Our Little Monkey

It's been a busy few weeks at our house.  Last week Jack had a virus and had to stay home from school for 3 days.  Fortunately he felt pretty good while he had it, didn't have a fever or feel sick.  It started out as what looked like red dots on his hands and feet.  Then the next day they were bigger and started to raise.  By Monday morning a lot of them looked like little pimples on his hands.  Since he didn't have a fever I thought he was having an allergic reaction to something.  They got so itchy at school Monday we had to pick him up early and Bryce took him to the doctor.  Verdict was: a virus, but the doctor didn't know what it was exactly.  He said it was in the same family as hand and foot and mouth and chicken pox but it wasn't either one of those.  So Jack stayed home with Bryce the rest of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  All we could really do for him is give him benadryl it seemed like the bumps itched.  When Bryce gave him the medicine Jack said "mmmm good" and wanted more :) 
The previous Friday was Jack's Halloween parade at school.  Bryce was able to go and he said it was interesting.  He described it as herding cats.  I can only image trying to get 10 not quite 2 year olds to walk in a line, collecting candy, dressed up wouldn't go over well.  We dressed Jack up as a monkey or as he says "oooo-oooo."
Jack's teachers at school say he is very inquisitive at school.  They say that he loves to name everything and if he doesn't know what something is he brings it to them so they can tell him.  They said that when they are filling the class' cups Jack can name who's cup is who's.  He has learned quite a few shapes and colors.  Shapes that he knows are square, circle, oval, heart, and triangle.  The colors he knows are green, brown, purple, and yellow.  His favorite color is green.  He loves for us to read books to him and he loves to point out things that he knows.  There is one book in particular he can name the item on each page: caterpillar, strawberry, leaf, sun, pear, apple, orange, pickle, cheese, cocoon, and butterfly!
We keep asking Jack if he wants a brother or sister and he responds with "no" each time.  We are excited to see the new baby on Thursday when I have my ultrasound :) 
Here are a few pictures of our stinkweed :)

 I like to pull my chair up to the coffee table and eat snacks or color.

 Tried it on a few days early

 Little Monkey trying to escape!

 At school

 The little bee is Jack's girlfriend "phia"

 Being silly in Daddy's shirt!