Breakfast

Nothing going on here...everyones just eating breakfast.

Here's a closeup of the Allosaur in the picture above...just eating his breakfast.

I've said it before...little boys.

Paleontology or Breadmaking

As mentioned in an earlier post, everything for Jackson has to do with dinosaurs. Leave him stirring a bowl of bread dough and he will dig it all out "trying to be a paleontologist mom!"

He's a little better at kneading...gives my arms a break anyways!

The finished product, shared with many stuffed animals, plastic farm animals and don't forget...dinosaurs.

Dinomania

As many of you know the only thing Jackson thinks about these days is dinosaurs. Here is part of the entourage that accompanies us everywhere we go...literally. Every time we leave the house he loads up a backpack with all of his dinosaurs, it must weigh ten pounds now...

He knows all the names and features of the different types, so for instance he will say "mom, this is a parasaurolophus, it was one of the duck billed dinosaurs..." He's also really into playing paleontologist, burying things to turn them into dinosaur bones and then unburying them to discover.

Ahhh little boys.

Christmas Tree Trimming

It's that time of year...time to sqeeze a Christmas tree into our small and already over crowded living room :) We got a great deal on our tree this year as one of our friends moms is selling them...$15. What a deal!!! Jackson is, of course, ecstatic with the new addition in the living room, and after breaking the first few ornaments, got the hang of it and we had it decorated in short order.

Nothing Much

Nothing much going on around here lately...Jackson wanted to see some pictures of himself and his "big guy" (that would be the dinosaur featured above.)

Birthday2

Well, heres the second installment of the third birthday of Mr. Jackson Schubarth.We spent the afternoon at grandma's. Me wrapping presents and making last minute preperations, Jackson playing with his new Playdough ice cream shop. Have I mentioned he LOVES playdough?

Next stop, Madagascar 2. Matt and I both took the afternoon off, so it was a whole family affair...lots of fun.

Then back to grandmas house for the p-a-r-t-y. Jackson decided that present opening happens first...cake and ice cream later.

Yeah...his own cash register...now maybe he'll stop trying to run the one at the store?

Finally, cake and ice cream time.

I am, as many of you know, feeling particularly lazy this year, so the cake was no home baked wonder, but a la' Baskin Robbins...luckily Jackson is still young enough to be super impressed by this.

The kids particularly liked the ice cream cones decorated with tons of frosting in the form of faces.

All in all, it was a very good day. If a little over sugared.

Birthday, phase one

Jackson got the early morning wake up for his birthday...Matt and I were both happy to finally turn the tables on the early bird sand be the first ones out of bed. of course he was more than happy to wake up for presents

Awesome, giant Mr.Potato Head from Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Jack, It is filled with regular sized potato heads, baby ones and tons of fun stuff to put on them.

The trunk of the Elefun game is best reached via chair...that way all the butterflies end up right in your net!!

Little Green Man

Leave him alone for two quiet minutes...and this is the result. Thankfully the marker was washable and was mostly applied to himself, and not the upholstery he was sitting on:)

Good Morning

Happy Halloween

Well, here it is. Halloween at last. Jackson got dressed up early, he would have had me put him in his costume first thing in the morning, if it was up to him. He spent a couple of hours practicing being a mean dinosaur...and then off for some trick-or-treating with Uncle Silas, the ninja.

The tail on Jacksons costume was the best part, he had my mom and I in stitches watching it move around when he was jumping around her house earlier.

After grandmas house/neighborhood we went to the mall, which is really a nice place to take kids for trick-or-treating...nice and warm!!

He couldn't quite believe that everyone kept putting candy in his pumpkin...kept stopping after every store to look inside, we had to keep him moving as people were piling up behind us, waiting for him to get done looking at his candy:)

Dad and Jackson finished up the night with an ice cream cone...can't tell who the kid with ice cream all over his face is in this picture? (the one with the facial hair:)

Sleepover at Grandma's

We slept over at grandmas house last night, here's Jackson in the cozy chair with Juno and his two new "dinoroars." The new dinosaurs were a lucky find by grandma and join his "mean therapod" and his "spiny back stegosaurus," he has a real herd now...lucky for us they all have to come with him everywhere:) By the way the new ones are a "two horned guy" and a "daddy one with a big belly"hmmmm....

Halloween Preview

More Leaves

There are so many leaves falling on my moms street...Jackson is just having so much fun playing in them...He grabbed the rake yesterday to rake more into a pile, very funny watching him try to handle the "big guy rake."