Costume Attempt #1

Jackson has been SO excited about Halloween for over a month now. He told me in September that he wanted to be "The King" from the Disney Cars movie so I started brainstorming a costume. I began work on it and wanted him to try on the base of it to get an idea on how it was fitting. Well Jackson REFUSED to wear it. It's a good thing I didn't make the entire costume before I found that out. So we visited some costume stores and nothing was grabbing his attention. We had a Halloween playdate with our little group and he needed a costume so I found a cute puppy one. Nice, easy to put on, soft...you get the idea. So I show it to him and loves it...until he had to actually wear it. He wore it at our playdate for all of 2 minutes. I didn't even get one picture of him in it!!

So this past weekend we had a Halloween celebration with trick or treating and kid activities at West Glen and we took Jackson. He would wear the costume this time but would NOT wear the hood part or let me put a nose or whiskers on him with makeup. So you could not tell what he was even supposed to be. LOL Yeah he definitely has a mind of his own. So I got exactly ONE picture before the hood came off for good. We'll see how Trick or Treating goes tomorrow!!

Learning to ride a bike!!

We got Jackson an awesome trike for his 2nd birthday but he really just liked to scoot around on it or have us push him with the handle on the back. When Grammy Cola was here we started working with him to teach him to actually ride it and he did awesome!! It was so much fun actually watching him ride.

Grammy Cola got Jackson a Camelbak and he thought it was the coolest thing ever. It will be perfect for when we got on our long walks and hikes in the woods.

And while we are on the subject of "wheels" Mark told Jackson that when he is 16 that he can get a Jeep. Umm yeah quess what Jackson keeping talking about non stop now. He also tells me when I am 16 I can drive too. ;) What Jackson doesn't know is that Poppa really wants a Jeep. That's ok because I've got Jackson talked into wanting a pink one!

More pics from Grammy Cola's trip

Here are a few more pics that we took while Grammy Cola was here. I am so very happy to have more pics with Jackson too!


Muggin' for the camera!

Lunch at McD's

Momma and Jackson man

Pumpkin Patch

We visited the Howell Pumpkin Patch on a GORGEOUS Saturday afternoon. I think half of Des Moines was out there too. :) We visited the same pumpkin patch last year so it was fun to see Jackson's reactions this year. He LOVES pumpkins so to say he was excited would be an understatement. Jackson rode the little tractors, fed the goats, ran in the corn maze, and begged to ride the on the hayride but the line was a million miles long. He was thrilled to pick out his very own pumpkin!

Grammy Cola Visits!!

Grammy Cola surprised us with a visit last week!! It was a wonderful surprise, especially since we haven't seen her since our visit to Utah last September. She was just dying to see Jackson and we are so happy she was able to come out and stay with us for a while.

Jackson had big fun with his Grammy. It was a real treat to watch them together. We did loads of fun family activities including visiting the zoo and the pumpkin patch. Grammy Cola took nearly 400 pics so I have lots to post. LOL

Here are some pics from the zoo.

Marky, Grammy and Jackson

Marky and Grammy feeding the adorable goats.

A pic of Momma and Poppa. (A very RARE thing!!)

Grammy and Poppa