What's in the paper today?

Now that the weather is not freezing cold and there isn't snow on the ground, Jack gets to go outside with me to get the paper in the morning. When it was colder he had to watch from the window. He is quite excited about this turn of events and this morning I got a cute picture of him after we came inside. He had to bring Charlie to get the paper and also wear his fire boots. Every morning he takes the paper out of the bag and says "What's in the paper today?" Then we look at the different sections. Lately he has been looking at the sports and talking about the Jayhawks playing basketball. We keep telling him they lost and can't play anymore, but he isn't believing it. Maybe it's a sign? Perhaps we have a Jayhawk on our hands and not a Tiger...

 

Donut Shop

Jack and I went to Walgreens today to pick up some pictures. As soon as we stepped out of the car he announced he wanted to go to the donut shop. Lamar's happens to be right next to Walgreen's and little Jack remembered that fact. So, of course, we went. He picked out a chocolate donut with sprinkles and had to wait all the way through a trip to Hy-Vee and lunch at home before he could eat it. He really enjoyed it -- every bit of it!

He is also still loving his fire boots. He wears them pretty much every moment he is in the house and awake. Although he has suggested a couple of times that he sleep in them.

And here's one last picture. I just like it because of his eyes. How can you not love those eyes? Oh, one last Jack story from the past few days. Yesterday I was finishing up making dinner and Nathan was in the kitchen with me. Jack was playing in the living room and we heard him talking about something. Pretty soon he wanders in the kitchen saying, "My tummy's rumbling." He was apparently serious because he ate a very large supper!

Birthday Fun Part Two

Jack had another birthday party today with Grandma Pam, Grandpa Glen, Great Grandma Pat, Great Grandpa Bill and Aunt Regina. He had a great time and wanted us to sing him Happy Birthday two times so he could blow out his candles two times. And of course, we did. His second birthday is now officially over! 

 Of course, he loved all his presents. Here he is dressed up in his new fireman gear.

He also loved his new wooden food that he can cut and putting dimes in his piggy bank.

Grandma and Grandpa got him a world map, so now he knows where Uncle Will is (even though he still says Ohio if you ask him). And he also now knows where Omary lives. Omary is a little boy from Tanzania we sponsor through Compassion and Jack carries his picture around in his wallet and prays for him every night.

And here's a picture of the three of us with his lovely birthday cake that took me much longer to decorate than I thought it would. It is supposed to be Legos if you can't tell!

Third Time's a Charm

Jack got his third haircut today and he didn't cry! At least not the whole time. He was a little upset at first, but M&M's helped a lot and he pretty much sat there talking and looking around. He did refuse to wear the cape-thing that keeps the hair off you, so we had to change clothes when we got home. Afterward, he got to go to the chocolate and cookie store a couple doors down and pick out a treat. I think he'll remember that part next time. Here are some pics of his new look.

The weather is really nice here today so we ate lunch outside on his new picnic table. That in itself was quite exciting, but he also got to have macaroni and cheese. He likes to take big bites.

He didn't care much for the flies getting on his table. Here he is telling one to shoo.

Last, here's one of the few pictures from his birthday where he is actually smiling. He hasn't quite figured out how to smile on command for the camera yet, so Nathan made him laugh for this picture and we got a smile.

Birthday Fun and Other Stuff

Jack's second birthday was yesterday and he had a great day and weekend. I tried to do a post last night about it, so some of you saw that failed attempt. Here he is blowing out his candles during his birthday party at Fritz's.

Today was a big day because he learned how to pedal his tricycle all by himself. He actually learned how while I was talking to Uncle Will on the phone so we both got to be excited for him.


Tonight at dinner he took a big bite of food and says, "That was a man bite." Then he cracked up and told us "That was hilarious." He also loves pretending to go places with Daddy lately. They pretend that they go to Mexico or Hawaii mostly. Here they are dressed up and smiling for the camera in Hawaii. I believe they had just done some hula dancing. Okay, that's it for now because this silly web site is acting weird again!