3 Years and 13 Months Weeks 3 and 4

Wow!  What a busy two weeks!  We went to Weston, FL with Nana and Papaw for a week.  Jackson, Drew and Papaw got to go fishing with Uncle Zack.  They all caught fish off the Florida keys.  Jackson and Carson had fun playing with their cousin, Kaia.

Jackson and Carson did a lot of swimming at the resort's pool.  Jackson loved jumping off the edge of the pool.  Carson preferred floating around in his raft.  We built sandcastles with Nana at the beach one day.  It was too choppy to get the boys in the ocean but we walked along the beach.  Papaw took us to see alligators.  Both boys touched the baby alligator.  Jackson said, "It will bite me," when I asked him if he wanted to hold the alligator.  What a smart boy!

Carson has spent the last two weeks perfecting his walking.  Now, he does not crawl anywhere.  We officially have a toddler and preschooler in the house.  Jackson starts preschool tomorrow for half a day three days a week.  He is excited!

We spent last week with Grammy and Poppy in Savannah.  All five cousins were there for Thanksgiving.  Jackson was the oldest at 3 years old and Jillian was the youngest at 9 months old.  It was a lot of fun and a lot of chaos! Poppy said their house would never be the same again. 

Jillian, Jayla, Jackson, Carson and Kaia

3rd Birthday Party

 

Jackson celebrated his 3rd birthday at the airport.  We sent boarding pass invitations.  He choose to have a pull apart cupcake cake in the shape of an airplane.  He helped me make airplanes out of Tootsie rolls, a stick of gum, two lifesavers and a rubberband.  The parents and kids had a great time watching the planes take-off and land.  Carson would point and yell, "Ane. Go. Go. Bye. Bye."  We were at the park by the airport for 3 hours and Jackson was still amused by the planes at the end of the party.  I have never seen him sit so quietly and just watch.

2 Years Old and 13 Months Week 1

Happy Halloween!  We carved a pumpkin with the boys.  Neither one of them wanted to touch the gooey insides.  Jackson loved blowing out the candle inside and asking me to "fix it."

We had the neighbors on the street over for a potluck before the trick-or-treating started.  Jackson loved running around with all the big boys.  Jackson did not understand about trick-or-treating until it began but he got the hang of it fast.  He was running from house to house watching for spooks along the way.  He told us it was "a great party."

Both boys went as skeletons.  Their costumes were glow in the dark pj's. 

Carson is cutting two molars this week.  He said Riley.  It is funny to hear him talk when Jackson would not at this age.  Both boys are getting so big.  We bought Jackson size 12 shoes this week.  Our neighbor who is in kindergarten wears an 11.5.

Jackson fell into a table leg this week and ended up with 5 stitches in his eyebrow.  It is healing well but still bruised and sore.

2 Years Old and 12 Months Week 3

The boys spent the week battling a cold that they picked up on our trip north.  Carson has had his second ear infection in a row, so if the fluid is not gone in two weeks when we go back to the doctor, they will probably recommend tubes.  Carson was in the 97% percentile for his weight, height and head.  He is 28 lbs and 32.5 inches tall.

I took the boys to the airport to watch the planes.  We are having Jackson's birthday there next weekend.  The only problem with taking them is they never want to leave.  I finally told them we were going to race a plane.  Of course, the plane won.  Jackson is talking non-stop about his party and the planes.  He helped me make favors for the party yesterday.  We used a Tootsie roll, a piece of gun, two lifesavers and a rubberband to make airplanes.

We took the boys on a bike ride this morning.  We went to see all the Halloween decorations in the neighborhood.  Carson yells, "Spider."  It is pretty cute to see them get so excited.  They do not appear to be afriad of the spooks at all.  Our street has had fun booing each other.  You get a bucket of treats on your doorstep with a poen that says the spooks are out having fun.  You put a Boo in your window and then boo two of your neighbors.  It is supposed to be a secret but Jackson remembers where we put our buckets and looks for them each time we pass the neighbor's house.  He says, "My bucket went there!"

2 Years Old and 11 Months Week 3

We took the boys took the boys to see their cousins, Jayla and Jillian, this last week.  It was our first time meeting Jillian.  She is already 8 months old!  The kids played well together.  The drive from North Carolina to Pennsylvania was beautiful.  All the leaves were changing colors.

The boys great Nana moved in with Aunt Patti this year.  Aunt Patti rescues animals and lives on a farm.  She has horses, lamas, deer, chickens, geese, dogs, cats and peacocks.  The kids had a blast at the "zoo."  Jackson got to ride a horse and loved it.

Carson learned how to walk in a hotel room this week.  Grammy took care of the boys so that Mommy could help Poppy and Daddy at Onex.  Grammy took the boys to the Erie zoo.  Jackson is still talking about the monkey.

Anyone that knows Drew knows that he shakes his leg.  Jackson was sitting in the kitchen on the stool today and wanted us to see his leg.  He was making it shake.  It was so funny!

2 Years Old and 1 Year Wek 1

Friday night we went  to eat downtown off the food trucks.  There were 11 food trucks from all over the city that parked on one lot.  Drew got pork belly tacos that were amazing.  The kids had a wonderful girlled cheese.  I found change on the ground and gave it to Jackson.  I told him it was money and Carson started yelling, "Money!" Man, they sure do learn early.

We took the boys to the pumpkin patch this weekend.  There was a great hayride through the woods to the pumpkin patch.  The boys both picked little pumpkins out of the patch.  We also got a big one to carve.  Then, the boys got to ride the cow train.  It was little cattle cars made from 55 gallon drums and they were pulled by a tractor.  However, the kids thought they were driving.  Next, both boys rode real horses for the first time.  Jackson was a natural!  He loved riding so much Drew bought him tickets so that he could ride again.  Carson spent the whole time trying to get his helmet off.

Carson learned to high five this weekend.  We took the boys to the contemporary service at the Methodist Church this morning.  Carson is teething so he was screaming in the nursery so I just took him to service with me.  He loved the music.  A lady in front of me started waving her hands to the music.  Carson thought she was high fiving so he had his hands in the air too.  It was hilarious!



 

2 Years Old and 1 Year Old

I cannot believe that our baby just turned 1! We had a football themed party for him.  All the kids had fun playing together.  It was the first time that we had gotten to see come of our friends since moving back.  Carson did not smash his cake.  He just licked the icing.  However, Grammy did catch him in the cupcakes prior to the party.

We took Carson and Jackson to Lazy 5 Ranch on Carson's birthday.  Carson was afraid of the animals at first but by the end he was hanging out the side of the car trying to get them to come closer so we could feed them.

I took Jackson and Carson to the apple orchard with their friend Millie.  Jackson loved picking apples.  Both of the boys sat in the orchard and ate apples.  Then, we went to see the pigs and look at all the little pumpkins. 

Jackson caught his first fish on Sunday.  There was a a stocked trout pond and Grammy and Grandpa's cabin in the mountains.  He did not want to touch it but had fun fishing!

 Jackson was caught climbing his first bookcase this week.  We heard Carson crying and went to check on them.  Drew found Jackson three rungs up on the bookcase throwing books on Carson's head.  When I asked him what he was doing, he said, "Messing with the books."

Both of the boys have an ear infection.  Jackson weighed 40 lbs and Carson weighed 28 lbs at the doctor yesterday.