The Adventures of Jackson & Jayden!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Jack without a nap....

This is what happens late in the afternoon when Jack refuses to fall asleep at naptime..... he is naughty, is sent to his room, screams for a while, and then falls asleep in uncomfortable positions.

Oh well, at least he did end of sleeping for an hour - and giving us all a break... except his poor brother who was never able to sneak a replacement nap in :(

I finally got some pictures of Jayden playing in the pond! Usually I am too busy holding him to get a picture - but yesterday I just took the camera in the water with me right away and I snapped a few before I needed both hands to catch my boy :) Jayden loves to play in the water and with the rocks and sand.

Jack helping Grandpa cut the grass.

Riding Bikes!

Jack has really been into riding his bike lately. He usually takes a ride up and down the street at least once a day. We've tried around the block, but he usually tires out half way through and we end up pushing the bike back.... to which I've told him - Riding is a lot faster and easier than walking and pushing.... someday....

Jayden, of course, also needs to ride bikes with Jack. So sometime I strap him into the other one and push him down the road. He usually sits nice for a few minutes, but then starts wiggling so I have to take him out so he doesn't flip out onto his head on the sidewalk....

I'm a big boy too!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

New Hircuts!

Yesterday afternoon we gave the boys haircuts - Jack got cut with the clippers, Jayden just got a little trim on the front and sides.

These photos are the final outcomes after bath time last night:

Jayden chewed the comb during his trim. He sat pretty well, but not well enough for me to trim the back.... maybe in a few weeks...

Jack's pics are in reverse order.... here he is getting the front evened up.

The beginning with the clippers... Jack sits so nice for his haircuts!

Jack before the cut - a little shaggy :)

Jayden having fun!

Here are a few pics of Jayden having some fun this past week!

Playing with the comb after and during his first hair trim, and watching Jack get a haircut.

Jayden's first bike ride! Yesterday Daddy & Jack took a bike ride and when they got home we decided to give Jayden a try. He LOVED it! Daddy took him down the stree and back. He didn't even complain about having the helmet on.

Playing bubbles - but actually he just likes to take the wands in and out and in and out and in and out!

Reading books before dinner!

Princess Jack!

A few days ago Jack wrapped his blankie around himself and said he was a princess! We don't talk about princess or watch many princess movies (except Skrek) so I'm not sure where this came from.... but I went along :)

Jack's princess dress and long hair!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Exciting News!

I just got an email from Channel 4 saying that the boys were choosen to be on the news for Weather Kids.

I emailed pictures a long time ago - maybe March???? I just need to send back a release form and then I'll get the date when they will be on :)

Exciting!

Jayden's new big expense :(

On Wednesday morning Jayden ran out of free formula samples :( :( :(

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We'd been using free ones I had gotten in the mail as samples and some from the doctor's office since the beginning of June. But finally the sad day came when I had to go to the store to buy formula.

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Hopefully we don't need to buy too many more of the overpriced cans of powder. I also bought Jayden some more baby food and he's been eating pretty good the past 24 hours - 1 1/2 jars of fruit and 3 yogurt cups - believe it or not, that's good eating for this kid..... (we haven't bought him food in a while because he wasn't eating any of it, so my last stock-up trip to wal-mart lasted a while!)

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Hopefully at his next weigh-in at the end of August we will get the OK to switch to whole milk - because formula is RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE! (and I thought diapers were over-priced....which is why I use cloth whenever possible.)

my 1st purchse, ugh.

Beautiful day in the water!

On Tuesday we went down to the pond. The boys were in the water before I could even get my suit on! And they stayed in ALL DAY LONG. Jayden loved playing in the shallow water and splashing around. And Jack was doing great working on his swimming without his bubble suit. After a while he put his bubble suit on and had some fun on the tubes and board with Daddy and Chase & Jillian. Jayden took a nice long nap after lunch so I was able to enjoy the water with Jack a bit more. Jack was in the water from about 9:30 until 2:00, when he started "melting down" because he was very tired. But overall it was a great day.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

B'Haven Lodge!

We arrived at the B'Haven lodge around 3pm on Friday afternoon. It was very warm and sunny - so Jack got right into the water with Grandpa.

For dinner on Friday we had burgers on the grill and corn roasted on the campfire!

It was all delicious :) Jack loved his first corn-on-the-cob of the season.

After dinner we got ready to take the boat out to the sandbar to do some swimming. But Jayden couldn't wait that long - he need to be cooled off before we left the dock. He LOVED having his toes in the water.

Jack had his gecko raft from Auntie Katie all set for the sandbar. Jack almost fell asleep on the boat ride out - it had been a busy day and he didn't take a nap - but as soon as he got into the water he woke right up and starting having lots of fun.

The sandbar :) lots and lots of fun. The boys both loved it. And the water was nice and warm!

On Saturday it was cloudy and we had some rain in the afternoon, but before the rain his daddy and Jack tried out some tubing! They both had lots of fun on Grandma & Grandpa's new tube.

On Saturday afternoon Grandpa put the boys to work picking up rocks from the dirt where the new bathroom construction had taken place. Jack earned himself $1 for all the rocks he picked up. Jayden had fun helping too :)