And now funny things he does...

Jackson loves to spend time with his friend Abigail.  The past few times we have been to her house he has ended up girling out.  The first time they locked themselves in her room (had to break in through the window to open the door) and put on makeup and dancer costumes.  They put on a nice show for us in their tutus.  Last time was Abigail Owens B-day party.  It was a hot day so we filled up the kiddy pool.  Jackson and Abigail came out of the house- both with Abigail's swimsuits on.  He had a great time and didn't seem to see anything unusual about it!

Funny things he said...

Something funny Jackson said the other day and has repeated a few times since-

In the car driving and Donny asks Jackson if he wants to do something (can't remember what) and Jackson replies:

"No thanks, I'm not into that right now."

Dude sounds like a teenager already!

Mother's Day Haikus.

I hosted a baby shower last weekend and I don't do games so we asked everyone to write at least one Haiku for the mother to be with a theme of motherhood, parenthood or womanhood.  It was alot of fun.  I am no creative writer but once you get going with the Haiku it's hard to stop.  Here are mine:

Time for a diaper change

Oh no! Fountain in his face!

Better his than mine!

 

 

Need to do laundry

“Mom, will you please play with me?

The laundry can wait

 

 

Love dirty boy smell.

Sweaty, dirt rubbed in face, hands

Clean boy is good tooJ

 

Playing with daddy

Tricksters, rowdy, rolling fun

Belly laughs, testosterone

By the way I was inspired by the last issue of "Brain Child" a mother's magazine/journal where they posted Haikus that readers had written.  

Now if you are reading this a I challenge you to Haiku!

Jonathan and Nicki

Jackson and I drove to Elizabeth City, NC on Friday to go to Jonathan Skinner's wedding reception.  Unfortunately I did not get a good pic of the bride and groom but here is one of Ray and family.  I haven't seen their boys for year.  I would have never recognized them.  It was fun to see them- even just for a few hours.  

It's hot.  3rd day of 90 degree weather in a row and tomorrows looking the same.  Summer in April.  Aunt Winnie and Uncle Frank visited this weekend.  It was fun to see them.  We had parent's weekend going on so couldn't play the whole time but we joined them at Jamestown on Saturday after parent conferences.  Donny had a Lacrosse tournament and duty so he was pretty busy.  Pics- new baby geese at kid farm, new cousin Wyatt, Baltimore zoo at Easter break.

American Buffalo

I just finished an interesting read- American Buffalo- In Search of a Lost Icon.  It is a narrative by Steven Ridella, whose fascination with buffalo begins with him finding a skull while hunting in Montana and becomes even more intense when he has the opportunity to go hunting for one.  He enters a lottery to be one of 40 to hunt a herd that inhabits the Alaska's Copper River basin.  He is only one of a few to actually shoot a buffalo.  It gives an interesting natural history of the buffalo in North America and also narrates his Alaskan hunt.  It is also reminds me of how much you can learn when driven to do so by an interesting topic.  Someday maybe I'll write a book about something that I love.  I'll have enough knowledge about something just because I've spent time learning- from books, from talking to people and from experiencing.  I'm sending this to Scott for his B-day.  I think he'll enjoy it.  

Snow Day!

OK- it was only about 3 inches but it's the only snow we've had this winter and we had a great time playing.  Jackson never came into the cafeteria for lunch because he was too busy shovelling snow (for fun!).  Sledding at the Soucecks was great fun too.  Jackson got to try out the new sled he got for his birthday.