Building For Kids

Last week we took Jackson to the Building For Kids http://www.buildingforkids.org/index.php.
He loved it! We spent 2.5 hours there just running around, playing in the garden, painting a picture, playing on a fire truck, and climbing a tree house. The cost was a little higher than we wanted, but it was well worth it.

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19 Months

I can not believe Jackson is 19 months already! Time has flown by! This is Jackson's favorite sweater, because it has a tactor on(yes I meant tactor). He calls anything that looks somewhat like a tractor...a tactor!

Who Has Talent?

Jackson loves to dance! His favorite songs to dance to are Mickey Mouse Club House Theme Song and Hog Dog! Check out little man dancing!

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treat!!! Jackson and Lux went trick or treating this evening. Aren't they the cutest bumble bees you have ever seen!!!

Wisconsin Dells

Last week we went to the Wisconsin Dells with my family. It was a nice mini vacation. The resort we stayed at, Wilderness Resort, was very nice and had a lot of things to do. The water parks were nice, except the water was alittle chilly. Jackson loved the 3 story playground. The adult kids had a blast playing Laser Tag. Just to set the record, I won! I beat Jen, Greg, Emily, and Mark! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!

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Little Farmer

Last weekend we went to the Little Farmer in Fond Du Lac, WI. The Little Farmer is a farm that has hay rides, a playground, pumpkins, Carmel apples, and fresh homemade pies!!! Jackson really enjoyed feeding the goats, and petting the rabbits. He also called the pumpkins "ball" . :)

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Visit with Auntie Em and Uncle Greg

This past weekend Auntie Em and Uncle Greg came up to see us. This visit was amazing. If you do not know I'm a perfectionist and I tend to want to make everybody happy and I get all stressed out when people visit because I want it to be perfect. However, this weekend I was up front with Greg and Em that Jackson doesn't really sit still to go out to dinner. We can go out to dinner, but he can only handle about 30 minutes before he is ready to run. They were so understanding that they offered to just bring dinner home (which is what we normally do) or maybe they didn't want to be embarrassed by Jackson. :) After dinner Jackson and Lux played in the living room. It was great to see Jackson and Lux play since this is really the first time Jackson has been around a big dog. Lux is a 19 month old Golden Retriever - she is still a puppy herself. Jackson would get Lux's attention and then he start running around the coffee table and Lux would just chase him and once she caught up to him, she would lick him. Jackson would just giggle and smile when Lux licked him. This went on for about 30 minutes. It was too funny.

On Sunday we went to Sonic as it's brand new in Appleton. As we pulled up to Sonic we were met by a employee and he told us that Sonic was only open to people with a V.I.P pass. We said ok we will come back when Sonic is open to the public. The man then said no come on in I will act like you gave me a V.I.P pass. Then he went on to say that our entire meal is free because it was training for the servers. What a sweet deal!!! We got $28.00 worth of food free! This is when the situation started...As we went to leave Mark says the car won't start. I'm like stop messin with us. He then tried to start the car again and it won't start. Could it have been a worst time? We had Jackson and Lux in the car and we just took out the jumper cables and stroller so Lux could sit in the back end. What luck is that? So, Mark and Greg pushed the car out of Sonics driveway and the guy who let us in free got an employee to jump our car. Even though the car died the free food was worth it!

Jackson's first really boo-boo

A few weeks ago Jackson and I were sitting on our neighbors stoop. I lean over to smell a flower. I wasn't thinking Jackson would mock me, but he did. As he was mocking me he tumbled right over and smacked his head on the pavement. He never had a chance to get his hands out in front of him. It happened so quickly that I didn't have time to react. Needless to say our visit with our neighbors ended and we went home and gave Jackson some TLC. My poor baby!

Slippers

Jackson is just starting to play in his bedroom, mainly because we bought Jackson an activity rug. It's funny how Jackson knew to put his cars on the rug and push them around. He even makes a car noise. Here is how the slippers come into play....so the other day I asked Jackson to put his cars away in his toy box (he had never really used the toy box). As he opened the toy box he noticed a pair slippers. He brought them over to me and insisted that I help him put them on. Once I put them on he would walk around for a few minutes and then he would giggly. So how did we get these cute slippers? We actually got them from work- that's the Cottenelle puppy. Isn't Jackson adorable?

Wild Air!!

We found this really cool place to take Jackson to play - Wild Air!! http://www.wild-air.com/
Wild Air is an indoor inflatable playground. Jackson just loves it! We love it too because it is rather cheap $5.00 for 30 minutes, which is plenty of time for Jackson. Oh, Jackson loves to go down the slide by himself! He has no fear!!!

Happy Birthday

Today is Nancy's and Burl's birthdays. They are both 59 and holding! :) We wish you two a very happy birthday and hope you have a wonderful day.

Also I want to congratulate my BFF Kay and Todd as Baby Colton Lukas Pliske arrived this morning. Very special people are born on August 11th.

Grandpa and Grandma Barnes' Visit

Grandpa and Grandma Barnes came and visited us this past weekend. The weather was absolutely beautiful!!! We just hung out and we went to the park. We love just love having them come and visit!!

Jackson's Spider Outfit

In daycare Jackson is learning about insects and spiders. I guess at 15 months he understands that!?! Monday night when I picked up Jackson from daycare, they let us parents know that Wednesday was come to daycare as a insect or spider. What kind of notice is that. Well I put some thought into it and asked a few people from work for some ideas. I really thought staying up late for arts and craft for Jackson would come much later in life. I was thinking he would be in 5th grade, not 15 months old. All I know is, as I was making this spider for Jackson I smiled ear to ear. This kind of thing is what makes moms special. Here are some pictures of Jackson's spider. BTW I am very proud of it!!!

Fireworks!

Yesterday we took Jackson to see the fireworks! When the firework show started, Jackson was all wide-eyed and amazed by the fireworks. About 10 minutes into the show this is what I saw! He is to precious!!!

Chicken Fest

Jackson with the led singer of JADA!

Jackson playing the duck game!

Every year the Darboy Kiwanis Club puts on the Chicken Fest. We took Jackson to the festival this year. Jackson played on the playground, and played the Duck game, and met Jada the music group. Chicken Fest has fried Chicken and Chicken Wings. We saw a Chicken wing eating contest. Very interesting is all I'm going to say. The best thing about this fest is it is free to get in and we only spent $20 on food and game tickets!!! We had a great time!

Jackson with the mascot of Chicken Fest!

Jackson's Swimming

Last weekend we bought Jackson a swimming pool! He loves it! We had to put hot water in the pool for Jackson to play in the water. Once we did that, then he just splashed around.

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!!! 233 years ago today the Declaration of Independence was signed(began to be signed, it took until August to get all signatures) giving the U.S. independence!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all Father's out there.

Jackson made Mark an apron for grilling that said World's #1 Dad! I would have to agree with that. Mark is an awesome father. I love watching him and Jackson interact. I smile just thinking about them interacting. Jackson and I got Mark a new shirt for work and a ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery.

To my Father - Thanks for being such a wonderful father. You are an amazing dad and a great grandpa. I'm very luck to have a dad like you. I love you very much daddy!

Playing Outside

Lately it has be cold and rainy and this evening it was nice enough to be outside. We took Jackson outside while Mark mowed the lawn. Here are some pictures of Jackson just hanging out.