Dino Hats

The first pic is "Cheese!" and the 2nd is "ROAR" like dinosaurs. :)

Jacks had a similar hat that was orange and blue, but he needed a bigger one and I got Cody one, too. I was shocked that he kept it on for as long as he did!

You can see the remnants of the tape they put on Cody's eyes during surgery....and you can see Jackson's tonsils.

Cody's 2nd Surgery

Well, it's over and we're home. It went smoothly and the post-op MRI "looks good." They said that last time so we know that doesn't mean a definite all-clear, but we're optimistic. The docs were absolutely right that this surgery would be much easier on him than the last. We were only in the hospital from Friday through Monday, and he was impossible to keep in his room on Monday so he was REALLY ready to come home. We rode the elevators up and down, visited the play room and the trains, etc. but it was a long day because he just wanted out of there. He's loving being home, eating and sleeping well, and having a blast playing with Jackson. So far so good!

(click on the pic above to see it bigger)

Bungled Song Lyrics....Xmas Edition

Jacks: Mama, who's Snofa sleigh?

Me: Um...what?

J: SNOFA SLEIGH.

Me: What are you talking about?

J: "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...lalallalalalala snofa sleigh." So who is that?

Me: It goes, "One-horse open sleigh," honey.

J: But whose is it? Is he Santa's friend?

Teehee!!! It is so much fun talking to Jacks lately! He cracks me up every day!

Handsome x 2

Does it get any better looking than my two sweet boys? I don't think so!

Jackson's Letter to Santa 2006

Dear Santa,

I have been a good boy.

Cody wants cars.

I want markers and wooden Thomas track. (Neville and a caboose, a coach, and that crane thingie.) Also a truck that I saw at Target. And the machine to make Slurpees.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

That is the ABC's, Santa. I know them.

Love,

Jackson

A conversation with Jackson 11/30

(while making banana bread after he successfully cracked 2 eggs into a bowl BY HIMSELF...and helped me make stew this morning by peeling a potato and cutting it with a butter knife)

Me: Jacks, you are really good at this. Do you think you might be a chef one day?

J: Yeah.

Me: Do you know what a chef is?

J: Yeah.

Me: What is it?

J: A cooker.

Me: Right.

(later)

Jackson: Yep, I think I'm going to be a chafe when I'm big.

Me: I know it!

J: I know it, too. I think I could even make pizza. Not now, but when I'm bigger. Like 11.

:)

Time for Hot Chocolate

Nothing better after playing in the freezing cold than warming up with a cup of hot chocolate! And this is the good stuff, made by Godiva. Of course, I'm not sure the cocoa gurus at Godiva intended their sacred chocolate goop to be drunk through a straw, but so be it. :)