Snack Time

Jack asked for a magazine while having his snack. Mom was not welcome to converse with him while he "read".

Lunch

I am not sure who ate more, Jack or Daddy, but the yellow curry was a hit.

Jack & His "Big Girl"

Jack & Zoe. As you can tell, she seems a bit tired.

Chaise

Enjoying the chaise spot on the new sofa. When this furniture was ordered I (Ang) thought this would be "my spot". I was wrong.

Angry Catfish

Chasing himself at Angry Catfish - quite fun!

Pedicures

Enjoying the pedicure chair :) He was not quite sure right away but once he figured out it was kind of nice we could not get him out of the chair!

Playtime with Daddy

This barrel at the Science Museum is the size of a dinosaur stomach.

Learning about sands of the world.

They look like they are pleased with themselves & their new knowledge on sand.

Lunch at Chris & Rob's - they finagled their way there with mommy - let's just say the cuisine is not on regular rotation at our house :)

Quick coffee & milk break at Galleria. He looks sleepy!

Jack thoroughly enjoyed Brandon's two weeks off over the holidays. Here are just a few pictures of the week between Christmas & New Year's. What I did not post includes: Legos, Legos and more Legos, movie time, and naps for everyone!

Sunglasses

Enjoying the sunshine from his carseat.

Snacks

Being sneaky with candy - very happy when he got some to his mouth.

LifeCafe

Enjoying Pita Chips at LifeCafe after mom & dad's yoga class.

Christmas Gifts - the "Hits"

Christmas morning Jack was very excited as he was confident he was getting a backhoe - and quickly opened quite a few gifts, and was trying to act like it was okay that there was no backhoe. Finally Brandon encouraged him that the big box should be opened - and sure enough, it was his backhoe (and front loader), big enough for up to age 7. Brandon's response to the size was "We may need to plan a sandbox expansion for next summer". Between the backhoe, train & Legos, he is one happy camper!

Christmas Eve

Enjoying the tools & accessories that go with his workbench

Motorized race cars from Uncle Matt & Aunt Jessie

Dinosaur puzzle from Uncle Mike, Auntie Ronda, & Grigg, enjoying the Grandpa time!

Using his tools - safely with his safety glasses: )

Enjoying the evening with Grandma Sandy & Grandpa Jim. We were quite impressed, he did not tear through the presents but opened them nicely one at a time and played with each one thoroughly before moving on to the next. We had to encourage him to speed it up once it got beyond his bed time :)

Cookies

Little helper!

Ready to go

Ready to go for coffee/chocolate milk!

Project

NO tile

Cementbacker

Yeah!

So some of you know that ever since we had our kitchen remodeled 6+ years ago Brandon has not liked the choice of tile for the backsplash. He picked out new glass mosaic and now we are in the process of getting new backsplash tile! We still have another 24 hours before we can grout it, but progress is being made and it is liked by all :)

Jack was a bit disturbed by the demolition process and kept asking "Daddy, are you breaking our house?", and then moved on to "Daddy broke the wall". Now he is telling anyone who will listen that daddy fixed the wall and did a "Nice job".

Asleep At Galleria

Yes, he is smiling while he is asleep! This is at Galleria, holiday shopping with Grandma Sandy. After lunch at Peoples Organic he just could not take anymore and fell asleep in his stroller. First time he has done that in months!

Holiday Train

Very excited to ride the Holiday Train @ Southdale.

Cute

No reason to post this picture except that I thought it was cute.

Sydney

Pouting.

More Loll!

Our last chair came!

"resting"

The few minutes of downtime at Grandma & Grandpa's on Thanksgiving. You can see Grigg's feet as he also lounges for a few minutes.

Glockenspiel

He is loving his new toy from Doriana - and we love that he is making up his own songs, music and words!

Dinosaur Cake

The dinosaur cake for Jack's actual birthday. Let's just say I did not have much uninterrupted time to do a frosting dinosaur :)

Party at Choo Choo Bob's

Quite a hit

Cake

Not quite sure what to think about all the singing

Max, Ella, Aria, Mara & Greta

Matching thumb owies!

Thank you to everyone who participated in celebrating Jackson's 3rd Birthday at Choo Choo Bob's!
We are very lucky to have such amazing friends and family!

Grandma on Birthday

Exercising some extreme patience & manners while opening his birthday present!