Week Up North and Water Park Wow!

Hello! Can you believe it is August? Where did June and July go? We had a very fun July. We spent a week at Nana and Papa's when Daddy had to go to Atlanta for work. I drove the boat with Papa.

Sissy's too young to drive, but she sat on the Captain's lap.

Nana and I drove the boat together, too.

Papa made a cool sand castle!

Instead of making sand castles, I prefered running into the water!

While I played in the water, Sissy watched from her special place on the boat.

It was a beautiful day when we were playing in the lake.

Earlier in the week, Papa took us to a really nice park!

Even Sissy got to swing.

One day it was cloudy, so Papa took us to the Children's Museum in town. It was really cool! Here I am in a log cabin. I am pushing a shopping cart. You might be able to see the cuts on my face. I was running in the driveway and took a header. Owie!

The Children's Museum had an ambulance you could play in.

I turned the ambulance lights on!

The museum had a grocery store, too. It was my favorite part.

Here I am riding a horse!

And at Nana and Papa's, on a rainy day, I had fun pushing Sissy around. I think she had fun, too.

Papa took me on a tractor ride.

And he showed me a big fish he caught.

The girls had a lunch date at Great-Grandma Mary's one afternoon.

To end the week, we went to a family reunion on Papa's side. I had my first ice cream cone - yummy!

Then we stayed in a hotel. There were pools and a waterslide!

I love to swim!

And I love playing with my cousins.

Nana let me jump to her in the pool. I've been practicing that at swim lessons.

Uncle David took me down the waterslide for my first time. I loved it!

We hope everyone is doing well. Happy Birthday to Nana on August 2nd!

Love,

Jackson...

and Sissy

XOX

Christmas in July

We thought we would post today. Sissy, Mom and I are going to Nana and Papa's on Sunday for the week. We might not be able to post Sunday, so we are doing it a little early this week. Mom took a couple pictures of us taking a nap the other day. Don't we look like angels?

When we woke up from our naps it was like Christmas in July! Mom saw a For Sale sign on a playhouse at a house by Daddy's work. Dad went to check it out... and came home with 3 awesome outside toys! Check out our new house!

I also now have a John Deer tractor, although I am still learning how to drive.

And now we have a play table that holds water and sand. So cool!

Although Sissy can really only watch from her seat right now, she'll get to enjoy all these toys too, once she's a little older. Thank you SO much Dad. What a great surprise!

We took some pictures together yesterday. Mom said I did a nice job holding Sissy!

Sissy loves to be on her tummy.

While I was napping, Sissy fell asleep in Momma's arms. Mom says she is savoring these moments (like I know what savoring means ?!).

Before long, though, Sissy woke up and when Mom came upstairs to get her, she caught me climbing the crib! Mom said it was dangerous; I said I wanted to see Sissy... Mom won.

Sissy loves me so much! If she's fussing, the minute I show up, she stops. We get along great!

I share with her, too.

My favorite story is Skippy Jon Jones. It is about a cat that looks like Iso. Mom recorded Dad reading it to me last night.

You may have noticed the new kitchen in the background. We'll post video of me enjoying that soon! I love playing with it - the coffee pot gurgles, the fry pan sizzles, and the microwave dings. So much fun!

I continue to practice names and I love to point out colors, too. I enjoy looking at pictures and trying to say family members' names.

Here's one last video of Sissy.

Have a great weekend and next week! Try not to melt in all this heat! Happy, Happy Birthday to my cousin Isabella who turned 6 yesterday. Happy 3rd Anniversary to Mom and Dad!

Love,

Jackson

XOX

Dance! Dance! Dance!

Hello! There's a couple pictures of my Sissy with Daddy's new UCONN pillows from Great-Grandma Mary.

There are some more funny pictures of Sissy after a few videos of my recent silliness. I have really taken to dancing lately.

So Mom put pigtails in Sissy's hair a couple days ago. She thought it looked cute - I thought they looked like TV antennas!

And then after Mom took them out, she had a real bad hair-do!

Today I had a playdate with Ellie at her house. We swam and played outside the whole time! She even gave me her pb and j... well, okay, I took her's when she wasn't looking. But she wasn't eating it and I didn't want it to go to waste! Sorry, Ellie. Thank you for sharing your toys with me.

Happy Birthday to my cousin Sean! I hope you had a great day! Mom and I were looking at pictures the other day and we came across the one with all of our cousins at Dartmouth when Daddy was coaching there. Mom says I sometimes look like you. Can't wait to meet you!

Have a great week everyone!

Love,

Jackson

XOX

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! Me and Sissy have had so much fun. We spent the weekend up north at Nana and Papa's. We went to the parade on the 4th and I loved it! Sissy got scared once when the fire truck honked, but I thought it was great!

My Uncle David, Aunt Audrey, and cousins Isabella and Cohen were there, too. I had a blast playing with Cohen. I really miss him - even though we are home I still keep saying his name.

When we got to Nana and Papa's on Friday, we went for a boat ride because the weather was beautiful. Yup - it was Sissy's first boat ride!

Of course Papa let me drive the boat.

Mom and Nana enjoyed the sun!

Great-Grandpa Bob came to visit Friday night. He liked holding his 5th great-grandchild!

On Saturday while I was waiting for my cousins to arrive, I played by the lake.

Mom and Sissy went to visit Great-Grandma Mary in the afternoon and when they got back, my cousins had arrived!

We played in the lake.

Papa had even gotten a slide for us to go down! It was so cool!

Cohen gave me a ride in the boat raft.

Great Grandma-Mary came out to eat pizza with us. Before dinner she watched us play in the lake and snack on yummy chips.

Everyone was enjoying themselves. The weather was perfect!

And after all that fun in the lake, it was time to clean up!

That evening when Great-Grandma Mary was there, she gave Dad his birthday gift. She made him UCONN pillows! Dad was SO happy.

Everyone enjoyed spending time with Kendall... especially Isabella! She held her and even fed her bottles!

All of us cousins played so nicely together and the adults were very impressed.

Thank you Nana and Papa for having all of us at the house for the 4th. We had a wonderful time! I hope all of you enjoyed your holiday weekend and have a good week!

Love,

Jackson
XOX