Just a Weekend

Some weekends are particularly fabulous. This was one of those weekends, and I'd like to document it for my own memory.

Friday Night:

Tyler had an intramural football game. I have been really impressed with how good he is. His team is all dental school guys and they are pretty funny to watch. Plus, I'm pretty sure we're the only intramural team that has 5-10 kids running around on the sidelines at any given time. Anyway, Tyler scored the final touchdown of the game for the 2nd week in a row. They were up by several touchdowns in both games, so he didn't technically win it for them, but it still makes me proud. After the game, we picked up a $6 Dominos Pizza and a $1 Redbox... my kind of date night. Tyler read Jackson his favorite book "Tanka, Tanka, Skunk." (If you haven't read it, you should. Jackson giggles everytime we read it. It's a simple, silly book, but still fun.) Tyler has been really busy with his 2nd year, which we knew was coming, but it's still hard to only see him for a few hours before bed each night. Jackson has been particualry missing him, so I think he enjoyed having a little extra time with his dad this weekend. After Jackson went to bed, Tyler and I watched the new Robin Hood. I REALLY love that movie.

Enjoying story time

Love the smile. He's way too happy to have all of his dad's attention.

Saturday:

Saturday we decorated pumpkins. It's one of my favorite traditions, but we skipped it last year since Jackson was too young to really get it. This year we let him do paint and stickers and he definately enjoyed himself. He did NOT want his picture taken. He hates having his shirt off, but it's just easier for messy projects.

Tyler carved the joker from Batman.

And the results... They turned out quite nicely.

Jamie's pumpkin. Jackson requested Shrek.

Tyler's pumpkin. (which also happens to be the back side of my pumpkin... I love being poor college students) Jackson was a little nervous about the scary face.

Cute Funnies (Part 2)

We are planning to have our blog printed into several books, so I like to keep an archive of the cute funnies that I put on the side bar of our blog. I haven't figured out how to get the program we use to print the side bar, so I just keep all of them listed in a blog post so they get copied into the book. The last post was quite a while ago so I decided to start a new one. Just ignore the redundancy.

Cute Funnies:

