Charley and Jackson

Almost toothless

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:12:00 +0000

The second big tooth fell out. If they don't start growing back soon, Jax may have to switch to a liquid diet.

Father's Day trips

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:51:00 +0000

It was a beautiful day outside on Father's day. We went for a scooter ride on some trails near our house.

We ended up at the river and watched the swing bridge close and a train roll across.

Bumpa and Grandma met us there.

We bought Bumpa a card that has a guy in hammock whistling. It was pretty cool.

After the hike, and some pie and ice cream, we headed downtown on the train for dinner, just the four of us.

The sun was shining and as always the sights were great too.

It was a long day, tiring, awesome day.

So many donuts . . .

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:14:00 +0000

. . . so little time. Jax and Mommy were on Fox9 making donuts, but they only had about 5 minutes.

There's a lot to say and do and it's tough to fit it all in 5 minutes.

All of this, including the box on the right, went with us to the TV studio.

It was really cool to see them on our TV.

All those donuts (and Mommy and Jax too), kept Charley's attention rather well.

Gray-t afternoon with Jax

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:01:00 +0000

Jax and Daddy went on a little adventure together that started with a train ride. Charley was having his own adventure at a birthday party for a classmate.

It was an awfully gloomy day, but we saw some interesting sights nonetheless. This is the National Cemetery near our home.

When we got off the train, we had to run to our car in the rain.

When we reached our destination, the rain didn't bother us anymore.

After making our purchases, we sat down for a little snack. French fries and a frosty, sometimes together.

We also took a trip to the waterfall (lock and dam) near the house where Charley's birthday party was.

We finally decided to bring our own color (and stay a little dryer).

Overheard: June 8, 2013

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:28:00 +0000

"Follow those Beauty Pirates!"
- Jax exclaims while playing a game based on the television show, Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

Look out first grade

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:15:00 +0000

We graduated kindergarten.

Charley and his friend Jaya were very excited to get their graduation letters.

It was a fun day for all of us.

We took lots of pictures with our friends. This is Annika.

And of course there were awesome snacks, including homemade root beer, cupcakes and cookies.

It was our last day in our kindergarten classrooms with our kindergarten teachers.

They gave us back A LOT of our work from throughout the year.

We showed off some of our "dance" moves.

And now we're looking forward to first grade.

Packing materials

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:58:00 +0000

Sometimes (perhaps most times), the box and packing materials are the best part of gifts. This was definitely the case with Mommy's birthday present. She loves her new dinnerware, and we do too, but this packing material . . . it's just awesome. We buried ourselves in it . . .

. . . and then buried ourselves in it in the box . . .

. . . and then went for a "ride" around the living room. Awesome.

Duck

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:52:00 +0000

That's not a duck, but it is a bird and he was on our porch.

After much coaxing, and opening ALL the doors, he eventually found his way out.

Happy Birthday Dear Mommy . . .

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:24:00 +0000

. . . Happy Birthday to You.

We celebrated Mommy's birthday over the weekend. There were lots of gifts.

Some with REALLY long ribbons . . .

. . . and some in REALLY big boxes.

Taking all those plates out of that box was a BIG (and messy) job.

Speaking of messy jobs, Daddy made Mommy a birthday cake.

Three layers of lemon cake, filled with lemon curd (which he also made) . . .

. . . and covered in strawberry/lemon icing with a strawberry drizzle. Mommy wrote about it on her website.

The only thing he didn't do was put candles on the cake. So Jax and our friend Quinn tried to blow the strawberries out. It was pretty funny.

String from a can??!!

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sun, 26 May 2013 17:20:00 +0000

Who knew? But how awesome is this?

All you have to do is shake it up . . .

. . . and spray it out.

Instant Spider-Man.

Working with Mommy

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:00 +0000

Mommy was on the Fox9 Morning Show making cupcakes and guess who came along to help?

Charley indeed. It was a little intimidating being on that huge set, know I was going to be on TV.

But as soon as I got to work, I was on TV before I even knew it.

It was lots of fun and I'm ready for my next spot.

Parade joy

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:54:00 +0000

First of all, parades are awesome. Second of all, they're even more awesome if you get to be in one.

Our Cub Scout pack got to walk in our local parade today.

We use the term "walk" loosely. We did lots of running.

There was a lot of candy to give out.

We saw some good friends along the way . . .

. . . but we couldn't stop to talk. We had to keep moving.

We made sure to give all our neighbors a piece of candy. It was so much fun.

After our job was over, we walked back up the parade route to catch the end of the parade. Naturally we talked to a clown along the way, but she didn't have any candy.

Everyday should be Mother's Day

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:19:00 +0000

Mommy is awesome. On Mother's Day we tried to get her some of her favorite things. A scented candle, jams and jelly, fun pasta . . .

. . . and some pretty awesome new tea.

And do you want to know exactly how awesome our Mommy is? That afternoon we visited our neighbors to deliver some goodies to them.

They were very happy to see us and loved the cupcake treats.

Mommy! Mommy! LOOK!

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:56:00 +0000

And there goes a big tooth.

Scouts out and about

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sat, 04 May 2013 02:07:00 +0000

We went on a Cub Scout outing to the nature preserve near our house. It was so great to be outside in some warm weather and work on our bird calls.

Us newly advanced Tiger Cubs stuck together throughout the day.

The sheep were very loud. They yelled at us a lot.

We got to pet many of the animals too, like this lamb.

The hay jump is still one of our favorite things there . . .

. . . and Tug-of-War is one of new favorite games.

Oh, and we climbed a tree on our way out.

Six-and-a-half

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Fri, 03 May 2013 02:00:00 +0000

Not many parents let their kids have donuts for breakfast before school. Our normally don't either, except when it's our half birthday (or our real birthday) like it was the other day.

In addition to the awesome donuts, we also got our very own school desks with some cool new books.

Becoming Tigers

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Thu, 02 May 2013 01:54:00 +0000

We had a big day last week. We officially graduated in the ranks of cub scouting from Lion Cubs to Tiger Cubs. We admired our uniforms.

It was pretty great to get our new uniforms.

Study hard

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:00:00 +0000

We get homework packets almost every month now. Some of it is pretty easy, and some of it is pretty challenging.

Swimming support

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:48:00 +0000

Mommy loves to watch us swim . . .

. . . and we're getting pretty good.

Fetch and Chase

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:00:00 +0000

These were our first big purchase with our own money. Jackson saw them at the store, we counted our money and headed back when we had enough to buy them.

Luckily they were still there when we went back.

When we paid (by ourselves and with our own money), we discovered they were on sale!

As soon as we got home, we wrote their names on the back Fetch and Chase.

Entertained

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:41:00 +0000

Mommy is always looking for ways for us to entertain outselves. Consider this a success.

Mommy slide

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:18:00 +0000

When the weather outside is this nasty, we have to find other ways to get to a "park".

Yum. Yum. Yum.

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:17:00 +0000

It was finally time (a long time ago, Daddy has not been very on top of things lately) to eat our gingerbread house creations.

Tearing them apart was the hardest part. That frosting really dried hard and kept everything REALLY stuck together.

All that effort made it taste that much better.

Backseat cutting

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:45:00 +0000

We know a lot about most things and aren't afraid to share what we know.

screaming EASTER!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (CharleyJax) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:47:00 +0000

It was all very, VERY exciting.