Thanksgiving

We had a very low-key, but great Thanksgiving here at our house. Grandmother, Jarrod, Heather and Judson came up to celebrate with us. We had a great time and, as usual, took a million pictures of the boys. Grandmother bought Jackson and Judson matching Christmas outfits, so we tried to capture a few pictures in their outfits and in their Christmas pajamas. Still remains a challenge as they didn't really want to cooperate. . .Out of the 120+ pictures we took, these are some of my favorites. . .

(Yes, you are seeing correctly - there are no ornaments on my tree. . .just lights and ribbon. We'll see if we get the ornaments up.) :)

School Pictures

In case you need a laugh. . .I'm just now getting around to posting some of the proofs of Jackson's school pictures. Out of 66 pictures from the photographer. . .NO SMILES! Jackson's teacher said that they tried everything, but he maintained his "serious business-man look."

Happy Thanksgiving!

Birthday Twins at 20 Months

We met Lauren & Sydney at the Wonder Place last Saturday. The kids had a good time running around and playing. . .

And we ate a quick lunch at McDonalds. Jackson taught Sydney all about ketchup (sorry, Lauren)!

Congrats Uncle Matt!

Congrats Uncle Matt and soon-to-be Aunt Molly! My brother, Matthew, got engaged yesterday! Our family and Molly's family met to celebrate last night and we had a fun time. Jackson made a little sign for them and had fun playing with Uncle Matt. We're looking forward to a wedding in December 2009!

Being Silly

After church this morning, we attempted (once again) to get a picture to use for Christmas cards. Didn't get any good ones, but thought these were pretty cute (out of the 40+ I took today). :)

Big Boy Haircut

Jackson has already had about 5 or 6 haircuts. Mimi took Jackson to get his haircut on Saturday while I was working. I told her to make sure that the front was short enough - and Ms. Debbie certainly got it short all over! Mimi was nervous that I wouldn't like it, but I think it looks cute. Jackson's teachers all said that they really liked it - except for one of his teachers from last year - she said she "sort of" liked it (she thinks it makes him look too grown-up). :)

Toddler Laws of Property

The Toddler Laws of Property. Jackson taught us these this past weekend - as his new favorite word is "mine." I saw this shirt at Target and we just had to get it. Unfortunately, his teachers said that it was quite appropriate as Jackson was pretty "aggressive" at school yesterday (pinching, being very opinionated, etc.). I think the time change might have brought us into the terrible twos????? (Side note for the grandmothers: he is still sweet, of course, but we have some challenging moments). :)

Wear Your Boots

Sunday afternoon, we went to Ted's "Wear Your Boots" 3rd birthday party! Such fun - most of the kids wore rain boots, but some cowboy boots were also in attendance. They played and played outside.

Such fun party favors!

Trick-or-Treating

We had a fun time last night letting Jackson actually go trick-or-treating. They had "practiced" at school, so he knew what to do!

Our first stop - our sweet neighbors!

Next stop - Parker and Mackenzie's house (or Kenzie as J calls her) for some trick-or-treating in their neighborhood!
Mackenzie showing J that Tigger is in the pumpkin (J just followed Mackenzie up to each door to get his candy)!

Parker and J riding from house to house

Just had to throw in this cute picture of J's friends at school. I left my camera in J's bag and his teachers tried to get the kids lined up for a picture! A small group, but they have so much fun together. Gresham the skeleton, J the astronaut, Luke as Superman, Caroline the ballerina, and Ryan the train conductor. Too cute!