Weekly Update 7/12/09--a day late

So yeah, this one is a day late. We were traveling yesterday and I didn't get a chance to do it last night. Oh well.

We went to Imagination Station on Monday. Jackson had a lot of fun. It was kind of cloudy outside, so it was a good day to go. He drove the ambulance
and then got distracted from driving and was looking for the cell phone on the seat next to him.

Then he rode the horsey. I think this is one of my all-time favorite pictures of him.


When Grandpa asked him if he was swimming he said, "Yeah" so I guess this is his idea of the breaststroke.


His idea of boat-entrance


Doing laundry


Jet skiing!!


In the fire truck


Grandpa rocking him on the zebra


On Thursday we left NC for OH. What a long trip! Not as long as our Japan-Dayton trip was, but still tough. It was 8 1/2 hours of drive time, plus an hour and ten minutes of stops. Jackson only slept for an hour of that, so there was a lot of singing from me and Grandma. But we made it. Thursday night we went to dinner at Mike's aunt Barb and her husband Eddie's house. Their son was there with his two boys (ages 2 and 4) so Jackson had someone to play with. We also got to see Mike's second cousin Stefanie and her new baby, Colt. He's 3 months old, but was 2 months premature, so is about the size of a 1 month old. He's pretty cute!!

On Friday we hung out at Bonnie and Steve (another cousin)'s house until a lot of people left to go to the dog track. Jackson and I went back to the hotel and Andy and Char went back to Barb & Eddie's. Saturday was the reunion and Jackson had a blast! It's at a lake and Grandpa took him to wade in the lake. He got a little overzealous and ended up soaking the bottom of his outfit. He also got filthy dirty playing in the sand and dirt. He played on swings, slides, and all kinds of stuff. Mike's cousin Aaron who has 2 kids--Kyle, 4 and Abby, 2--helped Jackson with the pinata. Jackson was the youngest kid there (except Colt), and he didn't quite understand the pinata concept, but it was a good effort.



Sunday we met MiMi and OSheila at Cracker Barrel in Columbus. Jackson was very excited to see them after being away for a month. After lunch, we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa and went with MiMi and OSheila back to Tipp City. Jackson did much better for that short trip. The combination of having MiMi in the back instead of Mommy and it being a much shorter drive made it easier for him, I think.

We went to the zoo today, but I'll save that story for next week since I should've technically written this yesterday before the zoo trip. =)