Halfway

Jackson got to celebrate his birthday at school yesterday!  His teacher has a 'half birthday' for her students with summer birthdays, and Jackson has been excited!!

 Jackson was sent home with a bag last week with instructions for us to fill it up with little goodies for him to open on his half birthday.  He told us he wanted a lizard that grows when it's put in water.  Thankfully, I found one the first place I looked!

 The last time I remember taking Jackson's picture on his half birthday was when he turned 30 months old on the 30th.  He is still quite the little looker!

A New Smile

When I dropped Jackson off at school this morning, he had a mouth full of teeth.

 His tooth has been dangling, and after his first experience with loosing teeth, he wasn't letting anyone near that sucker.  And he didn't.  He said he was walking down the hallway at school and it just fell out.  I'm thankful this experience was less traumatic for both of us.

What is traumatic is how time flies.

He was just this little guy and we were counting each new baby tooth.

Revisiting October

I'm backtracking and posting pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch in October.  Life gets busy and work became overwhelming during that time, and I'm finally catching my breath.  The kids and I had Columbus Day off, so we headed to the pumpkin patch.  The weather was questionable, but we went anyway and only got caught in one little downpour.

They both loved the jumping pillow,

and I love the next 6 pictures . . .

Katherine got knocked down and was having trouble

getting up with other kids jumping around her,

Jackson noticed and jumped over to her.

{my favorite}

As much as they can annoy each other (thankfully, usually only when they're tired), they love each other and watch out for the other one.

The pumpkin patch had a new addition of a "city".  They had a church, school, and jail to name a few.  Katherine's favorite was the jail.  Hopefully this isn't a foreshadowing.

Jackson liked the pulpit.

They have such a fun time at places like this that I hate the fun is only available once during the year.  At least they enjoy while they can.