Pool Party!

Side Note: I am finding it so much easier to blog with high-speed internet!

Last evening we went to the Mohr's for a Memorial Day BBQ. Afterwards was the first pool party of the summer! Jackson just loved laughing at Owen as he jumped in and out of the pool. These little guys are starting to have a lot of fun together!

Memorial Weekend

We had a wonderful and relaxing Memorial Weekend at the cabin with the Hixon family! The kids had fun playing outside and finding all kinds of exciting wildlife (like a dead raccoon that was porcupined to death....I won't post those pics!) The adults had fun eating tons of good food, playing games, and staying up waaay past our bedtimes! Jackson definitely loved having the girls to play with all weekend. He loves them all but he and Lucy are "Best Buddies." They announced this many times throughout the weekend and held hands on all our walks. Lucy is almost exactly 1 year older than Jackson but he has just recently caught up to her size-wise.
I love this last picture...what a smile!

The Circus

Last Thursday we took Jackson to the circus in Hershey. He loved it and what made it even better was being able to watch it with our friends the Witmers and the Hixons! It didn't start until 730 and his bedtime is typically 8, but he did great and watched it all. His favorite things were seeing the people jump rope, the clowns, and the elephants - especially when they laid down on the ground.

He liked the clowns a little better from a distance!

2 Posts in 1 Day!

Yesterday Jackson was having so much fun being naked after a diaper & clothes change that I let him go for awhile. I really never do this, but he was being so good I figured he would be fine. In typical Jackson fashion, he grabbed a book and started to read. Jon and I were getting ready to go out to dinner for our anniversary (actually on Thursday but we're headed to the circus then) and when I picked Jackson up to get him dressed, he had peed everywhere! So his bottom half was quickly washed, along with the floor, before we went to Nana's house. Luckily the book was fine; that would have been the tragedy of the whole situation!

Jon and I got to have an evening out alone which was wonderful! (And Jackson had a great time with Nana...thanks again!) We haven't done that for a long time! We went to Red Lobster (thankfully I was over my stomach sickness from earlier in the week!) and then shopped at the outlets. We had a great date night!

PS...the original title for this post was "Naked Time" but when I decided to talk about Date Night, I decided against it!

For Pap

"Thanks for the new ball, Pap! Love you! Bye bye!"

This past weekend, we had a visit from my Dad! He is on business close to Philly for the week and stopped in to spend Saturday afternoon with us. Of course he didn't come empty handed! We took this picture to show him how much Jackson loves his new ball! Jack kept holding it in front of his face which didn't make for the best pic, so I told him to hold it at his belly. Evidently he thought that in order to do so, he also needed to lift his shirt up! Thanks for visiting us, Pap!

Happy Mother's Day!

Jon gave me a newspaper clipping this morning that said in part: "If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she'd rake in nearly $117,000 a year. That's according to a study released by Salary.com. The 8th annual survey calculated a mom's market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mom performs. This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805." Wow, those extra bucks would certainly come in handy! But being being paid in sloppy kisses (from Jackson to those who are wondering about Jon at the moment), smiles and big hugs, that is priceless!

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, Mom-in-Law, all those who have "mothered me" along the way and of course all my Mommy Friends!

The Week in Review

Nothing extremely exciting to say, but thought I'd update and just fill you in on some of the highlights of the last week. Sorry, I can't believe it, but I didn't take any pictures this week so I don't have any to post. Anyway...

Last Saturday was really a great day all around. I had planned to go to a big yard sale in Etown early to get the good deals. Jon didn't work so I was able to get up early and he stayed home with Jackson. But before I woke up, Jon had already gotten up (at 630), washed my car, and gotten me flowers and an iced coffee from McDonalds! Now is how a girl's day should start! Thanks to my husbanda for making me feel so special! I ended up getting a few things at the sale, including a Halloween costume for Jackson for next year, so I was happy with that. I also ran into Nancy and her friend...evidently I should have made sure I was there before them, because they cleaned up :) I came home to eat breakfast and then the 3 of us headed to Karen's development in Middletown where we met the Hixon's for a huge development-wide yard sale! The best deal of the day was one of Selena's bargains: a pink Bumbo seat for $7!

Our main excitement the rest of the week was our arrival into the age of technology - finally we have high speed internet! My laptop also came this week, as did Jon's ipod. So all of the sudden we have these fun toys to play with. Hopefully Jackson won't be too neglected! I am excited to start up on eBay again - business has been a little slow lately due to lack of time! I think now with my laptop I'll be able to spend more time on it. Plus I need to so I can pay my new high-speed bills!

In other news, go PENGUINS! Most of you probably know that I am a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan. They are currently playing against the Flyers in the Eastern Conference Finals. Its a little weird living in "Flyer Country" during this time and it's very depressing that due to our minimal cable package, we can't watch any of the games. We did decide that if they make it to the Stanley Cup, we're going to order the extra cable for 2 weeks so we can watch the games!

Last interesting thing....I made my first cheesecake yesterday! I don't know why, but cheesecakes always seemed intimidating to me. It was a triple layer - butterscotch, chocolate, and vanilla, and it turned out really good. So cheesecakes are no longer intimidating. Maybe next I'll attempt my own pie crust.