As They Grow

Sometimes things happen around here, or things are said, that I find humorous and I'll think to myself, "I should write that down, so I can remember it." Well, I never do. Remember, I hate writing. (See the Welcome Y'all section over on the right.) Or other times I'll think, "I should blog about that." But then I never do b/c I don't have any pictures to include or it's just one line. Not something I feel makes a sufficient blog post. But this blog really is like a journal and I've used it to chronicle a lot of our adventures for the past year or so. I'm even planning to have it printed someday soon. Point is, I've decided that from now on I am going to blog about these simple things. If I want to remember it, or I find it funny, I'm blogging about it. And to keep all this randomness together, it'll all be in a series called As They Grow. Here's a sample of some of the most recent funnies (or not so funny)...

~ The other day someone asked Jackson what he wanted Santa Claus to bring him. He replied, "Money!"

~ Speaking of money, this has been one of Jackson's favorite toys for a while, but even more so lately. He's constantly asking for money (mostly just change, thank goodness!) and loves driving it around in his cars, putting it in bowls, "counting" it, putting it in his pockets and more. Sometimes I'm not even really sure what he does with it. Last week he raided the change jug at Nana and Pa-Jack's and had money all over the living room floor. This week when Mamma was here, he cleaned her out! He had his pockets full of change and this time wanted to put it in his piggy bank. Oh, and if he sees a picture of money or change, he says, "Money!" He's 2 and he already has a fascination w/ money! Maybe this means he'll start earning his own at an early age!! :-)

~ Jackson has really been talking a lot more lately and has just recently started using sentences. The other day I walked in the door from Target and he walked over and said, "Wha you ge me?"

~ Everyday, for some reason, Jackson insists on taking the dumpers off his dumptrucks, the buckets off his backhoes, the tracks off his bulldozers and the tires off his firetruck. Every single day. And now I have a confession. Just as he pulls them off as soon as he gets to them, I put them back on as soon as I get to them. I think we may both be a little obsessive about it. I can't help it. Do I have a problem? Maybe. But if we would just leave the toys intact, I wouldn't have this problem to begin with!

~ And little Kate... She has some bad baby acne. It doesn't bother her at all, but it just looks so bad. Her cute, soft little cheeks aren't so soft anymore. Our pediatrician said it should hopefully gone by her 2 month appointment, but it could take longer to run it's course. Until then, our little angel is going to look more like a pubescent teenager.

~ Poor Kate has her first "battle scar" from Jackson. He bit her little fingers yesterday...HARD! She still has teeth marks on one of them today! I'm not too worried about her though... She'll be fightin' back before he knows it!!