That's right, I let him do it.

Sometimes, when my husband leaves town, I get desperate for activities. I'm not sure why, because it's not like he is constantly providing us with things to do such as crafts or bake fairs...but for some reason, I feel compelled to do things I usually wouldn't.

So Jack and I did finger painting. Luckily, this paint washed off of most things that it got on. But Jack had a blast and enjoyed the "smearing" effect. Which didn't bode well for the "hand print" painting I tried to create. But all that matters is that Jack had fun, and that the clocked ticked away while we did it.

In addition to crafts, I like to make yummy things. Like the S'mores Bars Brittany so generously shared. Or some sort of cupcake, or pudding. (Extra special pudding with dark chocolate melted into it. Mmm.)

So if anyone has other fun ideas. Please post a blog about them. And maybe I'll do it.

Jack's Prospects

As many of you know, I was one of the few to have a boy during the baby boom of 2005-06. But that being said, Jack will have NO trouble finding a date in the later years. He has so many girls to choose from.

First, there's Sloane. She may be the perfect fit for Jack as their personalities are alike and the each have their quirks.


Then there is Sophia. She and Jack would have a great time gettin dirty and keeping things real. Soph doesn't take anyone seriously.


Libby though a little more sensitive, would be Jack's number one fan and a devout little friend. She has enough heart to make up for his missing half.


Teagan, the "older more experienced woman" would surely be one to put Jack in his place. She is a busy girl, but would always make time for Jack.


Bella. Bella is the take-charge girl Jack needs. She won't put up with his crap.


Addison. Though they don't know eachother very well yet, there is a burning connection just WAITING to burst between these two.


And Ireland. Jack would take care of sweet Ireland. He'd be the jealous-protective type with her, but some girls like that.


So I guess we'll all stay tuned for the future. It will be interesting. And after all, this is Josh's son, so some of you may want to lock your girls up for awhile...

Craft Night, REALIZED.

So it happened. We had an astonishing EIGHT people attend our little craft night and everyone did a fabulous job. Here are some pictures...

Sorry-

I can't load my pic's from my camera to my computer, so my postings are few. But here's something..

Jack got a new fish. This is Petey.



Jack' new pet. Petey is a wonderful pet, he acts like a dog when you get his food out, he does a good job of being quiet, and despite my dropping him on the floor while cleaning his bowl, he has held up quite well as a fish.

I highly recommend fish as a first pet.

This Was Fun...

Sweetest Boy.

Putting Jack to bed has recently proven tricky. He will usually throw a crying fit in his bed or wander out of his room...
My newest approach, though misleading, has worked lately. I will read stories, say prayers, tuck him in, turn on "snoopy" (the Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack he listens to every night..) and then say to him "Ok, I'll be right back!" and he says "Ok" and patiently waits my return.. falling asleep while doing so.

See, he wants me to sleep there next to him. Which not only to I NOT want to do because he needs to learn to get to sleep alone, but because it's very uncomfortable, and I like to use "Jack sleep" time as "Special Lisa" time.

So I'll tell him I will be back and I leave the door open so he can hear me around the house, then he eventually falls asleep waiting. I KNOW it's mean. BUT- he's learning that it is part of the ritual and he stays in bed and finds ways to get to sleep on his own.
FOR EXAMPLE. Tonight, as I type here and Jack is "waiting" for me in the next room, I hear him start to sing.
It is a lovely combination of "Old McDonald" and "The Wheels On the Bus" using the melody from "Wheels" and the characters from the farm, as follows:

The duck on the bus goes quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack, quack.
The duck on the bus goes quack, quack, quack,
All through the town.

The puppy on the bus goes arf, arf, arf,
arf, arf, arf
arf, arf, arf.
The puppy on the bus goes arf, arf, arf,
All through the town.

And so he sings himself to sleep.

Success.

If you haven't, you should..

Check out this hilarious satire..

Although, it's dangerously close to what my blog looks like and I'm now considering redecorating....

But still. Very clever.

Drum roll please...

Jack has gained ONE POUND!!

So now that we've reached this ground breaking TWENTY-THREE POUNDS we have no updates on when surgery will be, we are still planning on visiting the hospitals on August 11th to check his weight and most likely his oxygen levels. But in the meantime we are having a BLAST not thinking about it!

ROAD RASH

Head first, into some broken, bubbly asphalt.

Montage

I have done a few things in the past couple weeks, but I have no clever thoughts or fun anecdotes to go with them, so instead I'll just caption pictures:



So I took a self portrait at the Zoo...



We took a nice family walk with the Dahl's up in midway...



Jack swam and spit at the same time..



Had fun at the pool with "Libby and Woofie"...



We shot off illegal fireworks...





I shot some nice flowers..



We got stalked by this lepoard a the zoo...



We ate cupcakes..



Jack plugged his ears alot...



..because of these.


Good times, good times.