Happy 3rd birthday!!

Happy THIRD birthday!! For the past two months you have been saying "I two..almost three." And now you are THREE! You have the biggest personality- happy, energetic, excited, dramatic, passionate, strong willed, and hilarious! This all comes with emotional and moody. I often describe our days as a roller coaster ride with the highest of highs and lowest of lows. You are challenging little boy to say the least! We have started figuring out how to better with your passionate ways because the usual time out or ignoring behavior just doesn't work. However, these new strategies seem to be working even if that sensory bucket of rice lead to mommy sweeping... a lot. You are very creative and imaginative with your play. We often are looking for jaguars!! 

You love to wrestle on the bed with daddy and go flying everywhere! But you still want mama for the snuggles! Every night you say "Daddy get Brooklyn, mama get Jackson." 

Big one monkey is your all time favorite (he even goes to school!). But CARS, trains, planes are the next best thing! Look how handsome you are!!

You are getting a little rigid with what you eat but with a little help you are branching back out to new foods. Your favorite being anything sweet- cake, cookies, waffles, fruit, sandwiches. You do love green beans, peas, and corn...starting to like broccoli. And now you love rice! We frequent chick fila way too often but you love that too :)

Oh sleep. Sigh. You go to bed around 7:30 and will sleep anywhere from 6 am to rarely 7am and NO naps. None. We still make you go "rest" which really involves you changing your clothes and playing loudly in your room.  You often destroy something in that time frame as well. 

Your 3 year check up is Friday so we will get the height and weight checked. You have a crazy awesome vocabulary, constantly talking! You tell us the funniest things! You new favorite words are "anymore" "not" and "oh my gosh/goodness". "I not taking a nap ANYMORE. Hmp." "You not my best friend!" "OK mommy you are my best friend!!!" 

You just got done with swim lessons where you were getting much better being in the water and kicking! No actual swimming this year. You just moved up to the beginner preschool gymnastics class where you are amazing! You can do a back bend, rolls, lots of great jumping and swinging. 

You still really love your sister! You two love playing chase and getting into lots of trouble. Most of the time you are sweet but there have been times you have just shoved her down for no apparent reason.

We have take two vacations in the last six months- Atlanta to visit your cousins and Destin. Atlanta was very rough on the sleeping department but you loved playing with Lexie and seeing all the fish. We had the best time in Destin and you surprisingly slept! Improvements :)

You are potty trained with some accidents at night but we don't use pull ups anymore!

Jackson we love you more than you will ever know! We can't wait to see what next year brings!

Daily Life/6 month old AND 2 1/2 year old

They play so nicely!!

As we all know Jackson and I love our schedules!! When Miss Brooklyn came along we kept Jackson's schedule the same (as much as we could) and just let Brooklyn go with the flow. She's really happy that way. She loves to eat when she wants, sleep when she wants. Cool as a cucumber that one :) And for the most part that REALLY works for us BUT that doesn't work if you want her to sleep in the crib and not nurse her to sleep (who makes these rules?! hashtag I most def. don't follow that at night shhhhh). So I finally decided to put her on a schedule.

5/6ish Everyone is awake (yay they wake each other up) Brooklyn would really sleep until 6:30 or 7 but her big brother doesn't want her to miss out on anything

6:00 AM: Breakfast for Jackson, Pretending to feed Brooklyn baby food… she hates that stuff

6-8:40 AM: We run around like crazy people packing, lunches, and getting ready. The house is turned upside down. There is usually a bribe to potty or let mommy shower without running Brooklyn over with the dump truck (news flash she thinks this is funny- WTH) which some how results in watching Mickey, Little Einstein's or now Jake.  Depending on the night time schedule Brooklyn will nurse during this time.

8:00 AM: Brooklyn is getting fussy.

8:40 AM: We are in the car this is nap #1 for Brooklyn. At this point my patience is thin from convincing Jackson to put his shoes on (and NOT throw them off), keep him from running around the car, and get him in the actual car, however, all is well with some music!

9:00 AM: Jackson is dropped off.

Jackson wanted me to take a picture of "rocket" 

9:15 AM: Brooklyn is usually up and ready to nurse… where she tries to take a nap because she wants to nap WITH mommy duh. No cookies my friend.