August 8, 2011 We were coming out of the grocery store and I was getting ready to load the groceries in the car. I still needed to pop the trunk. Jackson loudly yelled "Pop like it's hot pwease!" That's the phrase Tyler says when he needs me to pop the trunk. I'm pretty sure it comes from a dirty rap song or something like that, but when Jackson yells it at his mom, it's pretty dang funny. . June 28, 2011 Dad: Uh-oh. You put your underwear on backwards. Jackson: Oops. *giggles* I thought it was forwards. . June 23, 2011 Jackson has a story book called "I love you through and through". It has cute illustrations of a little boy with blonde spikey hair. He kind of reminds me of Jackson. So yesterday, I tried to put Jackson's name into the story, because he usually loves when I do that. He responded, "Mom! That's not me. That's 'Through & Through.' " I guess he thinks that's the boy's name. . June 10, 2011 **Jackson was going to his friend Alaina's house to be babysat while Tyler and I did a temple trip** Dad: Jackson, can I come to Alaina's house with you today to play? Jackson: No, Daddy. You have to go to the temple and marry mommy. . June 14, 2011 *This conversation happened after Jackson hit a pretty good golf shot with his little driver while we were golfing today* Mom: Nice hit, Jackson! Jackson: Yeah, you knew I could do it. Mom: I did know you could do it because you have your Daddy's good golfing genes. Jackson: Yeah, I know. We have the same basketball shorts. (he must have thought I meant jeans and related that to their matching shorts, which are directly related to good golf shots) . June 12, 2011 Jackson grammer when he's trying to be polite: "Please may I can have watch Kung Fu Panda?" . June 5, 2011 Mom: Jackson, put your pajamas on right now. My patience is running out. Jackson (after quickly putting on his pajamas): Now your patience is going back in. . June 5, 2011 Mom: We have a lot of cleaning to do. Who let this kitchen get so messy? Jackson: Um... Daddy did. . June 5, 2011 During church I pointed to a picture of a child being baptised and tried to quiz Jackson about it to keep him preoccupied. Mom: Do you know what is happening in this picture? Jackson: A "Bath-tism"... Uh-oh, they forgot to take their clothes off. . May 18, 2011 Jackson loves his little nerf dart guns, but he isn't strong enough to cock them himself. So all day long he brings them to me and says, "Mom, will you 'cwock' this so I can shoot you?" And for some reason I always do. . May 15, 2011 Jackson loves getting himself dressed, usually in basketball shorts (despite the pouring rain and cold temperatures) and a mis-matched shirt/sweater/pajama top. The other morning he came out in a particularly ridiculous outfit and proudly declared, "I'm looking pretty cute, huh?" . May 12, 2011 "Mommy, I went poo-poo in the potty. You wanna take a picture?" . April 7th, 2011 Jackson found a small package of conversation hearts leftover from Valentine's Day. He asks me to read each heart to him before he eats it. Jackson: "What 'dis' one say?" Mom: "It says 'WILD CHILD'. That one is perfect for you because you are a wild child." Jackson: (very upset) "I'm NOT wild child! I'm Jackson Kent Boyd" . April 7th, 2011 Every morning Jackson asks for his new favorite cereal, "Apple Jacksons". I'm not sure if it's the name or the sugary apple flavor that he likes. . April 4th, 2011 My little brother is getting married to Stephanie in July. When I was booking airfare I asked Jackson if he wanted to fly to Idaho for Kevin's wedding. He replied, "Oh! I love to get married with Kevin and Stephanie!" . March 9th, 2011 I know Cute Funnies are traditionally things Jackson says, but I had a good Tyler one yesterday, so I'm posting it. Tyler: Our garden starts look really good. I can't believe how fast they're growing. It's just a shame that there is so much zucchini. Jamie: I didn't know you cared. What would you prefer we grew? Tyler: Can we grow Reese's Puffs Cereal? . February 4th, 2011 I gave Jackson a big slice of pizza. He looked at it suspiciously and said "That's not gonna fit in my mouth." . February 2nd, 2011 Jackson: Mom, I want McDonalds. But not any "vegables". Just McDonalds. . January 30th, 2011 Jackson: My "smoovie" has no strawberries. Mom: It has strawberries. They're just chopped up so you can't see them. Jackson: Strawberries chopped up? Oh no! That's so sad. . January 24th, 2011 This morning we were enjoying our daily "Smoot Smoovie" and a little of it spilled on the table. Jackson: Uh-oh. I spilled. Mom: That's okay. I'll get a cloth and clean it up. Jackson: Oh. I help! He must have thought I said "cough" instead of "cloth" because he then coughed on the spill and tried to wipe it up. . January 23rd, 2011 Every morning Jackson requests a fruit smoothie by saying, "Smoot Smoovie pwease." And he gets one every morning because how can you say no to that? . January 19th, 2011 Tyler says really weird things, and when Jackson tries to copy those things, they come out even weirder. Sometimes when something tastes really good, Tyler calls it "Delooshy-tooshy" (from the root word delicious). So the other day Jackson called his lunch "Tasty toosty toosty". . January 12th, 2011 Mom: Jackson, do you want to go play at Alaina's house today? (Alaina lives on the 3rd floor at our apartment complex). Jackson: Um... no. It's just too hard with all of those stairs. Mom: I could carry you up the stairs. Jackson: Oh... okay. . January 7th, 2011 "Oopsie daisy, daisy. I poop something." . November 26th, 2010 Tyler has trained Jackson to tell people he wants to be a dentist when he grows up. So last week I was telling someone about it and we asked him "Jackson, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Instead of his trained response, he answered, "Buzz Lightyear!" . November 25th, 2010 One of Jackson's favorite phrases is "How 'bout..." He uses it A LOT, anytime he wants anything. Here is one of my favorite examples: Jackson: Mommy, I want juice. Mom: Okay, you can have a little juice. Jackson: Oh... how 'bout BIG juice?! My other favorite example happened the other night when I was tucking him into bed. I said good night and was closing the door when he said, "Oh wait. How 'bout kiss?" So I gave him a big kiss and tried to leave again. Then he said, "Oh wait. How 'bout hug?" . November 23rd, 2010 Daddy: Jackson, do you know where Santa Claus lives? Jackson: Idaho! . November 12th, 2010 Yesterday Jackson went to the bathroom in his potty chair for the first time. When he was done, I offered him a chocolate chip as his reward and said it was for him going potty. He looked confused. He held the chocolate chip in one hand, then pointed to his potty chair and said in a concerned tone, "I put it in there?" Haha, no Jackson. You eat it. . November 1st, 2010 Jackson and I were riding in the car when a Taylor Swift song came on the radio. His eyes got really big and he said, "Mommy, I LOVE this song!" Sometimes I think he spends too much time with me. . November 1st, 2010 Jackson: "Mommy, more mac & cheese." Mom: "Here you go." Jackson: "Thank you." Mom: "You're welcome." Jackson: "No... YOU'RE welcome." . October 31st, 2010 Tyler was out of town so I was on my own with Jackson during church. He was doing pretty good, until the really quiet part of the meeting. For no reason at all he yelled out as loud as he could, "Nipple!" Where did that come from? I'm blaming Tyler for a being a little too thorough when he taught Jackson basic anatomy. . October 28th, 2010 We attended a Halloween party for my work tonight. I dressed up as a cave woman. The costume included ratting my hair up huge, wearing a cheetah print toga, and covering my face in brown smudges. When Jackson first saw me all dressed up like this, he said, "Oh mommy... you're beautiful!" . October 9th, 2010 Grandma Hawkins: Jackson, what would you like me to get you for Christmas? Jackson: Um... presents.

