Does the WWF Conduct Water Wresting Matches?

If so, Jackson sure has the aptitude for it. We might need to enter him into some early WWF training. He spent a good 15 minutes straight, picking the ball up, raising it over his head, throwing it out of the pool, then striking this pose and grunting loudly (like he had just kicked somebody's butt). He did this over and over again. It was cracking me up. I wish I had had our video camera instead of the still camera so you could all see how funny it was. Of course, maybe you just had to be there.....

Draggin' Elmo Around

I find this chair annoying since it giggles and shakes when you sit on it.
Or move it.
Or just step anywhere in its general direction.
But he really likes it.

Tie Dye

They tie-dyed this onesie for him at daycare last week.

Weekend Happenings

On Friday night, Jackson spent the night at his Mammaw's house so that Chris and I could go a AAA baseball game to help celebrate the 30th birthdays of some friends of ours. They are married and turned 30 on the SAME DAY - freaks.

Then on Saturday, we went to the Italian Festival in our old neighborhood. Of course we ate way too much food, but it sure was good going down. By far, Jackson's favorite food was the breadsticks though. What can I say, he takes after his Grandma. While we were there, we also bought some tickets to ride the merry-go-round. Let's just say that it wasn't Jackson's favorite part of the night, which was surprising. He likes (or liked, as the case might be) the "real" one at the Children's Museum, but he didn't like this one very much. This merry-go-round was not very big in diameter and they had the motor cranked to the highest speed, so you really felt like you were zipping around and around. I was even starting to get dizzy. I don't know if it made Jackson dizzy too or if he was just frightened by the scary carnie running it, but he didn't care for it very much, so that was the only ride we took.

Then today we went strawberry picking. The strawberries had all pretty much been picked over, so there was not much left but a few small berries. But I still think he had a good time running around eating what was left anyway! The strawberries were not even his favorite part of the whole trip - I think that was either the tractor that we saw or the dandelion weeds. If I had known that was what he wanted to do, I think we probably could have just stayed home and picked our own weeds!

Looking for strawberries is hard work........especially at the end of the season when everything has been picked over.Hey Mommy! Daddy's got berries in this box! I'm done picking ones from the ground then!Ahhh! Sweet reward.Bored with the strawberries, Daddy? Eat this instead.

Bucket Hat

Now, if he would only learn to leave it on his head when we are outside.....

I'm Struggling With Something

What do you call the color of his eyes? Green? Brown? Something else? This is a recycled picture, but it's the best close-up I have of his eyes.

Surfer Dude

The weather was really nice at the cabin on Saturday so we were able to go swimming in the lake. This was his first time swimming this summer and it took him a good 15 minutes to warm up to it enough just to stop crying/whining about it. Of course, he didn't let go of me, but that was good. He ended up swimming for a good 30 minutes or more after he grew to like it. What I really think got him interested in swimming was the fact that Mommy could reach into the sand and pull up rocks for him to throw into the lake. What fun! It will be interesting to see if he remembers swimming and is excited about it the next time we visit the cabin, or if he is scared again. Aside from swimming, Jackson spent most of the weekend hanging out with his buddy Jake....and by "hanging out" I mean "indian-giving" toys to Jake over and over again (i.e. giving Jake a toy when he reached for it and then taking it right back from him).