Air Show

Today we went to the Chico Air Show.  We knew Jackson would love it.  We were pretty impressed and had a ton of fun.  Definitely will be bringing our wagon again next year and remembering our higher chairs instead of our beach ones.  :)



Jackson brought his own camera.  He's obsessed with it lately and knows exactly what they're for.



And got a new toy airplane complete with noises.  I seriously think he's going to wear out the batteries within one day.







We will definitely be doing that again, fun!

Destroyer

Usually Jackson plays wonderfully with his Legos.  He loves to build.  But here is his destroyer face!

 

Rainy Day

So Jackson got to try out his new rain boots.

Where a kid...

Chuck E. Cheese mugshot.



Jackson had a ball.  Especially going in the kid's tube that is hooked to the ceiling and your parents can't get you out.  Fun.

Unfortunately, Jackson's expression shows how Donnie and I felt about Chuck E. Cheese's.  Bummer.  We gave it a shot.  I think after the 5th game of Skee Ball where a kid climbed onto our ramp, stole our balls, and started throwing them into the goal, which is only two feet away because they are standing barefoot on the ramp, we were done.  Where are these kid's parents?

Summer List

I guess summer is about officially over (even though fire season IS NOT!)  And it's about time to revisit my list.  Here are my excuses for the ones we didn't do.  :)

~Take swimming lessons again 

~Go to the zero level fountain downtown

~Bike through Bidwell (WAY to complicated right now with the bike trailer.)

~Blow bubbles

~Paint outside

~Start our garden

~Start our compost

~Date night with Donnie to his first sushi in Chico (I guess we haven't had a date night in a while.  No, I guess we did have one in Napa, just not in Chico since living here yet!)

~Have camping guests

~Discover a signature popsicle recipe for our house (one for adults and one for kids)

~Take pictures in an orchard

~Have a picnic (No excuses for this one.)

~Take a trip up to the ranch (I'm still waiting for an open-ranch day.  We did meet one of the owners, does that count?)

~Draw with chalk on our driveway

~Go to a story time at the library (Yeah, I realized Jackson is not that reliable yet as a well-behaved boy.  He is pretty well mannered now, but I'm not sure about the library.  That doesn't sound fun to me yet.)

~Walk through campus

~Finally see Avatar (We rented it and never watched it.  Really 3 hours of a movie does not sound exciting to either of us!)

~Run out to get an ice cream from the ice cream man (and have my camera charged this time!)

~Visit the winery in Chico (Nope, but we're going to do the Sierra Oro Farm Trail Passport Weekend in the beginning of October for Janet's birthday!)

~Bake a treat (or 2 or 3!)

~Learn to grill vegetables really well & try to grill pizza or a side dish (Nope, actually I totally forgot about pizza or a side dish, we were having way too much fun with the regular food!)

~Swim with cousins

~Make a craft (or 2)

~Eat lots of watermelon

~Make ice cream sandwiches

~Play bocce & Yahtzee

~Have a sleep over for Jackson 

~Host lots of guests     Yes, I would definitely say we accomplished this one.

Sleep after fire season.

"There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep."  
 ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~



It's been one of those days.  Last night I was watching horrible, can't peel your eyes from it TV (Bachelor Pad Finale) and talking to Donnie on the phone.  I turned to look next to me and thought a little person had broken into our house.  I almost jumped to the ceiling.  Jackson was standing there, eyes unpeeled from the TV, silent as can be. He has never gotten out of his big bed since we've switched him out of his crib.  It scared the crap out of me.

We then played our first night of bedtime games.  Him walking out to find me, me putting him back in bed.  Fun.  I sure slept great after that.  Then of course it turns out to be a morning where he doesn't sleep in but gets up at his earliest instead.   Donnie will be home any hour now, after almost 2 weeks.  Fire season is about over, and we all can't wait for naps. :)

{I've been debating for a while now going back to 2 column.  Very happy with the decision.  3 column was fun while it lasted.}

Guess what we did today?

Ice Cream Truck

Jackson now knows what it sounds like.  He listens for it.  All the time.  It might have started to be an issue, but summer is about over and he only came 3 times.



When he listens, he is actually covering his ears.  So cute.





There are some days I have wished I dressed him nice in case a picture opportunity arises, and there are some days I was definitely glad I didn't.



Poor little boy with popsicle lipstick.

Little Drummer Boy

Playdough

Monday we made a little homemade playdough, to play with on Tuesday.

It started out nice and neat,


and of course got a bit messy.


But was all worth it for a lot of fun and smiles.

A weekend of mamas & boys.

Deacon and Noah, we had so much fun!  I think Jackson is in shock with an empty house.

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Jackson's having his first out of state friends coming to visit.  We thought we'd welcome them Chico-style.  Now we can easily tell all of their sippies apart.  Jackson 'helped' make his first batch of cookies for his friends.  Little stars to celebrate the weekend.  He loved eating the dough the most!