Happy Birthday Sweet Jack!

my sweet j turned 3 today!! we didn't do much for his birthday this year. he got to have a little party with his joyschool class with all of his favorite things! french fries, apples, muffins, bananas, balloons and games. we also tried out fun land park and went to his favorite restaurant, red robin with uncle tj and aunt lauren. then we went to lauren's grandmother's 75th birthday party. this was our conversation in the car on the way there.

j: where are we going?
me: a birthday party
j: my birthday party?
me: (i thought for a minute) sure, it's your birthday party!

he thought he was so special and danced the night away (or maybe it was more like kung fu)!

today he got to go to the dentist for the very first time, not so fun on your birthday, but he did surprisingly well!! we practiced by reading a dora book about going to the dentist and he opened his mouth big and wide! he got to pick his toy prize and got a little goodie bag with a toothbrush, floss and toothpaste!

i am so thankful for my jack! he makes everyday brighter with his big smile and contagious laugh! life would definitely be dull without him. he is such a great big brother and has tremendous passion for life even at this young age! i love you my sweet jack!

coolest mom on the block

i've got one of those mom's that everyone always wanted to go on class field trips or to girls camp! she was the fun, cool mom that everyone else wished they had. mom would always be the one doing the pranks at girls camp and i can't remember ever being embarrassed by her, like most teenagers are of their parents! not only was she cool, but she was and is a great mother. mom taught us morals, values, discipline, the importance of education, gospel principles, self worth, charity, compassion, patience and the list goes on. i can only hope to be as good a mother as she was/is one day. i call mom for everything and talk to her several times a week. she is my best friend and i am so thankful for her! mom, thanks for being such a loving, kind and patient mother! i love you, we all love you and hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!

treats

today after school i told jack he gets to pick a special birthday treat to take (this week school's at our house so he's not really taking it anywhere) to school on thursday to share with the other kids. i listed off a bunch of sweet treats....... cupcakes, cookies, brownies, ice cream, chocolate. he thought about it for a minute, then said, "FRENCH FRIES" in a really excited voice! so french fries it will be!!!

ps. i'll throw in some kind of sweet treat too, mainly for me! i'll use any excuse to make a yummy treat!!

not just any pbj

me: what would you like for lunch today? dilla (what jack calls a quesadilla), grilled cheese, or peanut butter and jelly sandwich

jack: i want a sandwich

me: what kind of sandwich?

jack: how about........ a french fry sandwich

funny faces

nothing too exciting has gone on around here in the last week, but we did take some cute pics of jack. its hard to catch jacks big personality, cute faces and sometimes attitude in a picture, but here's a glimpse of jack as we know him!

trick or treating, jacks new favorite subject

you would think jack wasn't excited about trick or treating by his face in these pics, but he was SOOOO excited! he watched as our neighbors decorated with all sort of fun, scary things, watched as all the kids started swarming the streets dressed in costumes and loved most of all running from house to house knocking on doors getting tricks and treats!

dear in the headlights (bright flash)

hmmm, what kind of yummy stuff do i have? jack was obsessed with checking his pumpkin!

nate starting to get sleepy from his wagon ride

jack trying to decide which treat to eat first. he opened many, had a lick or a bite and tossed it until he found a good one!

his waddle was the funniest!!! we will have to post some video.

poor little nate

nate has had a rough couple of weeks. he's been getting molars (bicuspids) and not sleeping well, he has taken several bad falls (see the scraped nose below), he got ignored while i taught joyschool (then falls asleep in his chair because i got too busy to put him down for a nap), came down with a cold, has been tortured while i try to get him down to 1 nap, got his immunizations and the list goes on. liz, i kept meaning to repsond to your loser mommy syndrome! i think we all go through that. i had to take nate to the dr. with a scraped nose, goose egg on his forehead, food stuck in his hair, not to mention all the other little scrapes and bruise all over his body!! yeah, embarassing!