Jackson loves sending and receiving mail. He likes to make pictures and cards for people, and then narrate what they should say while I write. It's usually very cute. Lots of "I loves you"s and "I can't wait to play with you"s.
Yesterday, he brought me a Christmas card that he had colored. Inside was a picture he drew of me. He said "I made you a Christmas card. Will you help me write the message to you?" I was pretty excited. I sat down and began rapidly scribing everything he said while he narrated the card to me. I was expecting some heartfelt "thank you"s for all my hard work. Instead, I got this.
"To mom, from Jackson. I want to say I love you. Uh... I wish that you would come to Daddy's football games every day and bring snacks for me every day. I really want you to make a picture back for me. I love you again. I wish you would put up the Christmas tree today. I wish snow would fall from the sky. And I wish the Incredible Hulk was real."
And that was the end. I swear that is word-for-word what he told me to write.
Not to get too profound here, because we all know that's usually not my style, but I was thinking I wonder if that's how Heavenly Father feels when we pray. He expects prayers of love and gratitude, and instead we ramble off a list of wants... random wants.
Either way, I love my little Christmas card, and find myself wishing I could make a little snow fall from the gray Seattle sky, and somehow find the REAL Incredible Hulk.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Wicked & Chuck E.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Brothers
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Jackson and Fisher's favorite spot to hang out, the top bunk bed. They think it's so funny to sit up there and giggle. |
Friday, November 2, 2012
G&G Hawkins Visit
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We spent a rainy day at the corn maze |
Fisher should win smile awards |
Fisher Plaza |
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Halloween 2012
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Jackson's class took a fieldtrip to Remlinger Farms to visit the pumpkin patch, go on a train ride, hay jump, and more. Such a fun day. |
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Getting ready to jump in some hay. He wasn't a fan of it getting stuck in his shoes. |
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There were several presenters there that taught the kids about farms. I love Jackson in this picture. He looks sincerely fascinated. |
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Grinding wheat |
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Jackson loves these silly face cut-out photo props. He wanted his picture taken at every one of them, and there were at least 20. |
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The train ride. It was fun to spend a day just Jackson and me. He sure has some great things to say when you get him talking. |
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Learning about bees |
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Our trick-or-treating group. Tyler was in Dallas interviewing for residency, so our friends let us tag along. It was so much fun to go with them. |
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My favorite house... awesome. I want to do this some day. |
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Spider web 7-layer dip. I love Halloween food. |
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Painting pumpkins. We were too lazy to carve this year, but painting was just as fun. |
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Pumpkin pizza for our little trick-or-treaters |
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Jackson already had a fair amount of sugar in him, so getting a smile out of him was impossible. |
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