All about JACK

Walking around in Papa’s tennis shoes…roaring like a dinosaur (of course)

We’ve committed to potty training and there’s no turning back. I’m so proud of Arlin Jack! This entire past school week he’s been wearing his big boy underwear at home and the only time he’s worn a diaper is to sleep at night and to get to and from school.

We’ve only had a couple of accidents with timing and or distractions while trying to get to the potty, but he knows when has to go and he’s great about getting Mama or Papa or Sissy to help him…:)

his new snow boots make him wanna run!

miniature Elmer Fudd. Arlin found a box of little army men I used some time ago for a diarhama, a prank gift for the opposing derby team we were bouting, anyways, he’s been carrying around one of the soldiers ever since…he gets pretty animated when you ask him who it is…

“Ma-Sss-er….SARGE!”

I took these last Sunday…

it’s frigid cold now with snow all around….Today it was 9 degrees and Arlin wore his new snow boots to school that we picked up at the Baby Gap store down at the outlets in Castlerock, he is such a character- he loves shoes (just like his papa) he demanded we put his snow boots on before we walked out of the store and as soon as he had them on he charged the snow outside and stomped all around roaring like a dinosaur…he is SUCH a boy- it’s hysterical.

Chad and I did a bunch of Christmas shopping online last night while watching some football I think the Captain’s set in the toy department…and Mimi (once known as Pamaw- yes Arlin Jack has re-named her) always covers the clothes end 🙂

hey honey, where are the kids?

Boo!

they could have played for hours in this box….to only be young again with an uninhibited  imagination!!!

Couple of days ago I took some pictures for my website of Arlin Jack modeling his MoO-SeY tee…

this one above, kills me…like he’s posing for the camera, just like Papa-ha!

he’s plotting something here…

one handsome lad!

after Arlin’s nap today he was Mama’s sou chef, we made Split Pea soup from scratch. (It was yummy)

he had to hydrate quite often…with milk breaks but hey hard work calls for breaks, right?

I’m getting the business here for stopping the “help” process to take a picture…

He really is a great helper, he LOVES to help (or feel like he’s helping you) but man it’s hard to stay focused and not skip ingredients with his speedy little paws trying to swipe knives every time I turn my head! He’s quick I tell ya.

The Captain’s new favorite tee-shirt…

Thank you Pamaw!

We still need to find blocks for little shorty’s legs to reach his trike pedals.

on Halloween afternoon we (Stella, Mama & Papa) all helped convert Arlin Jack’s crib into a “BIG Boy” bed.

Wow! The freedom he has…

this is what happened during his first nap time in his new bed…

You could say I’m feeling a little nervous about this milestone we’re trying to embrace. I think he’s ready? But I’m not exactly sleeping well myself…every noise I hear in the middle of the night I think it’s the Captain causing trouble somewhere. I’m thinking as bad as it  might sound we need some type of locking device to put on the outside of his door, we tried a little eyelet screw and a rope tie…first morning he wiggled his little paws through the door jam and untied it!!! He’s pretty crafty like that.

P.S. I forgot to announce October 11th Arlin Jack gave all his pacifier’s to the “PuN-kin” as he calls it…that’s right, the pumpkin ate all his passie’s in trade of a cookie. And that was that, we never looked back!

Mom…I’m sure you’ll get a chuckle out of this picture…(what was it Tony put in his boots? Peaches??!ahhaha)

Mmm hmmm, Yep, those are raspberries in his cowboy boots.

this is his “I didn’t do it Mama” face…I get it all the time lately.

another dress fitting…

I had to add more fabric onto the head piece…and blanket stitch the eyes, I switched em’ to a cream fleece looks better than the felt.

costume is finished! Pictures tomorrow!!

SNOWED IN…

The snow has not stopped falling. It just keeps coming! Arlin Jack’s school was closed for the day and Mama’s hair appointment was cancelled too, boo hoo. But we entertained ourselves inside with Arlin Jack’s play-doh tool kit. We also watched the movie The Tale of Despereaux a movie about a brave little mouse. We played with his wooden puzzle piece boards and we watched the neighbors blow snow off their sidewalks…then Arlin got a good laugh watching Mama through the living room window shoveling the 18″ off our front walk way for the pizza man! That’s right Arlin and Mama ate pizza for dinner! YUMMY!