Wednesday, March 18, 2009

happy birthday, jack-inator... part 2

not only did we have a blast sledding the weekend before, we got to celebrate jackson's birthday again --
on the real day!

i think it was the first friday the 13th since he was born 11 years ago! some may say it's bad luck, but not us! we we're blessed early that morning with our sweet jackson henry!

and this year we did it up big at our new red robin and came back home for chocolate-chocolate-chip cake with the house favorite mint chip ice cream... and presents!

we had friends over and dave was home... it was about perfect with the one small exception that my baby was 11!

i don't know where that tiny baby went? or that chunky monkey that helped us welcome home his new baby brother? where is that sweet toddler who used to crawl into my bed every morning to watch clifford the big red dog on pbs? i feel like i just got used to the pre-kindergartner who had a backpack that was practically as big as he was...

and now here he is... in 4th grade , playing all kinds of sports, hanging around with other fellas in the neighborhood, riding bikes and playing catch, you know, just being a kid.

he's growing into a wonderful person who has a kind heart, is helpful and still occasionally crawls in bed with me--only now we watch spongebob!

happy birthday to my beautiful boy!
he got binoculars from jacquie for our rockies spring training games
(too bad we won't be able to see matt holiday play ball)

i call this an "uncle eric smile"...

he may have been tired of smiling, or he was humoring while i made him smile for me instead of opening another present!

and here are my other two favorite guys!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

curse you facebook...

at first i was not convinced that facebook was something i was really into... and then i got addicted! totally addicted! so while i have been so consumed by facebook, i have neglected my blog, and there have been so many things happening around our house!


most importantly jackson turned 11 on friday... and he was lucky enough to be able to celebrate for a whole week!




we went to jackson, wyoming to take our friend, Flat Stanley on part one of the birthday. he was very good luck--

we saw a moose!

the moose was not the only wildlife we saw... we went on the elk refuge sleigh ride. so we saw many elk, mostly the ones with horns (are those also called bucks? i know they are the males, but i'm not sure...) the really cool thing was how they were sparring--but only for fun. they aren't quite ready for chick-elk-impressing-antler-clashing, but it's coming soon!

after the sleigh ride, we decided to warm up in the hot tub, stanley stayed by the edge...







dinner... oops! we forgot stanley...

but we did take him to the square for a picture with the antlers...

and we also took him in to "see" the historic
then because he isn't old enough to be in the Cowboy Bar, we left...












after a good night's sleep, we took stanley to Jedidiah's House of Sourdough for breakfast... yummmm... sourdough french toast...


and after our HUGE breakfast we went sledding...

and sledding...
















and sledding...































and more sledding!


finally, we stopped for square ice creams in swan valley. stanley didn't have his own, but he may have shared jackson's cookie dough ice cream...


















i think a good time was had by all...

( t o b e c o n t i n u e d . . . )

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

something about blueberries

in general, jackson doesn't eat fruit or vegetables--except corn, apples, cutie oranges (sometimes) and potatoes. with that being said, it may explain why i was shocked, stunned and amazed this morning:

at 7:05am (we have to be at school by 7:55am)

me: jacks, sweetie... it's late, we have to get up... come on...
jacks: {stretching} i need blueberries...
me: WHAT?!
jacks: {yawning} i need blueberries for school
me: TODAY?!
jacks: yeah, today
me: why didn't you call me yesterday (i have to close the library on tuesdays... yes, i know... i have much guilt!)
jacks: {shrugs} i don't know...
me: okay, get up and let's get going...

then a few minutes later, i stop and think about this and then...
me: do you have a note from miss o'dell
jacks: no
me: what do you need these berries for?
jacks: my enrichment teacher said that we need blueberries
me: what? did she give you a note yesterday?
jacks: nope
me: then how did you know about the blueberries?
jacks: she told me last week at enrichment...
me: WHAT?!
jacks: {blank stare}
me: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME LAST WEEK?!
jacks: {blank stare, again}
me: YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME AT ANY POINT THIS WEEKEND!!
jacks: yeah...
me: well...
jacks: i don't need them until 1:15
me: well...
jacks: {lopsided smile}
me: well, i'll see what i can do...

so i left work earlier than i planned, went to the wal-mart for blueberries, and quickly drove across the "big city" to deliver the said berries to my boy...
... and was rewarded for my efforts with a big smile, a kiss... and later, freshly baked blueberry muffins!
life is good!