Santa Claus is coming (strike that) - Santa Claus came to town

Oh my gosh. Apparently we've been good boys, because Santa Claus came last night. More soon. I have work to do.

The greatest gift of all: Mommy

On this day of gift giving, I thought it might be a good time to tell you all about the greatest gift in my life, that being, of course, my Mommy.

While I try to give you a glimpse into the life Luke and I have, I surely don't do a good enough job of telling you how wonderful and special is Mommy is for us. It's really quite something. She takes such good care of us, she makes sure we are always happy and have full bellies (of some healthy stuff; Mommy insists). She cleans up when we (Daddy included and sometimes most prominently) make messes and never complains. She plays good music for us and gets us comfy clothes. She's trying to make me a smart boy and she's always good for a fun time.

What else?

Little things:

She's a good snuggler.



She sets up stacks and lets me knock them down with my trains.




She's definitely who you want around to hold your hand if you're not sure why you have to put your feet in water for a little while.


We always have fun with her.




To say nothing of that minor detail of bringing us into the world (here bringing Luke home earlier this year).


We love you, Mommy. Merry Christmas.

Love,
Jack and Luke

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Aunt Lisa took me to see Santa today. I told him I've been a good little boy; who could possibly disagree? :)

Feet in the fun water

I know I have quite a bit to catch up on, and my intention is to try to do so over the next few days.

In the meantime, I thought I would share one funny picture with you. I have a little problem with my toenail, so Mommy and Daddy say I have to put my feet in some "fun water" every night. I have actually come to look forward to sitting in my doggy chair and soaking my feet.

Birthday party

The day after Halloween, I had my third birthday party. It was held at Gymboree and was so fun.

Here I am in the car.


Lots of my friends were there.

I pretty much ran the place. It was, after all, my party.











Thanks to everyone for coming. I think birthday's should come more often!

Love,
Jack

Halloween 2009

I thought before other holidays started rolling in that I better get caught up. So, without further ado, I present Halloween 2009.

Luke trying on his meerkat costume beforehand.


And here I am, dressed up as the little boy from Where the Wild Things Are, a book that I loved long before it was a major motion picture. As you may know, the little boy in the book dresses up in his wolf suit...


...and makes mischief of of one kind and another. Here I am making mischief in the hallway.



We went trick or treating - a concept I really just learned about this year and about which I am pretty intrigued - up around Grandma and Grandpa's house.





Here I am with my Thomas bucket (thanks, Aunt Maggie) on display. It doesn't exactly go with my outfit, but I am of the opinion that Thomas matches anything.



Here I am with Grandpa (aka pu-pu) back at his house.


Luke and I think Halloween was great.


Love,
Jack

A post not about Halloween

If you are checking in today, I imagine you are looking for Halloween pictures. Well, I'm posting, but the Halloween pictures are going to have to wait. See, I haven't posted in nearly two months. And a lot has happened in those two months; so much so that I have a lot of pictures to post and stories to tell. If I jump right to Halloween, those pictures will never get posted. So, check back soon for more, but for now it's a lot of pictures from the past few months.

Me and Luke hanging in my crib. "This little piggy went to the market..."


Luke went to his first baseball games back in September. In fact, we went to quite a few, as I learned to really like going to the games quite often (if not for very long once we were there). Luke did not find September baseball when 20 games out of first to be very exciting.


Luke still not excited; me distracted by a plane.


Hanging at home with Daddy.


Papaw has come up a lot to stay with us and help us around the house. Thanks, Papaw! As I am known to say, "Papaw [will] fix it."


Here's me and my friend Jimmy at Oktoberfest.


Finding Oktoberfest to be crowded and boring, we went back to our house, where we had much more fun. As I like to say around the house, "Jimmy is my friend." (Also, check out how long my hair got in these pictures before finally being cut.)



Luke has been eating more and more big boy foods. He finally supplanted me from the high chair.


And he has been doing awesome in the jumperoo too.


I really enjoy having Luke around, and Mommy and Daddy say that Luke follows my every move. We like to do things together around the house, like here for example, trying to ride the horse.


Daddy says this is the cutest picture in the world; agree?


Here in the stroller.

Here's a tell-all picture from life around our house. Mommy trying to feed Luke and make our dinner, while I climb on her back. Poor Mommy sometimes.



I hope you saw the youtube I posted from the hayride party. Here are a few pictures. "Freebird!"



More to come hopefully soon.

Love,
Jack

Picking on the gee-tar

I have so many things to post and catch up on. Things have just been crazy. But I thought everyone might enjoy this video of my guitar playing at the fun party I was at in Elizabethtown last weekend.




More to come soon, I promise.

Vacation in Saugatuck

Last weekend we went away on vacation to our favorite place, Saugatuck in Michigan. This time Kyoko and Ed drove over from Chicago to join us, which made the trip even more fun. I have lots to share, so without further adieu:

One of the first things we did - and then did often later - was to return to the kids park in the center of town.




Later it was on to the beach. So fun.




Here's Mommy and Luke having some fun back at the house.




And then Daddy and Luke:


Here's Luke on the swings in the park.


Look familiar at all (below picture is me two years ago)?


Sorry for the trip down memory lane. Back to vacation and both of us on the swings.



Here's Luke resting on the porch of the condo.


This porch got a lot of use by everybody; here I am blowing bubbles and you can see my trains/trucks in position behind me.



Kyoko and Ed arrived the day after we got there. Here's Ed and Luke hanging out, which they did a lot, with matching expressions (or lack thereof).


Maybe they were tired. Yep, looks like it.


More from the beach:



At sunset Daddy tried to talk me into watching the sun go night-night. Given the volume of sand that needed to be shoveled into a pail and then dumped out, I was busy.


I humored him for a minute.


And then Mommy joined us as the sunset got closer.


And when the sun was almost gone, I popped up; where is it going, what's going on here?




The next day it was back around town and in the park.




Here is a really fun game I made up with a few new friends, called Throw Woodchips on the Slide and then Someone Slide Through Them. Summer Olympics 2012.



The day after Labor Day a bunch of diggers [bulldozers] came in and started to tear up a few streets. Some might think this was an imposition. Not me. I was thrilled. So much so actually that Daddy and I sat on the corner and watched them work for quite some time. Here, Kyoko joins.


Holding Luke Boy's hand.


That seat is getting a little tight, buddy.


And at the end of an exciting and busy vaction, we rested (in our matching pajamas).


Love,
Jack