Wingfield Park

We had a nice Sunday afternoon at the river today at Wingfield Park.  It was in the 80's but the water was really cold.  We were suprised that Jackson even went in the water let alone stand in it for a while.  He loved throwing rocks in and splashing with his feet.  Miss Addie slept the whole time in her stroller.  It was a little too hot for the moby wrap.  We would have both been miserable, sweaty pigs.

Jackson and Daddy testing the water.

"Come on Mama!"

Throwing pebbles into the river.  He was such a good boy and asked first before every throw. (He never does that at home.)

"Hi Mama!"

Trucks and Dirt

Welcome to Jackson's World:

"Me play dirt!"

Working hard to move that dirt.

 Imagine tractor noises.

So cute but with a little bit of mischief in his eyes!

Random Jackson Antics

The other day I experienced what it is like to be pulled two ways at the park.  I have Addie in the stroller and a little boy running down the hill to get to the "basketball, dunk it."  All I could do was stand between them and yell...and apparently take pictures!

My little good girl.

Zoomed out view of a little speck.

Zoomed in view of him running amuck.



That is one proud pirate.  The hat is from a book and he gets a sticker on his hat for every successful potty time. 

Freckles

Jackson has recently started getting freckles on his nose and cheeks just like his Mommy and Daddy.

For some reason they are mostly on his left cheek. 

Kite Festival 2010

Jack's first time flying a kite was at this year's Reno Kite Festival. The day was perfect, lots of sun and wind. Jack had an awesome new spiderman kite, and took to flying it like a pro. Now, whenever there's a slight breeze, we're out trying to get a kite up in the air.

Showing Jack 'the ropes.'

 Letting out some string

'Me do it."

"Hey this is pretty fun"

Checking out the competition (mainly a giant tinkerbell kite with wings).

The Man

 And no day would be complete without stopping to see the...Fire-TRUCK, Fire-TRUCK, ALLLL RIGHT, Fire-TRUCK!!! (You have to imagine Jack emphatically singing that little song over and over everyday).

Movie Night

Here are some videos of Jack being a goofball this past week. Enjoy!

These are the links to you tube since blogger seems to cut off some of the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEloa7QP2qE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-j5k_l92C0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdAL2CW6N1I

A New Chapter

If this life were a book, one chapter in ours would be getting ready to close while another is just beginning, and with it many changes are happening. We're anxiously awaiting our new little one, I (Larry) am graduating with my Ph.D. over the summer, and when September arrives, we'll be moving back up to Washington. We were recently up in WA for an interview I had at the University of Washington (and if I can brag a little, the UW program is the top ranked Psychology Dept. in the nation for the last two years). Everything went well with the interview, it was a wonderful position, and it was exactly where we wanted to move so that we could be closer to family and friends...although we will unfortunately be leaving some very dear friends here, which makes this all a little bittersweet.

So as this chapter closes, I wanted to share some pictures of my wonderful and beautiful family.