THE Worst Vocal Impression EVER

The other night I was folding laundry in the guest bedroom while Chris was putting Jackson to bed. As usual, it was storytime before bedtime, so I wasn't paying much attention to what was going on in Jackson's bedroom. After a few minutes, I noticed that Chris's voice sounded funny. At first I didn't think much of it because Chris had been complaining about his sinuses - I just thought he was stuffy. But, as I listened closer, I began to suspect something else was going on. After listening for a minute or two, I thought I had it figured out: Chris was reading Sam's part from Green Eggs & Ham in the voice of Richard Nixon!

Fairly amused, I went into Jackson's room and laughingly asked Chris why he was reading the book like Richard Nixon. Chris responded, "I'm not" and had this look on his face as though he didn't know what I was talking about. Then, on the next beat, Chris said, "It's Sean Connery." So I did the only things one could do in this situation - had a good laugh, turned around and walked out of the room, and left Jackson with the mistaken understanding that Scottish people sound like Richard Nixon.

New Swingset

Jackson really likes it... ...but, obviously, Luke is unimpressed.

Isn't He Cute?

Luke will still take a tumble after a while, but I'd say that he's officially sitting up now. He can stay seated and play with toys for a number of minutes; he'll just lose his balance or lean too far every now and then. But, I would still declare that he's sitting on his own now.

Unimpressed

Look at that Form!

Babe Ruth in the making.
That's it, keep your head down.
Testing out the new tee.

They May Not Look Identical, But They Are the Same Size

Sometimes when people see Luke or see his picture, they comment how much he looks like his big brother. Honestly, I don't think they look that much alike. I mean, you can tell they are closely related, but when I look at Luke, I don't really see his resemblence to Jackson very much...except for his size.

At Jackson's 6 month well-visit, he was 23 lbs and 29.25 in.
At Luke's 6 month well-visit, he was 23 lbs and 29 in.

Maybe it shouldn't be so surprising given that they have the same genes and are being raised by the same parents, but I still think it's a little weird that they have the same stats.

Anyway, here are pictures of each of them at about 6 months old - even in the same outfit. Again, I look at Luke, I see a brotherly resemblence, but I don't think to myself "man, he looks like Jackson". Maybe they look more alike to other people because those other people aren't his parents or aren't correctly remembering what Jackson looked like? Maybe they just see a LARGE, cheeky baby and think "man, he looks a lot like Jackson"? Or maybe Luke's blue eyes and darker hair color are throwing me off and they look a lot more alike than I think, but I really don't think so....

Meeting Super Why

Super Why is a PBS cartoon character that Jackson really likes. Like most PBS kids programs, the show's main goal is to improve childrens' literacy. I wouldn't say it's my favorite kids cartoon, but it is tolerable, in that it doesn't annoy me too much. And, unfortunately, I've learned that is about all you can ask in a preschool TV program.
The show does have a catchy tune though...

Jackson's Chalk Writings

With the exception of a few letters that I helped him with, Jackson wrote all of these names/words himself on our driveway the other day. I helped him spell, mind you, but he did write the letters. I don't know if most kids that have just turned 3 years old can write their letters like this, but I still think this is pretty good. Maybe it's just motherly pride or something.

Wow, now THAT is just pitiful. God, I hope as he gets older he gives me cooler things to be proud of than his ability to write the alphabet. :)

"Worm" - No help.

"Snake" - Help writing the "k".

"Chris" - No help.

"Venus" - No help.

"Luke" - Help with the "k".

"Colleen" & "Jackson" - Help with the "k" and "n" in Jackson.

It's Not Artful, But It Gets the Job Done

He rolled over a few (may be 2 or 3) weeks ago, but Chris was the only witness to it and he couldn't repeat the feat, so I think it was a fluke. But he finally rolled over again last night and day care also reported that he rolled over several times for them today. Here he is showing off his new skill again tonight.

Louisville Zoo

My Friend Belinda Will Be So Disappointed

Belinda only likes babies when they are between the stages of no longer being "floppy" and before they get teeth. There goes one babysitting option. I guess I should just be glad that we got her to babysit at least once while Luke was in her "sweet spot".

I suppose I should also warn Jackson that Luke is no longer harmless because he's no longer toothless. And it's only a matter of days before it goes from tooth to teeth because the one next to it is ready to go...

P-A-R-T-Y!!

It's just not a party until Jason makes a fool of himself, right Dani?
We rented a 11' x 10' bounce castle for the basement. When I reserved it, I was worried that the top of the peaks might hit the bottom of the floor joists; they didn't and it fit perfectly.
If, after seeing this picture of the birthday cake, you asked yourself, "Gee, I wonder if Colleen made this cake herself?", then you really don't know me at all.
He got his first real bike as a gift from his Mammaw & Pappaw. Despite it being pretty cold outside, we let him try to take it down the street for a spin after his nap. The first ride didn't go too well in case you couldn't tell from the pictures. It was difficult for him to get the pedals to turn, so he got pretty frustrated since he knows how to pedal, but he couldn't make them go.