Tired Just Watching

I started thinking today that I have not been pulling my weight around here when it comes to keeping our blog up to date so I decided to share a couple short clips of Jack's favorite things to do these days!

This one is from the Mall of America last week. We decided to take a family day to the mall to do some Christmas shopping and figured Jack deserved a little ride time. Here he is on his favorite ride! Watch Jack watch everyone else on the ride. If everyone else is having a good time, so is Jack!

Jack has started becoming less and less afraid of things these days. If you need proof of this, see the  Halloween post earlier this month! Here is one of him blowing bubbles in the tub. Lately he has been laying down on his back with only his mouth and nose above water. He has also found that he can blow bubbles if he sticks his face under water!  Don't worry, nothing inappropriate here...

This last one was from tonight! Rach and I were cleaning up after supper and he came into the kitchen and did a somersault right in front of us. Granted, he did end up crashing into the wall when he finally flipped but it was cute and a first! We asked if he would show us again so we could record and he screamed "YES". He then started going somersault crazy. I think the world better watch out for his little man in the 2028 Summer Olympics!

A litte giddy

OI randomly won tickets to the Cities 97 Sampler Release Party for Wednesday night, and when I heard Jason Mraz was going to be there...I was all in! Thanks, Jess, for being our last-minute sitter!!

Here are a couple of pictures of Jason Mraz playing...and no, these are not cropped in, we really were that close. I could have touched him if I wanted....and believe me, I wanted. :) Brad's friend Keith actually called during the show and said "I think I just saw you on the news!" Yep - that was us!!

OK - a secret on me. I'm a little bit obsessed with Brian Oake's voice. I honestly look forward to when he comes on the radio in the afternoon, so when he started talking to Brad and I - I made B snap a picture...of course it would be blurry, augh.

Two quick facts you should know before this next picture. Who watched FRIENDS? Everyone, right? Remember Ross and Rachel's celebrity "Freebies List"? If you know Brad, you probably know he's obsessed with Jeanette Trumpeter, a local news anchor. She is number one on his "Freebie List". Well - on our way out the door, Brad stopped in his tracks, looked at me and said "Oh my God, I think it's JT" Yes, that's right...JT...his little nickname for her! Well, I told him he HAD to take a picture with her, and she was all for it! She cuddled all into him...lay off, JT! And I have to admit, I told her she was on his list.....HA.

I'm really not kidding when I say this made his night. Week. Year? Come on...look at that smile on his face!

Oops - I (Rach) realized I posted this under Brad's name...oh well.

Weekend Stuff

Our weekend started our with a Friday night sleepover with Avery.  We have been trying to spend time with each of the Newman kids one-on-one, and tonight was Avery's turn.  After some hard-core playing time, they sat down to have popcorn and watch Ratatouille.

Since it was 9:00 by the time the movie was over, it was time for bed.  Avery, however, decided at 10:20 that it wasn't such a good idea to sleep away from home without her brothers, and we brought her home.  It was still definitely worth the try.

On the Avery note : last night we were saying our bedtime prayers, and each night we try to have Jack say more and more by himself without us prompting him.  As he got to a certain part in the Lord's Prayer...he said "and deliver us from Avery".  We corrected him to say evil, but he insisted that Avery belongs there instead.

On Sunday, we raised Jack's bed a little bit higher.  Since he's gotten used to it, we figured we could get it more than two inches off of the floor.  I think he finally noticed the sign that Jess made for him, because he insisted I take a picture under it!

Now if I could only get that sippy cup, or as Jack would say "C-cup" away from him!

We hope you had a great weekend!

Everything takes a little big longer

Today I was trying to clean the fridge shelves while Jack was playing cars.  When he heard me banging around, he needed to know what was going on, so he grabbed his little stool and decided to "help" me.  How am I supposed to wash dishes when someone is right in front of the sink??

What should have been a 20 minute job turned into about 45 minutes...between trying to keep him OUT of the fridge, to trying to convince him No, you should NOT eat cold hot dogs at 9:30 in the morning....

He still thinks everything needs to be re-arranged...so the battle continues.

Dogpile!

This is so typical of every time we get together with the Newmans....

DOGPILE on B! (You can barely see him under there).

Jack just realized this weekend that the kids call him "Uncle B".  So now all we hear from him is "Chase me, B!"  Hilarious to me, especially since I have been called Rachel since we took the kids to the zoo this summer!

Candy Man

While Brad and I were watching the Vikings game today, Jack said he was going to get his Ping and Pup.  Within seconds, we heard a crash in the kitchen and came running to see what it might be...

That is all of his Halloween candy.  To give you an idea of where he climbed from and how fast...the cabinet is open that he grabbed the ziploc bag from!

Yep - way up there. :)

Life with Boys

What started out as hand washing...

...soon turned into this.

Stunned that he could do it...

...and so proud.

Ah, life with a two-year-old boy.  Moments like these make me smile.