9:15-11 AM: I try to pick up or clean something and play with Brooklyn.

11 AM: I leave for work except for Tuesdays I work mornings and no Fridays.

11:30/12:30: Brooklyn takes her second nap (in the crib)

12:45: Jackson comes home and takes a nap.

1:30 PM: Brooklyn is up.. oh wait she probably only really took a 50 minute nap unless mommy was home and it's usually longer. She eats again.

3/4 PM: Brooklyn goes back down for another short nap (in the crib). Jackson wakes up and eats a snack. He's usually really cranky so a 30 minute show is usually put on.

5:00 PM: Brooklyn is up/ eats again

6:15 PM: We get home from work and start that rush of making dinner in which Brooklyn decides she's  really tired and would love to eat even though she just ate a bottle- bottles don't count apparently.

7:00 PM: … more like 7:30 we do our night time routine which is playing in Brooklyn's room for a little while, baths, bed. And then Brooklyn decides she needs to eat just one more time…

8:00 PM: Brooklyn is in bed.

9:00 PM: Hopefully Jackson has fallen asleep by now but lately he's been getting scared of something (I think it's the dark) and I have to put him back down.

9-10 PM: If I'm still awake Jamie and I finally watch some TV and catch up on our days.

10 PM: Bed for the grown ups.

2 or 4 AM: Brooklyn is up ready to nurse

5:00 AM: She is back up ready to nurse and wake her brother which grants her a pass to the big bed where she immediately falls asleep. Seriously there is a button in your bed that makes babies sleep… It's this miracle button that is AMAZING until you telling a judging parent/non-parent and then you start feeling guilty (or like me and not so much). BOO those judgers let us sleep! JK  Not for toddlers it makes them wrestle and jump around so don't even try it.

5:00 AM: Is now when Jackson decides to turn his light on and call "MOMMY COME BACK!!!!!" Repeat Repeat Repeat. The kid is persistent not to be confused with stubborn ;)

Brooklyn nurses 7 times a day so I don't know if there all in there.

Tuesday afternoons we usually go for a run, play date or run an errand in the afternoon. Friday mornings we always go do something fun (Zoo, gymnastics, park, play dates) even if that means Target :) We have had a ton of doctor appointments lately so that has filled some mornings and Fridays.

WHEW I'm tired just reading it! haha it's actually been a lot of fun and getting so much easier! I'm actually really enjoying my lack of sleep these days!!

2 1/2 Years~ Jackson

Jackson you are 2 and 1/2! This one really snuck up on me! It wasn't until I got the reminder for your well visit that it dawned on me. You are 36 inches (61%) and 32 pounds (75%) a very healthy little boy, except all the colds you've been getting. Naturally you got sick right before your well visit but anyways...

You are still a sweet, sensitive, dramatic, stubborn, cuddly little boy! You are wild and crazy, destruction is your middle name. I clean up all the toys and then you take all the toys and immediately throw them around the room…like a tornado. You love bouncing, jumping, running, any active play is your favorite. You still love gymnastics and cry to go all the time, "nystics mommy! " of course once we get there you hate to listen or wait in line but you could be really good if you would just listen...

You are pretty much obsessed with Poppi but really who ever isn't around you want. Poppi does no wrong in your book! Except that time he ate your chips.. You did not like that! We have to call Mimi everyday and you always want to visit her on Fridays. You love to snuggle with Mimi, you also think Mimi can get you out of trouble and play Mickey from wherever she is. They were recently out of town and you told me "go see Poppi!!" and I replied "he's on vacation." Your response, "Ok how 'bout Mimi?" Recently you got to see the Holmes side at Disney which was so much fun! You were a very tired but warmed up with some truck books. And the Sullivan clan was down for Brooklyn's baptism which you just loved all the extra attention. 

You still look up to your daddy and can't wait for him to get home every night. Daddy is really fun in the backyard, chasing, and wrestling on the bed. Mommy is still the healer of all wounds and hurt feelings. But Brooklyn is the one you really want! You just love your new baby sister. It's like she has always been here. You look for "Booklyn bear" in the morning and love playing with her. A few times you have run over her with the dump truck and stabbed her with your rocket BUT most of the times you just cuddle and kiss her. 

