Our life in the Valley of the Sun!: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Yee Haw!

The funniest thing about this video is the way he is saying "Yiiipppeeeee!!" He would start out in a normal voice and by the time he got to the end of the word he would be growling! Ah funny times.

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough......

Well, if there is ever a time when I can't find Jackson I know exactly where to look. Lately his new hobby and the funnest activity EVER is to look at himself in the mirror, sometimes dance and sing, and other times just stare! He loves to look at himself.

This morning I walked out of my bathroom after blow drying my hair only to find him sprawled out in front of the mirror (pillow and all) just laughing at himself.

After I took the pictures he took the camera from me and started looking at the pictures of him and he kept repeating "Oh, look at Jackson, he is so sweet!" A little vain if you ask me!

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Fighting over a bucket.

For some reason they both wanted this bucket!

And both were determined to get it. I finally had to take it away and boy were they both mad!

Riding Bikes!

Little Miss Cheese! Lauren loves the camera!

VRRROOOOOMMMMM!! VROOOOMMMMMMMMM!!

He was throwing a rock in this picture!

Gettin' ready to go ridin'!

Silly Kids

In order to entertain the kiddies we went and played a game of basketball out on the ole' basketball court (ahh where it is enclosed and they can run around all they want and I don't have to worry about chasing two two year olds!)

"Who me?"

Just lookin' at the rocks.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

It even rains in Arizona!

Jackson had a great time carrying his umbrella.

He was so proud of himself.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Do you remember?

This is my baby when he was a baby....ohh so cute!! He's growing up too fast...........

LAKER DUDE

This is one of Jackson's Christmas presents! Can you guess who it's from? Jackson had a fun morning with his dad, while mom got some time to herself, ah it was heaven. And after a nice long bath dad put him in his laker gear.

I don't know if he is singing in this picture or if he is just happy to be in his sweatsuit.

Hello, do we have a model on our hands?

And one final shot, the whole ensemble! The only way to get him to hold still long enuf was to have him look at the cookies cookin' in the oven. He quite enjoyed that.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Finishing off our day.

To finish off our day at the zoo we got to go out and pet and feed the stingrays. Jackson wasn't too interested in touching them, but he loved to watch them swim around. Mom got to touch them a little and tried to convince him to do it to, but it didn't happen!!

Jack was brave enough to throw the stingrays some fresh shrimp and dead fish (that was disgusting!).

He loved watching "Mr. Ray" (from Finding Nemo) swim around and around!

Ah, the turtle bench.

And finally, we ended the day by running up and down the giraffe tower. Mom was exhausted and so was Jackson.

A fun day.

A nice lady offered to take our picture. We sure had fun today!

Stingrays and Sharks!

Today we went to a "class" at the zoo and learned about stingrays, sharks, and other creatures that live in the ocean. It was a lot of fun!

This is before our class, Jackson is just sitting in his stroller eating his fruit snacks!

Making a puppet of a stingray! He is a little artist!

He LOVED this dolphin! He played with it for quite a while.

Fun in the water!

Now he is painting an ocean scene!

SAY WHAT???

-We go into the family bathroom at the airport. There is a couch, a toilet, and a shower. Jackson walks in and says "Hey mom, this looks like the master bedroom!"
-We were trying to find the cup that we were using for Jack's juice. (I had forgotten that he had gotten mad earlier and had thrown it under a table). I kept asking him where it was and he finally stopped looking, put his finger on his temple and said, "hmmm, lets stop and think!"
-We were at the park and a dog was running around without an owner. Finally, the dog disappeared between the trees on the other side of the park. Jack asked, "Where did the dog go?" I said, "I don't know where do you think it went?" "Oh, he is eating in the forest" (the grove of trees where the dog ran to) I say, "what is he eating in the forest?" Jack answers, "Pie!"
-Jackson NEVER talks in his Sunbeams class at church, but today when the teacher asked if anyone had anything new to tell them he said, "My dad is the best!" So cute!
-I want to be a fireman when I grow up and drive a fire truck with daddy!"
-We are waiting for the maintenance man to come over and fix our door. I tell Jackson that his name is Anthony. The doorbell rings and in walks a very tall, nice, black man. Jackson says, "Is that ebony?" I am thinking, "What the heck?" Then I realize he is saying, "Anthony". From that point on I am praying that he won't say anything embarrassing!
-We are sitting on my bed watching a movie. Jack has been laying on his hand for a while now. He changes positions and throws his hand in my face and says, "Mommy, my hand is crusty!" "Your hand is crusty? "Yes." Then I say," Do you mean tingling?" He says, "Yes, my hand is tingling!" We prefer crusty!
-I ask Jack where his dad is, he says, "At work!" I say, "What does daddy do at work?" Jackson says, "He puts bad guys in jail, in dark dark caves with monsters!" (Last part is said with a deep growl voice!!)
-Jackson says to Charlie (in a high pitched silly voice) "Hey there little one, where did you come from? The hospity?"
-I am in my room making my bed, Charlie is in his bouncy chair in the living room with Jackson. Charlie starts to fuss and cry a little and Jackson says, "Tharlie, I am busy, I am eating my oatmeal, I can't hold you right now!"
-A picture of our old Explorer came up on the computer and Jackson saw it and said,"Mom, is that Mafews (Matthews) car?"
-We are out to lunch with a guy Matt knows, and his baby. Jackson turns to me, points to the baby and says, "Hey mom, is that Hannah Montana?" How the heck does he know about Hannah Montana???
-"I wanna watch the Jesus movie.....you know, the one about Heavenly Father. It's really cool." (I have no idea what movie he is talking about!)
-Jackson and I are having a conversation about how he is a big boy and big boys go potty in the toilet and not in their diapers. After which he asks, "Mommy, do grills (girls) pee?"
-Jackson LOVES to read the Children's Book of Mormon, and has come to know that the Lamanites were the "bad guys". And this his how the conversation went:" Daddy, did you put bad guys in jail today?" (Matt is a prosecutor). Matt says, "Yes, I did." Jack says, "You put the Lamanites in jail?"
-As I was looking at pics of Charlie in the hospital Jackson came up and said, "Oh, there's Charlie" and it was quickly followed by a very mad face and "Mom, you leaved me!"I think he is still harboring resentment that I left him to go to the hospital to have Charlie!
-We go into the family bathroom at the airport. There is a couch, a toilet, and a shower. Jackson walks in and says "Hey mom, this looks like the master bedroom!"

Our life in the Valley of the Sun!