Monarch Magic

Jackson's class has been learning about Monarch butterflies and their migration to Mexico. They presented what they learned to their parents this morning. Each student recited a fact about Monarchs; showed us a movie they made about Monarchs; retold the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle; and presented all they learned about the country, Mexico. After the presentation we all enjoyed some caterpillar and butterfly themed refreshments. Jackson loved the caterpillar cake. I felt sorry for his teachers the rest of the day after the kids had loaded up on all the sugar.

Jackson is reciting a poem about caterpillars and butterflies.

C is for Chrysalis... Jackson told us all about how the caterpillar forms a chrysalis.

At the end of the program they sang a song.

Soccer Awards

Jackson's soccer team had their end season celebration last night. The whole team along with their parents and siblings met at Chili's for dinner. Each player received a medal. Here are pictures of Coach Travis giving Jackson his medal.

Halloween Sneak Peak

Jackson and Adam wanted to try their Halloween costumes on for Aunt Emily and Uncle Joe. We were surprised that Adam actually put his whole costume on. We only got his legs in it a few days ago before he begged us to take it off. I had to take a quick picture just in case the monkey costume doesn't get to come out for Halloween.

Jackson is a Clone Trooper from Star Wars and our monkey is, of course, a monkey!

Love From My Big Brother

I gave Sarah a bath tonight, and Jackson got a bit if an anatomy lesson. He wanted to know where her wee-wee was, so I explained that she didn't have one because she was a girl. Then he wanted to know if Adam had his when he was born. I was glad that his next question referred to her umbilical cord stump (which has yet to fall off!) and then he asked to hold her. Adam just couldn't understand why she wasn't going "night-night" since she'd just had a bath.

And the Games Begin...

Adam has been using the potty at bathtime and sometimes in the mornings for quite some time now. But we officially started potty training yesterday afternoon. He has done pretty good. He stayed dry all of last evening, had a rocky start this morning, but then stayed dry from his nap time to his bedtime. Jackson has been very involved in this process. He told Adam, "If you have to go potty tell Mommy, Jackson, or Daddy and we'll help you." In fact, Adam has actually used the potty every time Jackson took him. Kevin and I think that maybe Jackson is better at this potty training thing than we are!

Adam sitting proud on his potty.

Lucky the Lobster Comes to Visit

Jackson brought Lucky the Lobster home from school today. Lucky is supposed to journal about his visit with each family in the class. I felt like the pressure was on to do something exciting after reading the other entries. I guess going to Blockbuster and McDonald's is an exciting adventure according to a 6 year old.

We got home from getting haircuts, and it was time for Sarah to eat. Lucky and Jackson fed her. Lucky is about as big as Sarah!

Jackson and Adam received a Blockbuster gift card from a teacher at school as a big brother gift. Jackson has been begging to go pick out a movie ever since he opened the gift. We let Lucky pick one out, too. He chose Flipper because it had some of his friends in the movie.

We stopped by McDonald's on the way home to get chicken nuggets for dinner. Since it was such a nice evening we had a picnic outside on the porch.

Lucky is now sleeping soundly on Jackson's night stand. I think we wore him out!

Sleep When She Sleeps

They always tell you to sleep when the baby sleeps. I was holding Sarah on the couch and fell asleep. I guess she did, too! She is now 3 weeks old as of Monday. She finally had a decent night last night in baby standards. She woke up, ate, and actually went back to sleep! She has been waking up for 2 to 3 hours sometime during the night. That makes for a very tired mommy in the morning!

These are just some fun pictures we have taken in the past few weeks.

Adam is wearing his "driving goggles".

This is my new favorite picture of my sweetie pies!