Be Very Quiet

Here's a Jack quote for the day. At lunch we were sharing an apple and Jack says, "Where is the... I can't think of the word. That is a hard word." I knew he was going to ask where the caramel dip was because he likes apples lots more with that added, so I asked him if the word had something to do with apples. He replied with, "Mommy please be very quiet. I am trying to think of that word." Then he thought for a second and remembered his word -- he was very proud of himself. Sometimes you just need some peace and quiet I guess.

Omaha

This weekend we went to Omaha with some good friends to visit the zoo. We left early Saturday morning and got to the zoo about 10. We might have overdone it just a little at the zoo, seeing as we didn't leave until around 4. There was so much to see and the boys (Jack, Ben -- almost 4 yrs. old and Sam - 2 yrs. old) were having lots of fun. 


Despite all the great animals to see, I think their favorite thing was escaping and running away from us every chance they could get. They wore us out. We were asleep by 9:30. A few hours later we were woken up by our very loud hotel neighbors, who we then proceeded to get kicked out of the hotel because we complained about them. Too bad for them! Here are some pictures from the zoo. 

Looking at a very large gorilla!

In the jungle building. One of the few moments he wasn't moving. 

The aquarium was his favorite part. He has a few fish books from the library he loves, so he was very excited to see all the things we've been reading about for weeks in person. 

We also found some really neat slides in downtown Omaha that the boys loved. I think Jack and Nathan went down probably 20 times. He didn't want to go down by himself, which was probably a good thing because it was a very fast and steep slide. 

And here is one last picture that just kind of makes me laugh. Despite all the fun we had, we did have our rough moments too. He thinks he is such a big boy and will tell you all about it, but if he gets hurts he wants Mommy. When this picture was taken, he had just taken a little tumble when we were leaving the slides and it was just too much for him to handle. 

Sonogram and A Life Lesson

Today we had our second sonogram for the baby and he was much more cooperative today. They were able to get all the pictures they needed and everything looks great. He looks so big already and I could see him rubbing his eyes and mouth, and opening and closing his little fingers. And, he has Jack's cute little nose!

Now, on to the life lesson. This morning Nathan had a little talk with Jack about what is supposed to be flushed down the toilet. He hasn't thrown any toys or random objects in the toilet yet, but we know that day is coming soon. So Nathan explained if a toy or book fell in the toilet, then Jack needs to come and get me and tell me it's an emergency, but not to flush the toilet. So Jack thought about this new information for a moment and very seriously replied, "I guess if I fall in the toilet, is that an emergency?" Hmmm... I think the answer to that is yes.

Happy Missouri Day

This morning when Jack woke up I told him it was a special day called Labor Day and that means Daddy doesn't have to go to work today. He immediately told me, "No, it's not Labor Day. It's Missouri Day." So I asked him what you do on Missouri Day and he informed me, "You fight cheetahs." Of course! 


He is on a roll today... At breakfast I asked him if he was going to eat any more of his breakfast ice cream (a smoothie) and he told me, "I'm waiting for the chimes and then I'll eat more some." He was talking about the chimes in his read-along books that tell you to turn the page. 


And here's one more Jack quote for today. We went on a walk this morning to the park and he waited until he got home to go to the bathroom. So I gave him a kiss and told him I was proud of him. His response was to back away from me and announce, "I backed up so Mommy can't give me any more kisses. If you give me one more kiss you have to go to your room."

Bubbles

Yesterday the weather was beautiful, so Jack and I spent the morning outside. The highlight of the morning was bubbles. Jack's friend Sophie gave him the best bubble blower ever for his birthday (also the same kind they use at storytime), and yesterday he figured out how to blow hard enough to do it himself. This was kind of a big deal because past attempts had ended in a spitty bubble blower and no bubbles. But not yesterday. He spent at least 30 minutes blowing bubbles and chasing them, and yelling and screaming. He occasionally would let me blow some and tell me he wanted me to "Blow the bubbles up to the moon."