We have now entered the "cars" phase. Cars movie, cars (toy cars), books, etc. Lighting McQueen is the man!! You still love Mickey but it's CARS all the way now. You also really love Little Einsteins with Rocket.  Still a fan of "big one monkey" and while they are all identical apparently there is a difference.  For the most part we are playing cars or rocket but you are really into Brooklyn's toys. You made up a game called "birthday party" in which we get out all of her tea and picnic stuff and sing EVERYONE happy birthday. Like everyone. Mickey and his friends, friends at school, Mimi and Poppi, the list goes on.  You really love the park and the backyard of course.

We haven't taken many trips since Brooklyn has been born except the big Disney! Which was a fantastic time! You were so sleepy (with no naps) but hung in there to see and ride everything. Your favorite part was the parade with all the characters and of course Mickey! It was so much fun watching you! I know each year will get even better. 

You are still a fantastic eater and although you still love birthday cake, cupcakes, or anything sweet, you also love your milk, fruit, and chicken (baked or grilled). I am very proud to say you eat whatever we eat unless it's super spicy. You also really love green beans, corn, peas, sweet potatoes..but we are still working on other vegetables. Oh and pizza or anything like pizza of course (lasagna, spaghetti, calzones). 

The sleep department is what it is. You go to sleep around 7:30 and get up between 5-6:30 and take one nap (usually) for 2-3 hours. 

You are almost potty trained! Peeing is no problem although we have to prompt you but the pooping is a whole other story but we are getting there.

Now you have reached the "terrible" twos. Woah. This has by far been our most challenging months with behavior. It's a roller coaster ride of great and terrible. There have been far too many time outs. Very very frustrating! Everything is a battle and I'm not quite sure you ever listen. Some days I really want you to hurry up and be three but then I think of all the great parts of you being two and I immediately regret that thought. Even if we've had a tough day with you, Daddy and I still talk about how great and truly special you are. 

You just passed your allergy test and we will be doing the food challenges shortly whooohoo!!

You can say and mostly identify all ABC's, you sing songs all by yourself, you speak in full sentences and thoughts, ask questions, and make comments. Your speech has really taken off. You are inconsistent with /r/'s but you lisp is gone :) You have the age-appropriate (for now) phonological process "gliding" so you often say "wook at me I'm "fwying" (Look at me I'm flying). You can count to 15. 

Needless to say a TON has happened in 6 months!! We can't wait to see what the next six months bring!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Christmas Eve 2014

This Christmas season was crazy busy but so much fun! We didn't get to do all the things I had planned but lets face it we have three month old, I just went back to work, and then we all got sick. Life happens.

We introduced the Elf on the Shelf this year (man is that a lot of work). Jackson was so cute everyday, "where the elf? Where is he? Oh he move!!" "There he is!"Our elf was really boring this year and often forgot to move to a new hiding place but luckily Jackson didn't mind. Jackson named him "Blue" by the way.

We went to Disney the first weekend for Mickey's Christmas! This needs a separate post all on its own!

We decorated cookies with Jackson's best friend Emma. Still more eating than decorating :)

We went to see Santa, who apparently is a big scary man still to Jackson…maybe next year??

Look at his handsome bow tie made by mama :)

Brooklyn just looked extremely worried the whole time!

Before heading to mass we sprinkled reindeer food out in the front lawn. Holy cow I have to remember this for next year it was ADORABLE! Jackson loved it! He kept calling for the reindeer and throwing the food all over the lawn, it was seriously the sweetest thing ever. I should also mention he is way more into the reindeer than Santa. 

Christmas eve we went to mass and actually made it through the entire service! Christmas miracle!! It helped we were in the gym and next to his best friend. I also had to bring a ton of snacks and toys. I should have brought wine ;) After mass we went to my parents to open gifts and have dinner with my brother's family.

Brooklyn pretty much slept through it.

Jackson was SOO good, it was past his bedtime and he just kept playing. This was probably one of his favorite gifts- cars.