Lotta Nada

We've finally had some time to do a lot of nothing. It's been great.

Silly slide pictures

Jackson: "I am... monkey!"

Fixing the cars from grandma with the tool set from grandma

He has started running away when he realizes I have the camera

Why is this the face I get when I ask for a smile and he decides to cooperate? I've learned not to ask. You just have to wait for it patiently, and be very fast with the trigger.

Girls, girls, girls

We had a girly weekend with my mom and sisters visiting. Jackson didn't mind. He enjoys the girly stuff. We went to the Seattle Art Museum, enjoyed a cute little Italian place, and even spent a cloudy evening at the beach, where some kind of sea creature must have eaten my sister's phone, because it disappeared that evening and was never seen again.

Swinging with Aunt Whitney Watching the trains at Carkeek Beach

This is the fish slide. It's a little bizarre, but Jackson loves it because of how fast you can go. You go in the fishes mouth and out his...

Everyone relaxing in our messy apartment. Notice all of the purple shirts for game day? We all looked very festive.

Bad lighting, but I needed a cute grandma and Jackson picture (other than the one where she is flying out the "bottom" of the fish slide with Jackson and has a truely terrified look on her face. I decided to save that one for a special occasion.)

Washington Corn Maze

On Saturday we went to a corn maze. I didn't even know they had corn mazes in Washington. I guess I thought they were one of those Idaho treasures that everyone else thinks are lame. So we went to one that was about 30 miles north of Seattle. It was awesome. They have a whole farm set up with a petting zoo, play area, corn maze, bakery, pumpkin patch, putting course, etc. We had a blast. And the corn maze was shaped like the state of Washington, complete with real landmarks and roads. Most of the pictures were a little rough. There was a combination of bright sunshine, shadows from the corn, Jackson sprinting, and Tyler not realizing that I had left some weird camera settings on.

The hayride to the entrance of the maze

You entered along the "Idaho border"

About half way through, Jackson decided to be brave and started running off the path into the thick corn and hiding from us. It made me a little nervous because a couple of times he completely disappeared from view and would crouch down and wait silently while we called his name and crawled in after him.

Zoo Therapy

Today we needed a zoo escape, just Jackson and me.

Favorite Jackson quote of the day:

(sternly pointing his finger) "Monkeys, No no! Too loud!"

Favorite moment of the day:

We were all by ourselves watching the snow leopards. They were, of course, all the way at the back of the exhibit, lounging on the rocks and doing nothing interesting. Then one of them stood up. He's ears perked up and he looked right at Jackson standing behind the glass all the way at the front end of the exhibit. He crouched down and glared. All of the sudden, he jumped off the rock and sprinted down the hill. He was to us in about 2 seconds and he ran right into the glass that Jackson was standing on the other side of. He got up, came back over and just stared at Jackson. Their noses were about 6 inches apart with a thin wall of glass between them. Jackson loved it. I was thinking of all those news stories where zoo animals get out and attack guests.

My favorite animal of the day:

The brown bear, but only because he came over and lounged on the rocks right in front of us. It was the best view we've ever gotten of him.

a very poorly taken photograph, but Jackson wanted to be in one with the bear

It Shouldn't Be This Fun

Tyler has informed that it's time for a blog update. I replied with, "Maybe you should do a post." And his response, "I guess we don't really need one right now." Haha, well, here it is anyway. My lack of posts has been due to a lack of exciting things going on around here. In fact, last week was filled with a bunch of silly, little things that shouldn't be that fun, but they were.

