A Fishing Story

Jackson mentioned a few weeks ago he wanted to go fishing and he brought it up again yesterday, so Zach took him to the store today to get outfitted!

 Putting his "fish food" in the tackle box.

He picked out his very own Mickey Mouse fishing pole!

 Playing swords while waiting patiently

20 minutes later Daddy was already fixing the Mickey Mouse fishing pole

While "patiently" waiting, Jackson dumped all of the lures {that were just organized in the tackle box} into another box and mixed in puzzle pieces and measuring cups for fun.  The lures had to be separated back into the tackle box on 3 separate occasions.

Finally!  The big moment has arrived!

 When we first got set up, Jackson opened the tackle box and started throwing the lures into the water and yelling, "Here fish, here fishy!" like they were dogs coming for a treat.

 Jackson's hook was stuck on a branch, so Zach was trying to get it unhooked when he almost took a little spill into the water!

Jackson had a fun time, but we decided to leave when others started arriving to fish and Jackson wouldn't stop yelling at the top of his lungs for his Daddy to be careful while fishing and for the others fishing to be careful or letting them know very loudly they had caught a fish.  We never caught a fish and I'm sure it had something to do with all of the chaos running around on the bank! 

Chaotic and Dysfunctional

The title and this picture pretty much describe our day.

 Zach is out of town for the better part of the day to become a Certified Barbeque Judge (yes, you read that right) and the little ones have little colds, so we're making do while trying not to destroy the house too terribly much

Choc-lat Cake

Jackson started talking early this morning about wanting 'choc-lat cake', as he calls it.  This afternoon I told him if he took a nap, we could make one.  Naps for him are pretty sporadic these days and after sleeping about an hour, he woke up still wanting to make a chocolate cake.  So we headed to the store.  I think this is the first time Katherine has "helped" make a cake and she also received the benefit of Jackson's nap.

 They both would be perfectly fine just eating the powder cake mix.

 The cake is finally ready! 

The cake was ready around suppertime and we wouldn't let poor Jackson eat any cake until he had eaten supper.  Yes, we're horrible and dragging this bribery out as much as we can.

Hmmm . . . "This cake is 'dee-wisious!'" as Jackson put it.



Water

We've been busy the last week with this-n-that, but nothing has been picture or story worthy.  Today has been a stay-at-home-just-do-whatever kind of day, so we found ourselves outside this morning playing with water.

 Unlike her brother, Katherine doesn't really mind wet clothes.

Katherine is obsessed with socks and shoes.  Jackson had spilled water on himself and took off his wet socks and shoes so I put them in the sun to dry.  Several minutes later, Katherine noticed the socks sitting in the sun and was determined to get them back on his feet.

Trying to get the ever illusive picture of the two of them
looking at the camera and smiling.

And Jackson being silly not long before we went inside.  This was his second wardrobe change because of spilled water.  There were 3 total.

On a side note, Jackson's hair is going crazy again.  Remember how it took forever for him to just have hair, then he had sweet baby curls, then it turned to fluff and stuck straight up, then it went somewhat normal, and now we're at curls/waves/going nuts again.  I promise I really do brush his hair.

Meow Mix

Zach saw this commercial on tv this morning and commented that it reminded him a lot of this house and two certain children residing therein,

but mainly of one little girl.

(the video will appear, it may just take a minute.)

Later in the day, I remembered this picture I took this past January.

I think Zach knew exactly what he was talking about. 



Day 1

Jackson and Katherine finally had their first day of school today!  After a month off, Jackson was more than ready to be around his friends and out of the house on a regular basis.  The preschool offers classes for Katherine's age as well, so we decided to let her try it out.  In the past she has not been fond of the church nursery, but she did great today!

Of course, pictures had to be made before leaving the house!

Katherine on her very first day of preschool!

 

Katherine's teachers said she did great and was fearless . . . she even started going down the playground slide all by herself!

 Getting out of the door this morning proved a little difficult.  Jackson can be a little moody in the mornings when it comes to eating and getting dressed, and Katherine has her own sense of style.  I had Katherine dressed and her hair fixed when I turned around to get the camera and this is what she had done.  So much for trying to make her hair look cute for pictures and school! 

  

By the time we were actually all dressed and outside for pictures,

Jackson was excited (a complete 180 from just 2 minutes prior)!

Here's to what Zach and I hope will be a fun and wonderful year for our babies!

The Fun Never Ends

 3.5 years later and diaper boxes are even more fun!