That night we  put the kids straight to bed since it was way past bedtime. Although we had cookies for Santa we didn't get to put them out, maybe next year. The elves got to go to bed pretty early since there were no presents to assemble this year which was nice I have to say! 

Happy 2nd Birthday Jackson-Updated

First day of school (one year old classroom) January 2014

Happy 2nd Birthday!! This year has flown by even faster than last year (which of course makes me really sad but I probably didn't need to mention that).  You have the biggest personality which we just love! You talk to anyone and everyone. At lunch the other day you sat with an older couple and talked away. They loved it! You think every party is for you and you love to be in the center of attention. It is never ever a dull moment with you. You have the most energy I have ever seen…running everywhere! No one can sit down and if we try you immediately demand, "up please." You love to be chased or wrestled with. Your climbing skills are very impressive. The day I found you on the table hanging upside down I called and signed you up for gymnastics. You LOVE gymnastics. If you would stop and pay attention for 5 seconds you would probably be pretty amazing but who has time for that?! Gymnastics has taught you to now jump and forward roll everywhere… and yes into furniture.  

You love your shades!

I would say you are pretty even as far as which parent you go to the most. Mommy is for snuggles and daddy is for fun. Although you never let mommy sleep in but it's ok if daddy is sleeping… You love working out with daddy and if you hear him in the garage you say "shoes on" so you can join in on the fun. You have some pretty awesome push ups (they look like the worm) and leg lifts. You even grunt along with them :)

Easter! You sat through maybe 20 minutes of church and tried to swim with ducks in dirty water. Typically Jackson!

You love to help mommy with everything! You have gotten really good at helping with laundry, except when you climb in the drier… You still are one cuddle bug, which I will never complain about. I think I taught you well because you hug and kiss everyone (with a pat on the back). 

You love your water table!

Typical day reading books and eating your snack :)

Your favorite toys are the monkeys (you sleep with at least two a night), elmo, mickey mouse, trucks, tools, grill, ride or push toys, the robot (our roomba), the cats, and books. And now your bike that you got for your birthday is a new obsession. 

At the alligator farm 

You are a fantastic eater! And you can now eat more egg and soy so you eat everything!! You really love milk, fruit, meat, SWEETS. We can't mention cake, cookies, or cupcakes because you go nuts. It's so cute! We have really started enjoying taking you to eat because you can almost have everything!

Sleep ugh. Jackson!! Terrible sleeper still. You are now up at 5:50-6:15 every. single. morning. You inconsistently cry when we put you down which about drives me mad but then we have good nights where you go right to bed. You take one nap for about 2 hours. Sometimes you don't nap but you look out your window and teepee your room in wipes. Of course now when I open the door you say "no nap." When you wake up from a nap or bedtime you ask "mommy here?" Really freaking cute.

At your two year check up you weighed 34 pounds and 30 inches. You know ALL your body parts, ALL the animal sounds, count to twelve say most of ABC's, sing along to songs, stack blocks 6-10, color pictures, and are TALKING up a storm- consistently 2-3 phrases sometimes 3-5, your vocabulary is around 200-300 words. Your articulation is age-appropriate with a really cute lisp (please grow out of it because I really don't want to fix it) and you can't say your /r/'s again so cute but /r/'s are hard to fix so I hope you figure this one out :)

We have fallen even more in love with you this year! We always talk about how crazy we love you! 
Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Jackson's 2nd Birthday Party!

Jackson's 2nd birthday party!

I can't believe my baby is two (ok turning two in month month). Here is Jackson sporting his Mickey shirt which he loved!

He had a BLAST running, playing, and jumping in the water with all of his friends. It looked like it was going to rain all day but thank goodness it didn't!

 His girlfriend

Hanging with daddy!

Mickey mouse cookies and a cupcake?! 

He couldn't get enough

Last picture (probably) as a family of three!

After 4 hours on the beach (and bribing him with pizza) he called it a day!

On our way back to the house he passed out.. so I put him in his chair to wake up.. 

Don't worry the second I put him in bed he was AWAKE and ready for pizza and gifts

Mickey balloons, pizza, beach, cupcakes, presents this day can't get much better!

He loved all of the gifts!!

