Boston Children's Museum, Fun w. JuJuz, Worlds End, and A Good friend

The Big Milk Bottle - at the entrance to the Boston Children's Museum.

In the souvenir shop.

Playing w. Bubbles.

More fun w. Bubbles.


Getting right into the bubble solution.

Enjoying every minute of the Big Bubble Machine.

Here goes another humongous bubble -


Now it's time for some climbing...

Jackson had so much fun on this climbing apparatus - it climbed/reached all the way up to the fourth floor. Jackson did not leave the first floor part of the apparatus.

Having a blast!

Going higher & higher.

Whooo- Hooo!
Everybody looks so much smaller from up here!

Getting crazy in here.

Time for some Shopping!

Now let's whip up some lunch!

These twins were so evil - Jacks climbed in & they instantly started kicking him & laughing... needless to say I asked the girls "Should we be kicking ladies?" Their dad ran over & told his girls "that's not nice"... they both looked at me with these very evil looks - very unsettling considering that they're probably under the age of 4!

Rock Climbing 101.

Rock Climbing 102.

Bobcat fun - move over buckoh - I'm in the driver's seat.

Now what does this stick thing do?

Is that a Water Buffalo?

All tuckered out...

Why on earth are you taking my picture - you are SO disturbing my beauty sleep.

Ahhh, now that's more like it.

Fun w. Auntie JuJuz...

Nap time??? I don't think so.

We found a great bargain at Whole Foods. One kid for a super sweet price - free - as long as he fits in the bag!


The Monkey Face...
Worlds End in Hingham, Mass - what a great time we all had.

Love this face on Jacks.


What do we see here?

These pictures are so sweet - Jacks just loves his Auntie JuJuz. By the end of the trip he was saying JuJuz too.

Hand in hand.

This is a favorite from the World's End collection.

JuJuz & Jacks - best buds.

Look at those muddy feet.

So picturesque!

Here's another shot of those muddy toes!


Ah, a friend from waaaayyyyy back in the day, Ali! Thanks for being such a great friend.

More Beantown fun...

Jackson's new best friend - Bronson... They both LOVED each other immensely. "B" was so gentle & affectionate to Jacks - so sweet.

Jacks is attempting to "love" Bronson aka "hug" him.


A little R & R for Mommy - taking in a Red Sox game in the Dunkins Corporate Box - sweet seats, Thanks Julz for taking me, Thanks Lynne for watching Jacks so that I could go!!!The Infamous Green Monster!

Of course, Jackson's up at bat while I'm at the game...

Nothing quite like a little foam finger action from a wee one at Fenway Park to really make a ball game great!


What a perfect end to the game - the sun setting & a W in the books.


Nothing like a little Yoga workout in the early morning hours.

And, now on to the ball for my ab workout.


Here's Jacks' other new best friend, Romeo. Jacks followed Romeo EVERYWHERE in the house... even up & down the stairs. Romeo was nothing like our Bubbies - he actually allowed Jacks to pet & snuggle with him, something that Bubb's hardly ever allows Jacks to do.

Beantown so far...

On the tarmac at Charlotte, NC

Crashing on Bronson's pad

This is how we roll in the Benz... top up

Rollin with the top down

dinner at the Ashmont Grille

something sweet & minty for Mommy 

Stunt-man tricks

Great! I have the sneaking suspicion that this is just the beginning of stunt-man tricks...

Summer's almost here & it's Pool time

No words necessary - just enjoy the compilation of Pool Time pix!!!!!!!!

Sunny Days are here...

This was all Jackson's doing - he put these sunglasses on all by himself. He was quite proud of this accomplishment.

15 Months Old today!

Today we made the early trek to Dr. Michelle's office for Jackson's 15 month old check up. Well, we had a great report from Dr. M... Jackson is now 27 lbs (80%) and 34.5" tall (95%). She asked what Jackson has been saying, if anything, and we were happy to report that he's been saying approximately 6-10 words, as some words are "starter" words, while others are clearly words. For example, his starter words include "bub-bah" for Bubbies the cat, "buh" for butter, "aba-oh" for avacado, and "bah" for ball. Yes, you noticed too, lot's of "B" words. His other words are same as before, Daddah for Daddy, Appah for Apple, etc...

Jackson points to just about everything & wants to know what it is, so there's lots' of pointing, grunting, I'll say what the object is, then he repeats the word. It's great... so cool to watch his cognitive & language development working simultaneously.

Here are some fun pictures from today - it poured this afternoon while Jacks napped, and while dinner was on the stove & oven cooking we took a few minutes to get the mail & discovered this fabulous mud puddle - well, Jackson actually noticed it & I obliged.

Yes, those are butterflies on his pink & purple Welly's. They were $1.50 at a local thrift shop - I couldn't pass up the sweet deal.

He plops right down in it! At-tah boy!

I think he's diggin the feel of the muck & mud.

Hmm.. What's this? Something small enough to fit in my mouth...let's try it out.

mmmm - yum!

Splish-Splash I was taken a bath all upon a muddy old night... rub-a-dub just-ah splashin' in the grub...

Time to go in for dinner.

The Harmonica

On Sunday afternoon, after church, Jerrod gave Jackson the harmonica to play. Jerrod put it to Jackson's lips & said blow. He did and well, the rest is history. He LOVES to play the harmonica now. We've taken it with us when we cruise into town & he sits in the backseat & plays it. He even offers it to Jerrod & I to play too. As soon as I get a video of his harmonica playing I will post it.
Until then...
OK...Here it is.. filmed today, on location in the subadoo - shortly after church because that's when all good harmonica playing occurs.

words & signs

Jackson has a few choice words to share...
"All done"
"Hot"
"No No" sounds more like Na Na, but not to be confused with Nana :)
"Dad"
"Momma"
"Apple"

He's still using sign language with "More" being his personal favorite sign to use. He also signs "All Done" while saying it.