Planes

Jackson and I had a special mommy-son date on Saturday.

 He has been waiting all summer to go see Planes.

So excited to see the movie!

 Jackson wanted to see Planes in 3D to see the planes fly right at us. Since it was a special time with him before I go back to work, that it what we did! (It was my first 3D movie.)

We both loved the movie. I thought it had great themes weaved throughout the movie (which we talked about after), and I only heard one bad word. I know what toys Jackson is going to want for Christmas:)

 

I am thankful for some one-on-one time with my big boy, and Lincoln had fun with Daddy!



Cloudy With A Chance of Flooding

Jackson starts preschool next Tuesday, so the reality of summer fading is really here. We have been making the most of this last week and having fun so far.

I saw that Thomas was playing at the movie theater, perfect movie for Jackson. We met Lilah and Jennifer on Monday to have lunch and watch the movie. However when I went to buy the tickets there was no Thomas, it was Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Not sure Jackson really liked the movie, but at least he loved his hamburger and apples and peanut butter!

Nothing like cooking to wrap up a great morning.:)

All summer long I have been wanting to take Jackson to Noah's Ark pool. Well, we made it there today. We were going to go with a bunch of friends, but plans changed so it was just the two of us. The car ride there was a sweet time. Jackson sang his heart out to every song on the Wee Sing Bible Songs CD.  

We got there right when they opened at 10 and played hard until 1:30. Not many people made for the perfect time sliding and playing.

We have done a lot of things with friends lately, so it was actually nice to have a day with just my boy!

Jackson loved all of the different slides.

He made me race him down the slide, but would always go before he said "go."

Little stinker! 

Running through the muschroom

There is also a big pool with 2 slides and 2 diving boards. At one point, Jackson told me he didn't like shallow water and wanted to swim in the big pool. He tried out both slides and diving boards. It was fun to go back and forth between the splash pad area and the pool. 

More fun with the ark

On the rainbow slide we played 3 Billy Goats Gruff every time. I had to be the troll and say "Who is tromping on my bridge?" Love that boy, he is so much fun!

Have to cool down with an ice cream treat.

What an awesome day with my funny boy, and

I am so thankful for the time I get to spend with him!

Lights, Camera, Action

Saturday night we took Jackson to see Ice Age: Continental Drift. We watched the first 3 Ice Ages, for my sake, earlier this month and were ready for the 4th!

 Brian has been waiting for this for a long time. Ice Age has been one of his favorite animated movie series, and I would never go with him. He finally had a son to take (and now I tag along:).

We all really liked the movie. They used the word stupid quite a few times. Jackson would laugh with everyone else, then look at me and shake his head and say "I can't say that" or "That is a bad word." It was pretty funny!

After the movie, we needed to get gas. Jackson loves to clean make my windows dirtier while the gas is pumping. Crazy kid!

Lunch and A Movie

A bunch of the movie theaters around here do $1 kids movies during the week. Since Jackson and I took a bike ride, played at the park, and swam all before 9 o'clock, I decided we needed to have a movie date.

Studio Movie Grill was the only theater showing a movie. I told Jackson we could eat lunch at the movie theater and he was so confused. He kept asking questions about the tables and who was going to make his food.

We watched The Muppets Take Manhattan. I thought it was the newer one, but it wasn't. I honestly liked this one better. Jackson enjoyed all the singing and Kermit.



When I snapped the picture below I laughed and showed him. Jackson repsonded, "What, Mom? I'm just so excited!"

He ate a burger and apple slices with peanut butter. I think he is going to expect a meal during every movie now!

Another fun day with my boy! I am loving SUMMER!

Weekend Round Up

On Saturday, we made our way to Uptown to take John out to lunch for his birthday. He picked Pappadeaux, definitely not my first choice but now this wasn't about me. Lunch was good, but I can't believe people actually eat lunch there because of how expensive it is. Our total was around $90 for 4 people and 1 ordered off the kid's menu!

After lunch, we had to make a quick shopping trip. I love how much nicer most of the buildings are in this part of town.

I decided to try my hand at a few crafty things this weekend. Here is a little sneak peek of one. I will let you know how they all went in a different post, but I am actually pleased with them.

Homemade pizza is a staple in our house on the weekend. Last night, we did BBQ chicken on half. Some how we did not have any BBQ sauce in the house, so we made our own. It turned out delish! We will be making this one again and possibly with our homemade sauce too!

I have been wanting to see The Smurfs, and thought Jackson might enjoy it as well. 

Pizza + Movie = Family Movie Picnic Night

Of course, we all have our blue on to match The Smurfs!

I really liked the movie and for some reason Jackson kept asking to see Gargamel. I see more picnic movie nights in the future. So fun!

We went to Church this morning. Then Jackson spent the time before nap playing with Thomas and all the other engines. He said they were helping him climb up on the couch and jumping off. Brian gave him some cushions to soften the fall and encourage this behavior!

I spent nap time addressing our Christmas cards. I believe I will have most of them in the mailbox tomorrow. Christmas cards are one of my favorite things about the holiday season, especially the ones that include pictures or letters.

It was a rainy, cold Sunday. Perfect for some Taco Soup! I dumped a bunch of cans together before Church and the house was smelling wonderful when we returned.

It tasted even better with a little cheese and Frito's on top! This was my first time to make Taco Soup, so easy and yummy. 

We had planned to take Jackson to the Parade of Lights. Since it was rainy we opted to stay in and play instead.

What a fun, relaxing, productive, and fun weekend we had! Can we do it again tomorrow?

Cars and Goggles

We have been wanting to take Jackson to see Cars 2 and since Brian had the day off we went. The movie is 2 hours long so I was a little worried about how he would do. We brought a lot of snacks to keep Jackson occupied during the movie. Overall he did really well. We made it through the whole movie but towards the end he had to use the potty. Then he thought it was so cool we had to use it 3 more times:)

I thought the movie was pretty good, but there was a lot of dieing and killing going on. When we asked Jackson if he liked watching the movie on the big screen, he answered "We have a big screen at home." I think his size proportions are a bit skewed! Based on this movie experience I would take Jackson again but I would wait to the very last minute before arriving at the theater.

After we went out for dinner, we had a few errands to run. While at Target we picked Jackson up some goggles because he likes to open his eyes under water. He thinks he got them for going potty on the toilet. Whatever works!

He was beyond excited for his new goggles! He couldn't wait to get in the pool. I was thinking he would keep them on for about 5 minutes, but he proved me wrong. He wore them the whole hour he was swimming!
He also couldn't keep from going underwater. Again, I love how excited he gets over the little things!

Here a video of Jackson swimming. He still would drown if we left him by himself, but he is getting better every day!