Then and Now...

Here's Jack on October 5, 2007...

Here's Jack on October 5, 2008...


My how far we've come!

New Favorite Food

Riverdance!

Watch out Michael Flatley... here comes Jack!

Jack and the Boa

Grammy, Jack and I went to Michael's (art/craft store) the other day and something quickly caught Jack's eye:


He really liked the boa. He ended up trading this white one in for a black one. He pet it for the time that we were in the store. Fortunately he fell out of love with it by the time we got to the cash register... so I didn't have to buy it.

Today Jack and I were playing on the stairs and he grabbed my headband... and instantly knew what to do with it... I think he makes an awfully cute little girl. Don't you?


Later in the day we did some errands... which of course involved a trip to Home Depot. Stephen ran inside to get whatever he needed to get. Jack, Grammy and I stayed in the car and watched another great episode of Barney. I tried to get Jack to wear the headphones so we didn't have to listen to that big purple dinosaur anymore. It worked for about one minute... then Jack whipped them off.

Interesting Revelation

I'm walking out of daycare today with Jack and we're cutting through the lobby of the Y, and we passed a female custodian (someone I'd never seen before). She perks up and says, "bye bye Jack." So I stopped and said, "Oh, so you know Jack?" And she said, "Yes, Jack helps me sweep."

Take Your Jack to Work Day!

Since daycare was closed today (long story) I took Jack to work with me for the morning. I had a meeting that I had to be at in person so I didn't have much of a choice.

Clean Machine

As we cleaned this morning, Jack made sure he was part of all the "fun." How much do you think I can charge for him per hour?

Dinner out... again

Tonight we celebrated that Stephen is back home by going to Longhorn for dinner. Well, actually we weren't celebrating... I really just needed to get out of the house.

Jack chowed on the bread, grilled cheese and then he ate a decent amount of my bbq ribs. He really likes barbecue. We had a very outgoing waiter who seemed to enjoy engaging with Jack. Jack gave him a "ta da", a "touch down" and even blew him a kiss at the end.

Night Night

Dinner with Sarah and Ryan

So since both Stephen and our neighbor Tom are away... Jack and I went out to dinner with Sarah and Ryan tonight. We hit Jimmy's Pub in Mansfield... not sure I'm going back!


It took more than an hour to get our food (!) so we had to work hard to entertain the boys... Jack smashed a fork on the table and sucked on pretzels. This while Ryan ate some yogurt and made faces at the boys at a nearby table.

Jack looks a little cross eyed here. There's a big pretzel in his mouth here. When dinner did arrive, neither kid was interested in eating. So Sarah and I tried to eat... but it was no use. We ended up getting it all to go.

When we got home we had time for a quick tv show and then it was night-night time. Here is Jack in his new jammies which I'm pretty sure are going to double as his Halloween costume this year.


The jammies glow in the dark... aren't they cute? He's also sporting his new slippers... they're little teddy bears. Jack likes to pick at the ears.


Stephen gets home tonight... gotta go clean :)

Hello...

So I know I've been remiss in updating the blog lately... I have a list of excuses... want to hear them?

• tired
• stephen is traveling
• tired
  
• migraines
• tired
• no new pictures
• tired

Clearly I've been tired. But I can't keep my fans waiting. Here is your update. Jack is not saying "touchdown" when he throws his arms over his head, he's saying "ta da!" It's pretty clear now, but you can understand how we would mistake that for touchdown.

So now to get Jack to eat breakfast before school and still find time for his shows... we've combined the two. Yes, Jack eats in front of the tv, but in the high chair, so there is some structure here.


He's eating off his new "Jack" plate that he got from Jill. It has his name on it and pictures of trucks... makes meal time a little more fun.

Tonight after I picked Jack up at the Y we went to the McHugo's for dinner. Jack played with Owen for a while, threw a piece of pizza on the floor (making the golden retriever very happy) and got mad at me when I held little baby Ethan. When we got home, Jack chilled out while I took care of Chatty. Check out how messy his shirt got today...


Isn't he a big boy?

Fenway Family Photo