On Thursday a fabulous package arrived, my new toy (pictured below). Cleaning carpets shouldn't be a fun thing, but for some reason I was thrilled when this arrived and spent my entire afternoon shampooing the ridiculously white carpets in our house. Once again, white carpets in a student-family apartment complex? Give me a break! Anyway, they are sparkling clean again. See how beatiful they look? I'm guessing next time they need to be cleaned, I won't be so excited to do it.

On Friday, an even better package arrived. My best friend still lives in Idaho, so we have to find ways to cheer each other up from a distance. Last week I had a particularly bad day and told her I needed her to skip work and spend the afternoon with me, which she obviously couldn't do from so far away. So instead she mailed me a "girly afternoon package" including bright pink nail polish, a cucumber face mask, and a Glamour magazine, which she had already read and written little comments all over for me to read. So I spolied myself for a day and pretended she was there. Again, way more fun than it should be :) Thanks, Lara!

Another big part of my week was reading. Althought I hate reading, I've managed to plow through almost 4 books in the past few weeks, and my house is cleaner than ever. I guess it motivates me when I actually have something good to do with my free time. Maybe I should decide I like reading... maybe I already do.

I started with this book, which was interesting and way different than what I usually read. I actually really liked it. I can't decide if I would recommend it to friends. It would probably depend on the friend. But I'm glad I read it.

The last five days have been devoted to these. I'm still in the middle of Mockingjay, so don't spoil it for me :) And finally, because I know the grandparents are reading this, and I know what they care about seeing. Jackson is still just as cute as ever. He's looking particularly handsome and grown up in his new fall clothing.

15k

After Tyler did his triathalon, I decided I should do something like that too. I talked my friend into training for a 15k (9.3 miles). For any of you who run, that probably doesn't sound like much, but for someone like me, it was a big deal. We only had 5 weeks to train (which ended up being about 3 weeks if you don't count the time that I was either sick or injured). Well, Saturday was the race and somehow I made it. I finished the race in 1 hour 33 minutes. My goal was to do it in under 2 hours, so I was proud of the accomplishment. Unfortunately, the camera was on the wrong settings and all of the race pictures turned out blurry (or maybe I was just running that fast), but there were a couple of cute post-race pictures.

Jackson enjoying my post-race cookies. Apparently he thought he had earned them.

My friend and her cute family. Our husbands are in school together, we work together, we live across the parking lot from each other, and now we run races together :)

Randi, Brevic, Madden, and Alex

For Labor Day weekend, we had visitors from Idaho. Tyler's sister, Randi, and her husband Brevic and son Madden, and Tyler's brother, Alex. It was so fun to have family around. We had a blast. I love Seattle, I just wish it was closer to Pocatello so we could see everyone more often.

Jackson really enjoyed spending time with his only cousin. Jackson definately knows he is the older one, and he picked on Madden a lot, but in a few years they will be great friends.

The boys were lucky enough to meet a guy while golfing that gave us free Mariner's tickets in the fancy terrace seats.

Jackson with his uncle Alex

A beautiful sunset at Carkeek Beach

Big boys having fun on the little kid toys. The best part is clicking on the pictures and zooming in to look at their facial expressions. It was way more intense than it looks in these pictures.

In case you were doubting their speed, I slowed down the shutter speed in this picture so you can see their movement... kind of a cool effect. It also makes it look light outside, even though it wasn't.

"Saw-knee"

Jackson's cutest word right now is "sorry", which he pronounces "saw-knee". The letter R is hard to say, so he adapted the word for himself. It really does melt my heart everytime he says it. He always says it in a really sweet, little sad voice.

A few weeks ago, he got very good at saying it when I walked into the family room and found my carpet colored blue. (notice the blue hands in the picture below) As soon as I walked into the room, Jackson put his head down and started to cry. He knew he was in trouble. He avoided eye contact with me for about 30 minutes while I scrubbed the carpet and calmly, but sternly explained that we never color anything but paper. He kept crying and refusing to look at me and finally told me he wanted a nap. So I took him into his room and kissed him goodnight. As I was closing the door, I heard his timid little voice say, "Mommy. Saw-knee. Wuv you." You can't be mad after that.

And thank you Sol-U-Mel, because the carpet is fine now. What will I do when my supply runs out?