Indiana Jackson

Today was career day at Jackson's school. After thinking about being a scientist, and then briefly considering the cool-factor of dressing up like a police officer, he decided he wanted something to do with animals.

He got a stuffed snake at the zoo last weekend and has been wearing it around the house wrapped around his shoulders. He'd asked to take it to school to show off earlier in the week, and since they have a rule about no toys at school, I'd said no. But I racked my brains trying to think of a "career" that would require one to carry a snake around (and Britney Spears at the VMA's wasn't really an option LOL). So I suggested "animal expert." I got out one of my dad's hats that looks like something you might wear in the jungle, we attached one of Luke's hanging toys that just happens to be a parrot to a belt loop, and he covered his shirt with stickers of giraffes, elephants, and lions (that part, and wearing the shirt that had monkeys on it, was his idea!).

He just could not wait for today to get here, and he looked so great. After school, we went to the mall and a lot of people complimented him on his Indiana Jones hat. Of course, he has only a slight idea who that is since he hasn't seen the movies yet (something we're going to remedy this weekend) but he has seen ads for the new one. I told him that the biggest difference is that he's braver than Indiana Jones, because IJ is afraid of snakes and would NEVER wear one.

So we'll just call him Indiana Jackson. :)