Catching Up

Last week was fun and busy. It seems like we had somewhere to go everyday. We are loving the weather! The wind is a little strong from time to time, but the sunshine more than makes up for it. Last Thursday, Jack's play group got together at Case and Keeton's house. And a good time was had by all. I think the boys enjoy going from house to house each week because it gives them different things to see and different toys to play with. Jack found a hat to wear first thing. Hats are a big deal right now. Any and all hats. I've been teaching him that you do not wear hats at the table. So if he is wearing a hat when it's time to eat, he will take it off and set it on the buffet until he's done. It makes me very proud that he is starting to use his manners on his own.


Below are our play group pictures.

Two Cowboys!

Jack & Case

Jack loved playing with the cash register.

Baby Keeton!

He is Case's younger brother and so cute.

He's very good and enjoys watching the

big boys play. It won't be long before he's

right in the middle of them.

Snack Time!!

The Knights of the Round Table.

Case

Jack loves slides.

This is how he gets up them. We've tried

to get him to go up the right way, but he

likes his way the best.

The backs of Truett and Bradley.
It was hard to get good pictures of faces

because all of the boys were so busy.

Sir Winston Churchill
a.k.a Winston

That night, John came out of the shower to find

this. Jack loves to sit in laundry baskets. And

as you can tell in this picture, I had let my laundry

pile up! It was clean, just not folded.

Friday we bought Jack a T-Ball set.

And this was his reaction!

Lovely!! We don't know why,

just because.

Along with the tears was a very nasty attitude.
So, after a stearn talking to, he was sent to time out

until he could get his attitude in check. This took about 20

minutes of sitting in his bed.

T-Ball take two.
After time out and apologizing

for his behavior, he was fine.
See how he holds the bat? He hits the ball

with the handle of the bat. This bugs John,

but I told him we can work on that later. I didn't want

him poking the bear after the earlier episode.

There's plenty of time to learn.

He had to stop the game to

watch an airplane fly over the house.

Jack gets so excited when he sees or hears

an airplane.

Third base.

Saturday was my sister Nicole's birthday.

So we traveled to Tupelo to celebrate her birthday and

John's belated birthday. We all met at the

James E. Ballard Park for a picnic and fun.

I wish Grenada had a park like this. It's in the middle

of town and has a huge walking trail around the entire park.

You feel very safe while you're there.

It would be a great place for us to have our

play groups in the summer.

As I mentioned before, Jack loves slides!
On his tummy is his favorite way to get down.

Opening presents.

Sweet Baby Harrison.
Next year he will be right in the thick of things.

Walking to go feed the ducks.

Faster Cookie

We haven't come across anything Jack is afraid of yet.

Especially water. He loves getting in water.

John caught him right before he stepped

into the pond. And this set off an hysterical

meltdown. He could not understand why we would not

let him in the water. And that's why he is already signed up

for swimming lessons this summer.

The End!

A Mighty Post

A mighty looong post! It's not that I haven't posted in a while, it's just that I've been taking a lot of pictures.

Again with the hat. He put it on as soon

as he woke up Saturday.

We celebrated Valentine's Day a little early this year. On the actual 14th, I went to Jackson for the day and Jack spent the night with my parents. Since we wouldn't see him until Tuesday, we decided to give him his "happies" when he woke up Saturday morning. He got a Hallmark Love Bug and inside his love bug were tickets for all of us to go see Mickey Mouse's Magic Show in Jackson next month. (He talks about "Mickey's Magic Show" everyday.) He also got a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and Elmo bubble bath. He was so excited about his gifts.

Saturday afternoon we had a very special birthday to celebrate!

Miss Maggie's 2nd Birthday!!
How cute is she? And look at those curls.

She got so many cute clothes. And she was very

eager to try them all on.

Her new pink tri-cycle!

Yummmm, cake!

Keeping a close eye on the cake.

I thought this picture was so cute.

Milk - it does a body good!

Maggie & Miss Jennifer gave Jack a huge

Buzz Lightyear balloon (that he is

still so excited about). It's almost as big

as he is. I think that's one reason he

likes it so much.

He LOVES this balloon.

The weather has been so nice this week. And we have been

spending as much time outside as we can. When he woke up from his

afternoon nap today, we went outside for a snack and playtime.

In deep thought.

And I know this picture is gross, but you have no

idea how happy I am that this (insert word of your choice)

is dead. I don't know who, what, when or how. All I can say is

HALLELUJAH!!! If you could see what this (insert word of

your choice) has done to our yard, you would understand

my excitement. Now all John has to do is carry it off so Jack

won't touch it!!

Chowing down!

How does he sit like that for so long?

Playing a little football.
He didn't play for long because he kept

getting grass on his new shoes and it was

driving him crazy. (He has so much of his

dad in him!!)

Trying to kick it sitting down.

Kitty-Kitty made an appearance.

I saw Jack sitting like this and asked him what he

was doing. He said, "I tinkin".