Big Bro

This morning in our usual rush time just before we get out the door to get Reagan to school, I had just made a bottle for Jackson thinking I would have time to get him started with it before we left, but that didn't happen.  Amid the frenzy with Jackson crawling around the kitchen crying I hear silence for just a moment while I am helping to get Reagan's double knots undone so she can get her shoes on.  I look around the counter and this is what I saw.

Both of my big kids are such big helpers!  Wilson started this feeding, Reagan continued it in the car on the way to school and I finished it up once we got to Southwest Playschool to drop off Wil for the day!

Scooters

Reagan got a new "big kid" scooter for Christmas and with the warmer weather she and Wil have been out riding on the scooters.  Wilson has been using Reagan's old (stable) 3 wheel scooter, while Reagan has been trying to get the hang of her 2 wheel scooter.

Too bad we don't have a nice flat area outside the house for her to practice on.  She gets up too much momentum while riding from Tom's (up the hill neighbor) driveway down to Sam's (down the hill neighbor) driveway.  It is fun to watch her take a step and pick up speed and then slam her foot down to stop herself from going too fast since she put her foot up and cruise yet for lack of good balance.  I know she will get the hang of it with just a little more practice!

Bedtime Stories

Tonight's story was the Star Wars Character Encyclopedia that Wilson received for Christmas.  Each kid got to pick 2 characters to have Daddy read to them.  Wil picked Jar Jar Binks and Darth Maul (no surprise there) and Reagan picked Chewbacca and Yoda.

Jackson's 6 month check-up

Jackson had his belated 6 month check-up today with Dr. Beucke...who we absolutely love by the way...and it was a nice adventurous appointment.  He laid still (unheard of) for his weight and measurements.  He is now in the 75% for height (wonder where he gets that!) and the 50% for weight.  His head size is trending up but still no where near where bro and sis were at this age.  I think they need to rethink head sizing for my kiddos...chalk it up to big brains, right?

Poor little guy had to have 3 shots so Mommy decided why not give him a flu shot too while we are at it.  Then to add insult to injury they gave him two giant sized pink...and I mean HOT PINK bandaids to cover his wounds!  Sad day indeed.  The only bright spot, was having him pee on the Doc, totally catching him off guard, since that is not typical of a 6 month old.  Gotta love it when your kids can pee on your friends, as Shane said :)

Jesus Action Figures

Thanks to Aunt Patti for supplying my kiddos with their own Fontanini Nativity sets and thanks to Uncle Alan for coining the phrase "Jesus Action Figures".

The kids just love to play and tonight they had 2 different Nativity sets put together to play.  There were rescue cars that were helping (in case of bad guys, injuries and fires) to make sure that Baby Jesus and crew were all safe and taken care of.  Every time I tried to get Wilson in the picture he would be moving away with a car, so I only got Reagan (although I must say it was quite a trip seeing them both squeeze in the small space around this Nativity!

"I don't want to eat bugs"

This was uttered by Wil a few weeks ago to me in the car, and though it may sound odd...what was more odd was that I was asking him to.  I wanted him and I to have bugs.  What?  You may be asking yourself, but I must explain (therefore today's picture).

During the month of November I worked very hard to try to eliminate GMO (genetically modified organisms) from the food we eat.  This meant not buying our normal spiral or shell store brand mac and cheese (which I love!).  I found the Annie's brand which is organic and verified by the nonGMO project, but even though the kids like them, certain flavors anyway, I don't really care for them so I went looking for other great choices.  This is when I found Back to Nature brand and their "Crazy Bugs" mac and cheese.  I really like the taste of them and the shapes are awesome too!  There are beetles, moths/butterflys and caterpillars...so much fun!

Girl Scout Cookie Time

Reagan is selling cookies again this year in her second year of being a Daisy scout and she would love to sell some cookies to you!  Just let us know if you are interested and we will make it happen :)