A Boy With Many Talents

Jack helped bake a chocolate cake.

Licking the frosting...Tucker is eating from the table in the background...caught in the act!

Frosting complete.

Jack's job is putting sprinkles on the cake.

Sprinkles are done, so Jack is cleaning up around the cake.

Jack cut his own piece...a little big.

Everyone who knows me well, knows that I am not a cook or a baker.  I sometimes feel bad about that but actually, I don't have much interest or aptitude for it either.  I'm not going to say who, but I've been told (& it was true) that I can't boil water.  But since I want Jack to have fun memories of me, I helped him bake a cake (from a box, nonetheless).  I followed the directions explicitly.  It actually worked & tasted good!  Jack loved doing the decorating.  So, if my future daughter-in-law is reading this (25 years from now)....I'm doing my part to teach my son to be a well rounded man!

Cherish Every Moment

Some days the realization pops up in my mind...even though the days can be long, the years are fast.  Jack is so fun right now.  The other day, he fell asleep in the car, so I carried him in and instead of putting him in his bed, I held him in the recliner and we both took a nap.  Now, he loves to be held at night, when we
"read & rock"...but he is always sitting in my lap, facing out.  Our nap together was special because he was facing me and I could feel his every breath.  I am so, so thankful for him.  What a wonderful gift...my own child to love and nurture.   I wondered why I ever felt it necessary for him to always sleep in his crib when he was a baby.  I thought I was doing the right thing (& maybe, I was), but I had a twinge of regret.  Why didn't I hold him more when he was a baby?  Whatever I felt was necessary to do instead, maybe could have waited.

Gotta go, I'm wasting time blogging when my boy needs me to cherish him right now!

Oh, sorry Tarheel diehards...the first poll is out...you know, those ones that no one can remember their names, because they don't really matter.  Well, of course, I saw that my TARHEELS were preseason ranked #1.  DOOK was # 6...boo, hoo for you Coach K.  I know you are up at night trying to come up with a fool proof plan to beat us...but I'm betting that we will make your boys shake in their shoes...Ha!

Sorry, no picture...camera connection problems:)

Making it Work

Love those eyes!

So when Jack & I are alone, it's not easy to take pictures.  Jack doesn't like to pose right now.  So, I found a way to make it work...hold the camera out and start shooting.  About 1 out of 10 are OK and every once in awhile....I'll take a great one!

Even Imitation Slurpees are Great!



He keeps drinking, even when it hurts b/c it's so cold!




Like father, like son...enjoying Slurpee's together....

 So Circle K has a great Slurpee knock off and since Circle K is closer...we get the knock off version.  It's still great on a hot summer day and Jack's favorite flavor is orange...I didn't correct him or explain that Carolina blue is a better color!

Let the Good Times Roll

Future scuba diver--Jack can snorkel at age 3 1/2...staying under to pick up things from the bottom of the pool.

Summer fun!

The Myers' family--chalk art fun.

Over and over, my mind replays the moment of Jack's birth.  So anticipated, so deserved, so surreal.  It seems so long ago and so many wonderful memories have been made since.  Fast forward to today...here are some interesting or funny things that Jack has said lately...

1. I'd like to be the letter I.  Why? I ask.  Because I already am the letter I.
2. I'd like something green with seeds for breakfast.  What?  I ask, half asleep.  He's never been given a kiwi, I think.  A pickle, he responds.
3. What kind of scarecrow would you like?  I ask.  He responds, a girl.  So a girl scarecrow was found, luckily.
4. Off with your head...LOUD as he flings his vorpal sword back and forth.  What are you doing?  I ask.  Killing the jaberwoccky, like in Alice in Wonderland.  OK, I say.  But that sword will go in time out if you hurt a person or a dog.  OK, he says.  Minutes later, Tucker runs from him.  The sword spends the rest of the day on top of the frig.
5. Look, Mt. Reindeer is so big.  Mt. Rainier, I say.  Yes, Mt. Rainier.
6. When will God take away the clouds?  Jack asks.  In February, when we go to Hawaii, I respond.  OK.
7. I love everybody that gives me candy.  How about when I don't give you candy?  I ask.  Silence.
8. Let's go, I'm ready to leave.  As he is running through the house naked.