First Day of Preschool.... first day of preschool

This is what I heard all morning... I am going to preschool, its my first day of preschool. He was soo excited and proud to be going.


On our way to preschool... can you tell he is excited?
Outside of preschool.... just dying to go in.
Inside of preschool room.. tons of fun things to do!
Mrs. Kristi... Can you tell my son is NOT shy. He just went and sat right on her lap.

JAckson running around yelling about school.

Jackson had a great day despite a girl "being mean to him". You never know with him. He said he had fun and had a good day. He is now napping FINALLY and is already asking when he can go next.

Labor Day and Crazy Morning Hair.

Today we went to the Mooreton Labor Day Parade. We have done it almost every year. It is a fun event and usually Jackson walks away with a haul. This year he was by some older kids who litterly took candy out of his hands...and mine. I was really dissapointed that the parents didn't do anything but actually laughed that their kids were being like that. Oh well. It taught Jackson how NOT to act. He knows he has the part right in front of him to get candy and that is it. He even shared some of the big candy bars with a little boy. I was very proud of him.
Jenna even got into the parade. She got into waving when she saw what Jackson was doing and they threw candy. This is the best picture I could get of her doing it.
It is sooo hard to get a good picture of JAckson and Jenna together. Jackson is eating a candy bar and Jenna eating her rice cake. They love rice cakes...
This is Jenna this morning.. it is her CRAZY hair.. she is like me in the morning.. CRAZY CRAZY HAIR!

Here is a short video of Jenna and Jackson at the parade.

15month checkup, golf and a vist from Grandma, Bumpa and Doc.

It was time for Jenna's 15 month check up. Blaah.. I hate those appts. We did find out she is climbing up on the weight scale. 80% percent for weight now and 30% for height. Not bad! We are delaying her MMR until she is 2 but she did get 2 of the 4 shots that are due for her. We are choosing to space it out for her rather than overload her body with too many shots at once.

Jenna is quite the little princess. She now does not mind having her hair done so I take advantage of that. This day she had used oatmeal as hair gel so I had to be creative as to how I put her hair up. This is what it ended up like.

Jackson and Jenna went cruzing around in his car. They are having fun and getting into some trouble at Uncle Ryan and Daddys new shop.

Grandma and Bumpa and Uncle Doc came to visit. They are going to steam thrashers reunion to see the old tractors. We went last year but it is too hot and dirty and HUGE for two kids who NEED NAPS. We are finding out that when Jenna doesn't get the sleep she needs, she is a crab!! YEP... we are going through some two's stuff already. I don't get how in our house we don't hit, spank etc.. but our kids think they can hit. GRR! :) Jackson has been practicing his golfing. He really has his swing down and can WACK those balls good!!

The evidence from Jacksons golf practices. He has to make spots for the tee's... sigh.. my grass is not liking this.

Jackson has really been liking this "contractor" stuff lately (do you think dad is walking around proud or what) and LOVES tape measures. He "weights" everything.. ok.. he is learning. Anyway, one day he was getting ready for work and got his phone like dad and hung it on his hip. Then he got his dads tape and was ready for work. Prior to this picture he even had his pencil behind his ear. Dad surprised him with his very own tape measure this weekend. We put his name on it and he loves it. I had to share this conversation I had with Jackson . Jackson "Mom, did you know that Jesus puts garbage on the earth when people are bad". Mom "No Jackson.. I think the Devil does bad things like that". Oh.. yah. Where he got that I still don't know. But now when we see litter, he says. . yep.. the devil did that because people are bad. That kid!! Jenna is now saying the sounds of almost any animal you can think of. I am trying to upload a video of her doing it.

I am BAAAAAAAACK..

Ok.. hang in here. I have more pictures to post but have to get them off my camera. I finally got my computer back and am trying to get caught up around here. So here are just a few pictures to catch you up!

Jenna LOVES Jacksons Fisher Price FP3 Player.. listens to it all the time. She even knows what buttons to push.
A visit to the zoo with the cousins and Nana.

Jackson showing me how big he is compared to the eagle. I will be MAD if they ever get rid of this.. this is our yearly thing that we do.
DA DA DA DUM!! Jackson is now wearing BIG BOY UNDERWARE at NIGHT! He did wear nighttime diapers just in case, but since he has not had a bedtime accident in MONTHS... we decided to go with big boy undies all the time. Jackson was SOOO proud! He is wearing Transformers undies!
Jacksons project from last week. Jungle Theme Projects. When our week was up Jackson told me that the Elephant does not live in the desert.. they live in the SAVANNA. Ok... soon he will be giving ME weekly lessons.

My two monkeys at the zoo. Jackson loves to give Jenna a ride!
My favorite Duck. I just love it!
Jenna loved my nails and kept going and touching them. I grabbed the bottle and actually painted Jenna's nails. She got squirmy the last two toes but did great and we looked soo cute.. our little piggy toes!
She wore these around for soo long one day. I swear if any of our kids are going to walk in their daddys construction footsteps.. it will be this one!

Jenna and Mommy playing outside while Jackson naps.. oh, Daisy was playing with us too.

Computers at the Doctors

I apologize to all of you who I email on a daily basis or check in with. My computer has been at the "doctors" for 3 days now. I cannot access my emails for one of my email addresses.. and I can get onto my husbands computer but have had a garage sale yesterday and today we have an open house from 5:30-7:30. It has been crazy. Hopefully get my computer back tomorrow and I can get back to my normal coorespondence. Anyway.. just wanted to say that I am still alive!!

Wilkin County Fair...

Jenna doing what she does best.. .eat eat eat!! It was a HOT day so chocolate chip rice cakes kept her happy. The next picture is of Jackson riding on one of the rides. This was the LAMEST fair that I have EVER been to.. but the kids had fun with the 6 rides that they did have. Although three rides cost $9.75.. YIKES.


The kids that were with us (11?? We were with my sisters daycare) most went on the ferris wheel. A LITTLE scary being the conditions these rides were in. When it came time for Jackson and his cousin Carter to go the guy called me up there. Kids under 6 need to go with a parent.. WHAT.. I had to go on that rickity thing. I asked about weight limits but he laughed.. told me you would be surprised at the people who go on this ride... hmm. didn't make me feel any better. Anyway... I bravely went on the ride with these two cutie patuties!!! The other picture is from WAAAAY up high... a little nervous.



Jackson petting piggies... they were pretty cute!
Jackson and Jenna!!! Aren't they cute! The boys showing off their tattoos.


Jenna showing off her tattoo... We like to start our kids out early getting tats! Then there is Jackson and Hunter playing in this half blown up game.














That was it.. it did suck... excuse my language but it did suck. It was a lot better in previous years. Oh well. We made the most of it and did have some fun!!! Blessings!

Random stuff and a dog that belches!

YUUUM!! This is what I have been eating for the last few days. Onions from Bumpa's garden, a tomato from my garden, and farm fresh beef that we butchered ourselfs... mixed with BBQ sauce.. DELICIOUS! The next pictures are of the kids hanging out together..











So I am curious. Have you ever heard of a dog that belches... yep.. belches. I am taking videos of my dog and am seriously turning them into the funniest pet videos. Take a peek!