Family movie night

We had our first family movie night this weekend. It was lots of fun. We watched part of Toy Story and Jackson had his first popcorn and actually ate his whole bowl. I think his favorite part was making it and watching all the kernels pop into the bowl.

Jackson's political view

This is a short video of Jackson expressing his political views. Hopefully no one is offended by the making of this video---remember it is Jackson's views alone.

Nana and Papa visit

We have been so lucky this month to have both sets of Grandparents visit. This last weekend we had Mike's parents, a.k.a. Nana and Papa visit. It was such a great day that right before they arrived Jackson and I decided to have a picnic outside on the patio. Yummy! Soon enough everyone arrived to hang out and enjoy the afternoon. I wish this picture was a better close up so you could see the look Jackson is giving Aunt Barb!

Uncle Jack and Nana enjoy some wine.

Jackson and I get to sit with the new flowers Nana and Papa brought to help brighten up the patio

And here's Jackson's new favorite thing to do. Hang out (literally)!

Happy birthday Uncle Jack

The weekend was so nice we couldn't resist a trip to the Flower Mound pumpkin patch. Here's Mr. Cool with Papa

Jackson got to drive the hay ride (before anyone could tell him to get down!)

All 3 of us. FINALLY! It's been forever since we've all been in a picture together

Here's Jackson and Aunt Barb on the hay ride

Jackson helps Aunt Barb pick out a great baby pumpkin. Happy birthday Aunt Barb!!

Even Nemo was there!!!
And Nana helps Jackson ride on a lion. ROARRRRRRRR

Finally it was time to say good-bye. (Uncle Jack and Jackson)

Dress up time

Jackson dug into our dress up box yesterday and I was excited thinking he really wanted to play "dress up". Turns out he only wanted to dress me up! This was by far his favorite and he was insistent I wear it most of the afternoon: scarf around the hair, bunny ears, and of course bandanna. Not sure what I was suppose to be but he seemed to think it quite funny. I tried dressing Jackson but he was NOT thrilled as you can see and kept saying "no Mama. Mama dress up"

Even poor Bear had to put something on. See her sparkly new collar? (I think it's a headband I once used for a Flapper party)

Mimi and Dow visit

Despite being sick while Laura's parents were in town last weekend we had a great time during their visit. Jackson and I were suffering from allergies and poor Mike is still recovering from bronchitis.

We did manage to fit in a trip to the Pumpkin Express

Jackson taught Dow how to drive a car with two steering wheels (facing different directions)

And of course you gotta hug pumpkins!

And pose with them.....

Because Jackson enjoyed building a firetruck with Mike so much we thought we'd try the Lowe's building experience again. This time Jackson made a skeleton! He definitely looks quite experienced don't you think?

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (says the skeleton)

And lucky us, the Flower Mound Fire Department had an open house so Jackson got to sit in a real firetruck! What a day

And turn all the valves

And certainly no Mimi and Dow visit would be complete without making Dow's homemade pizza (even the dough is from scratch)! Jackson hasn't ever participated before and it's obvious he was quite impressed. First you gotta roll out the dough

Second you put on the homemade sauce

Next you put on lots of good cheese (hand picked by Dow---there are 4 kinds by the way)!

And then you bake it to perfection! Here's Jackson's personal Dow pie

This is AFTER Jackson has finished eating. Definitely a hit!!

CHEESEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

All fall down

This is an old video of Jackson from August but we keep forgetting to put it up and it's really funny. He was in a "pretend-falling down-phase" and this is the act caught on tape

Men at work

This picture is hard to see but the smiles are hard to deny. Mike took Jackson to a build-your-own-firetruck workshop at Lowe's a couple of weeks ago. HUGE hit! Here's Jackson proudly showing off the firetruck they built (or should I say Jackson built---he hammered in all the nails!)