Toddler on the Loose...

This is what happens when your two-year-old swipes your make-up bag without you noticing...

Remember when my friend Jennie and I went shopping the other weekend? That night, cameron and her husband Kevin, took the boys out to dinner and then they went and played golf. Jackson and Isaac decided the ball buckets made great hats!

And now, for the finale... last night, we got Jackson out of the tub, and went back to his room to get his pajamas, diaper, etc. We hear him just talking and talking. We walk back into the living room and find this...

All I have to say is that life would be pretty boring if there weren't any two-year-olds around!

Bluberries for Sal...

And strawberries for Jackson...

Having Grandparents that live in Maine, I grew up loving the book, "Bluberries for Sal". Actually, it is still one of my favorite books.

If you've never read it, please read it, and read it to your children... I promise you/they will like it.

It is about a little girl who goes bluberry picking with her mother on Bluberry Hill with her small tin pail. Kuplink! Kuplank! Kuplunk! as they go in to her pail... but there is much more eating than there is any Kuplink-ing or Kuplank-ing...



Such was the case when Jackson and I went strawberry picking last week. Jackson did such a good job picking the berries...





... Until he discovered he could eat them. Then, many more went into his mouth (leafy green part and all) then ever made it into our little bucket.





We had a great time, and ate berries for days. The day we went picking, I couldn't gat Jackson to eat anything but strawberries for lunch, snack, and dinner. It was such a fun day, and I wait to do it again... maybe this week! :)

Great, Great, Great

This past weekend, Jackson got to meet his two great-great-great aunts (thats 3 greats!), Aunt Sarah and Aunt Ginny. They are my great-grandfather's two sisters. They were traveling from Florida to Virginia and made a stop in Greensboro, so we went to their hotel to see them. We had a wonderful visit... I've never really spent one-on-one time with them without alot of other family around, so it was a really nice opportunity.

Cuddling with Aunt Ginny

Sitting sweetly with Aunt Sarah

Jackson absolutely fell in love with them. He would take turns going from bed to bed, laying with, and hugging and kissing these two special ladies.

We love you, Aunt Sarah and Aunt Ginny... we hope we can see you again soon!

In a Jam

Every year around this time, my mother-in-law, Dalene makes YUMMY jam. This year I went over to my sister-in-law, Brittany's house and joined in the festivities. We had alot of fun, and made alot of jam!

Impressive, huh!?

Big Brother

Jackson already loves his baby sister, well actually, he loves her things. He loves going into her room. Ever since her room was done, this is how I find him several times throughout the day...


I love little girls with headbands or hairbows in their hair. I have had several friends tell me that I need to buy them when I see them because if I wait for her to be born, then I won't be able to find any anywhere. So, what I'm getting at is that this baby girl already has an ample supply of hairbands and bows.

Jackson LOVES them. He will bring me two or three hairbands at a time, or four or five bows, and say, "I need this, I need this"...

Great "cheese" faces, huh?!

He thinks he's pretty with all the bows in his hair and often checks himself out in the mirror.

I just hope this little girl likes wearing them as much as he does!

26 weeks and counting...

Mother's Day Savings!

Last Friday, my good friend, Jennie, and I decided to go Mother's Day Shopping - as in, we are mothers and we wanted to go shopping. So, our wonderful husbands kept the boys (Jennie's baby daughter, Maylee, came with us) and we went out for a night on the town...

First we stopped for dinner at our favorite restaurant...

I've been craving it ever since...

Next, we hit Concord Mills, an outlet mall near Charlotte. It was about an hour drive, but soooo worth it. We went to Children's Place Outlet, Carter's Outlet, Osh Kosh Outlet, Gymboree Outlet, and Eddie Bauer Outlet.

Despite the fact that we used the excuse to go shopping as "Mother's Day shopping", strangely enough, I didn't come home with anything for myself... well... except for that caramel apple I got at Rocky Mountain Chocolate. That was good enough for me, though. Have you ever had one from there?! SO GOOD!

I got Cameron two pairs of pants and two shirts for work, I got Jackson a new swimsuit and shirt, and got little Miss Caroline several dresses some socks and a cute little pair of shoes. Shopping for a little girl is so fun!

I won't tell you how much I spent, but I will say that I saved 48% of what I would have spent if I had bought it all full price retail.

Don't you love it when that happens? I can handle that kind of shopping any time. Thank you, Jennie, for such a fun trip!!!