Snuggling

Jaydon loves his Scout and Teddy. He takes them places around the house, wants them to watch him do things and tries to have them eat or play or watch a show or snuggle. or even in Teddy's case play tackle football. It is pretty cute to watch him and so we took a couple pics of him with his friends one morning.

Happy kiddo!

Playground with Grandma

I had a basketball workshop to attend and Jeremy was just getting back from AK so we headed to g-ma's house for the weekend. It worked out really well because we got to visit friends and Jeremy got some schoolwork done while Grandma took Jaydon adventuring. Jeremy and G-ma took Jaydon to the fun park at the local YMCA where they had a great time.

It is a pretty big space and Jaydo loves getting up on stuff and exploring.

"Hello, Hello" He enjoys these sound carrier thingys.

Climbing!

Sliding with Grandma!

Visit to Auntie's House

After spending a great day with Asia and Sophie Jenny invited us over for dinner. It was quite good but Jaydon particularly loved trying to snuggle Joanie (Jen's cat).

Joanie was trying to take some refuge on the bed but Jaydon was really all about being around her. We found that if she was covered with part of the blanket she didn't really mind Jaydon all that much so he got a few good snuggles, which is more than we can say he really gets with Lily.

He does love animals! I guess he comes by it naturally.

Playdate at Sophie's

We had a great visit with Asia and Sophie, made even better because the weather was beautiful for late Sept and Sophie has a bouncy house! We all had a great time and of course at some great food!

Not only does the bouncer have the open space to jump, it has a rock wall and a slide! Perfection!

Can you tell Jaydon enjoyed himself?

Sophie and Asia having some fun.

Sophie off and running.

Small Group Reunion

We had a great time getting together with members from our old small group. I am so thankful that we are able to make a point to try and set aside a day or two a year when we can hang out.

The four families

The four dads

The six kids (we of course waited until the very last minute to throw them all on the couch for a picture, you can tell they are a bit tired and less than thrilled).

He is my son!

We were all playing after dinner one night and Jaydon stopped what he was doing, looked into the kitchen and then ran over to his high chair. I was trying to figure out what he was doing and then low and behold he started cleaning up his tray.

Running to see what needs to be cleaned up.
Putting the dirty dishes into the sink.

Cleaning up with the rag!

While there is a part of me that is a little nervous I may create a neurotic cleaner I like I am, there is another part of me that was totally thrilled Jaydon would notice and go clean up himself. He is a big helper around the house and I love it!

First Art Project!

Art projects are not my strong suit as a mother. We have done some coloring and Jaydon finger painted with auntie but in general he does not get sucked into art projects very well and he certainly doesn't want to have to sit (or even stand) in one place for longer than a minute. I realize it is pretty important and so I will continue to work on it but in the meantime this was one of those little awwww moments. Jaydon was in the childcare toddler room at church and when the parents came back to pick them up they had made some sheep! Jaydon was so excited to show his sheep to his daddy (who hadn't made it to church due to too much school work)!

I heard someone, somewhere mention that taking pictures is a lot easier way of keeping the memories of all your kids art projects through the years then trying to keep everything. So while Jaydon's sheep will live on the fridge for probably months to come I have another avenue for remembering it in the future!