camping at shields lake

Last Friday we went camping at Shields Lake in North Georgia. Jackson had so many new experiences. He and his papa caught a fish together- he grabbed it with his bare hands when it came out of the water and said "let's eat it!" We made s'mores by a fire, but Jackson would only eat plain ole marshmallows. At night we stalked around the woods with flashlights on our heads looking for spiders...then we slept on a screened porch while rain fell all night. We were joined by campers ashlea, denise, philip and harry the wonderdog. good times!

easter with family

easter weekend with papaw and mimi was so much fun!

he's a grown dinosaur now...

Jackson's love for dinosaurs doesn't seem to be fading.
He informed me that he's going to be a "Palee-un-tologist"...
I overheard this as he was playing with his dinos:
"He's a grown dinosaur, so it's time for him to get a job."

his smile shines like the sun

tmnt

jackson has become completely obsessed with the teenage mutant ninja turtles, thanks to a dvd sent by an old friend. he spends his days now playing with 80's styled Ninja Turtle toys and repeating dated phrases from the Ninja Turtles cartoon. i'm accustomed to hearing "dude" and "shredder". the pinnacle was hearing this bloodthirsty battlecry from his room: "TURTLES FIGHT WITH HONOR!!!"

bowling fun

jackson tried his hand at bowling the other day and just loved it.
it was so hard for him to wait his turn! he wanted Cousin Michael
to help him every time. it was all fun and games until he picked
up a 15 lb. ball and dropped it on my friend Holly's foot. that's when the party
was OVER.

Happy Halloween!

Jackson had the best time trick or treating this year!
he was in pirate character all night shouting "ahoy matey"
and brandishing his sword. it wasn't until someone gave him
a candy bracelet that he lost his swashbuckeling swagger.
he then became obsessed with the candy and didn't care about
getting any more "treasure". halloween is fun again- yay!

papaw and mimi's visit on the fourth of july

papaw and mimi came to visit us on the fourth of july! we decided to watch the fireworks from coolidge park and enjoy "pops in the park".. among thousands of other hot and sweaty people. by the end of the night we were watching the fireworks from the hill in renaissance park, which was much less crowded and much more enjoyable!

jackson and maya at their Laos dance performance

underwater

jackson returned from the beach without his fear of going underwater. he now spends most of bathtime with his head submerged. he loves how surprised it makes me. i love how his hair looks like liquid.

the abc's

we are in the alphabet stage now. jackson loves to sing the alphabet song and find letters everywhere. he can only identify a few correctly, but he's so excited to KNOW when he's located an actual letter. he's loves to feel the raised letters on the civil war signs by our house. we spent about 20 minutes scouring a sign for letters he knows. i've always loved "the written word" and i couldn't be more delighted that he's taking an early interest in it!

easter