Nana and Pa-Jack's house. It's the first place he goes when he gets there!)



Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Melt

This evening before bed, Jackson and I attempted a quick Pinterest project involving glow sticks and glitter.   Unfortunately, ours didn't turn out quite as magical as the inspiration.  It still glowed though, so we took it outside to see it light up in the darkness.  He was shaking it around, watching it glow and I said, 'Sorry that it didn't turn out like we hoped.'  He looked up at me and said, 'It's okay Mommy, I still love it!', then gave me the biggest hug.  As he had his sweet little arms wrapped around me (and my heart was already melting) he said, 'And I love you, too, Mommy!'

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Little Mommy

Kate just cannot get enough of babies these days.  Some have said this was a sign that she needed a little brother or sister.  I disagree.  Over the weekend, we went down to Columbia to see Matt & Beth and their sweet boys, Parker and Mason.  Kate wanted to be right with Parker the entire time.  Here she is feeding him his oatmeal AND cleaning him up - which she did after each bite she gave him.  Too cute!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Date Night

That's right, date night, but not for Sean and me.  It was Daddy/Kate and Mommy/Jackson date night.  The idea came about when Ashely sent me a link to reserve a spot for a special Father-Daughter event at Chick-fil-A.  Since Sean and Kate were going on a date, I asked Jackson if he would go on a date with me.  I was excited b/c I've wanted to take him to a movie for the longest time, but it's just never been planned right.  

Kate was super excited about a special night with Daddy.  Chick-fil-A was turned into a fancy restaurant for the evening, with tablecloths on the tables, flowers for the little girls, waiters coming around to take your order, and a princess handing out balloons!  Kate even got to make a card to give to her special Valentine.  So sweet!  
Jackson's movie night was pretty exciting, too!  When I asked what he wanted to have for dinner, he confidently said, 'a spicy sandwich from Bojangles'.  So that's what he got!  He took one bite of the sandwich then said, 'Whew, this is spicy! Couldn't they cool it off some?'  I told him that's how they made their chicken and the next thing I knew he had already eaten pretty much the entire thing.  A couple of bites later, he handed me his empty sandwich wrapper!  (He's apparently going through a growth spurt, b/c he's had the appetite of a man lately!)  We didn't have a whole lot of movie choices, but Happy Feet 2 seemed like a good option.  Of course we had to stop in for some popcorn and in honor of Valentine's Day, I let Jackson get the pink, cherry flavored popcorn (ew!) that he asked for.  It was a good day for a 4 year old!  The movie was only okay - not all that exciting, especially for a 'first experience'.  He hung in there pretty good, but was antsy to leave with about 20 minutes left in the movie.  We barely made it to the end, but at least he had popcorn (and fruit snacks) to keep him entertained through all the slow parts!
All in all, it was a good date night for us all!  So fun to do something different with the kids every now and again!