Pa-kin Patch

Fall is officially here in Alabama, well for the weekend anyway :)  Today we have beautiful weather, clear skies with temperatures in the low 70s.  Harold came down this morning and we all headed out to Eufuala to the Paradise Pumpkin Patch.  We had a great time.  There was a petting zoo with pigs, goats, cows, horses, llamas and alpacas.  Jack loved the pigs :)  We were even there for the pig races which were really cute.  After seeing the animals we picked out a small pumpkin for Jack and he got to paint it.  They had stands all over the farm with head cut-outs and he loved sticking his head through the openings.  I would have to say though, the highlight of the trip for Jack was seeing his Daddy with the corn shooter.  He just thought it was hilarious.  Every time Bryce shot off another ear of corn he laughed and laughed.

Pathetic Little Update :)

Wow have we been busy!  This is going to be a pathetic little update and I don't even have any pictures (it gets hard to capture an ever moving target!).  School has been in session for over a month now and we have been super busy.  Between teaching, less planning time, football and softball we have been tied up!  Jack seems to have settled into his routine with school.  He likes his new teachers and his "girlfriend" Pia (Sophia) is in his class too. 
Back in August Jack had his 18 month check up and it went really well.  He is in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th for length.  He got his last 2 shots until he turns 4.  They also said he is very well developed speech for someone his age.  Having tubes put in his ears has been a world of difference in his speech.  Before the tubes he hardly said anything, now he talks up a storm.  Some of my favorite words of his are Mommy, belbow (elbow), button, pete-za (pizza) and puppy.  He can also say Pudge and Nala and he calls Dakota "Co-co."
Last week my parents came to visit.  They let Jack cut school and he stayed home with them :)  They had a great time with him.  While they were here, we got Jack a potty.  He has shown some interest in learning so we are taking it slow.  Right now I think he just likes to flush his potty :)
Well I am off to clean up after hurricane Jack then heading to bed!  Hopefully I can get some pictures of the little bugger to add in next time!  

School!

Last Monday Jack started back at daycare, but yesterday he moved up to the toddler class!  Our baby isn't a baby anymore :(  He is a big boy who is sleeping in a cot and eating his meals at a little table :)  I am so proud of him he has had 2 great reports so far this week.  Here is a picture of him on his way to school Monday.

He has recently been digging up his bibs and asking us to put them on him.  He hated bibs when I really wanted him to wear one, go figure!  The best part of my day has been when I go to pick him up.  His eyes light up and he yells "Mama!" and runs to me :)

Cooling Off!

Just as usual it has been a hot and humid summer here in Alabama.  Since Jack now finally likes the water again we decided to fill up his pool yesterday so he could play in the water.  He had a blast!  He loved playing with the hose while it was filling up the pool.  Yesterday was also our 5 year anniversary and we couldn't ask for a better way to spend our day than with our sweet little boy.  Here are a few pictures from the pool!

Hey, where's the water?!

 For some reason in this picture he is yelling dog, maybe he thought they needed a drink

 Look at me :)

 Fist pump mommy!

 Daddy's being silly!

 Hi!

 Touchdown!

Playing Catch

Here is a little video of me playing catch with Jack, it take a couple tries for him to catch it, but it was hard to throw well to him while recording the video too, the audio is really loud, sorry  :)

A few videos :)

Here are a few videos of Jack, one is of him dancing at the beach, one is him saying some words I ask him to say and the other two are of him eating chicken today.  Notice when he says chicken his mouth does not open.  Also notice in the one chicken video he makes "mmmmmmmmm" noise that he makes when eating chicken :)

Jack Dancing

Chicken

Chicken II

Jack Talking

Beach!

We had a fabulous 2 weeks at Myrtle Beach with my family!  Jack absolutely loved the beach!  He loved the sand and playing in it.  At first he wasn't sure about getting the sand on his hands, but he quickly got over that.  Over the 2 weeks we relaxed and had lots of fun.  We had several cookouts with the family, went shopping, Bryce played golf, I had a facial, and everyone loved on Jack!  We also had a chance to catch up with several friends, it was great to see them!
While at the beach Jack learned a few new things.  He learned the number 2 we are still working on 1 and 3, he also learn to pull his foot to his nose and say "pee eeww" which is pretty funny.  We also learned that he loves hot dogs and fig newtons.  While at the beach we worked really hard on using please (which is more like "peas"), but he is getting the hang of it.  We are still working on "thank you" as well.  He also learned how to walk backwards and in a circle.  He also had a blast dancing to the music on his fridge farm. He also learned how to impersonate a monkey :)

Jack and his "Meme" at the beach

 Happy Fourth!

 Fireman Jack

 Jack and his PopPop

 Us with Aunt "Twoooo"

 Jack and his football

 Jack and Daddy at the beach

 All smiles!