Buddies :)

It was an awesome day at the beach! Jackson enjoyed every minute of it! It was windy and looked like rain (which messed up mommy's plan of decorating) but it really turned out perfect for Jackson! He was so pooped we waited to give him his gift until Sunday. He slept with about a million toys and was up at the crack of dawn to play with all of them again. We will do something small of the actual day but wanted to make sure his party was thrown before the princess arrives! 

The Big Boy Bed

After climbing out of the crib numerous times, we decided it was time to move Jackson to the big boy bed… which we needed to do by the end of the summer anyways it just happened a lot sooner!

First we moved all of the furniture out to Brooklyn's room so we could paint Jackson's. He was not happy about that!! He spent a few days on his mattress on the floor while we painted and let his room air out. The first nap was pretty rough.. I even tried laying down with him which just resulted in him body slamming on top of me, poking my eyes, and playing peek-a-boo. It was really hilarious but so not the point. So I finally had to let him cry it out. He slept about 45 minutes. That night he cried for maybe 5 minutes max and went to sleep. Each night got better and better! So then of course we had to move him to his bed and room (for future reference I would have done this all in one step but we HAD to paint).

The first night he cried a little then got up and beat down the door. He then fell asleep on the floor (broke my heart) but then got up and put himself to sleep in his bed! Success! Every night has gotten better to the point he doesn't even get out until the morning. He has been getting up pretty early but what's new?! For Jackson this was a pretty awesome transition! Now if we could just get him potty trained ;)

Bed: Pottery Barn Kids with one mattress (from Amazon) no box spring and on the lowest level (our bed has two)
Bumpers: Magic Bumpers from Amazon- these things are amazing! He can climb in and out but they keep him from falling out. And bonus you can easily travel with them.
We baby proofed the door knobs

He has a pillow in the bed but he doesn't actually sleep on it yet. And I'm too scared to actually put him under the sheets yet so he sleeps on top with his blankies and monkey.

Happy 18 months!

This picture pretty much some you up Jackson! Destroying the house is your favorite thing to do these days.

Dear Jackson,
       You are 18 months!! How did this happen?! The past three months you have turned into 100% toddler- running everywhere you go, climbing (on everything), and talking talking talking! You love to be the center of attention, jabbering, and laughing. You are such a ham. You still are really attached to mama and HATE when I leave. It really breaks my heart. I am your safety net apparently because all chase games lead to MAMA!! And then I save you from your chaser- Daddy, Mimi or Poppi. You really love daddy of course but POPPI is the new apple of your eye. Poppi builds things which you love to help with. You also go around pointing at your fan Poppi put in and say "poppi!" On my days off you are on repeat with "nana?" and "poppi?" You will cry for "mimi" if you are in trouble.
      Your favorite toys are balls, trucks, and anything you can push with wheels. You still are obsessed with being outside. And chasing the cats.
      You are talking up a storm!!! You have recently started putting some two word phrases together. You def. repeat things overheard in conversation. You still call "dada" "nana"… and "truck" is "cock"…. not impressed with that one buddy. You really never stop talking. On the way to school you constantly check to make sure I'm still there… "Mama?" Yes baby… "Mama?" Yes baby and then we continue this until you finally see a "COCK" which is truck. We say this all the time but there really never is a dull moment.
       Estimated weight is 27 pounds and 32 inches… generous on the height. You have 13 and 1/2 teeth which I have earn every single one of them because you really hate teething which means we don't sleep for weeks. Mommy is really sick of not sleeping so you can improve in that area at anytime. You generally sleep 11 hours.. again I'm being generous. And naps range from 1-4 hours. You now have to sleep with monkey, blanket, and either balls or trucks.
         Eating. You have gotten much picker- you love cheese, milk, fruit, and snacks. You don't really like vegetables or dinner food. You are really into eating whatever everyone else has which has made school difficult. BUT we have your egg challenge Friday so fingers crossed.
        School! You love love love school! Although I can't tell because you scream and cry when I drop you off which leads me to cry on my way to work BUT when daddy picks you up you are one very happy camper. After school you are always extremely happy so I just know you really love it. You have learned a lot already and it's made you a social butterfly.
        You still are the best snuggler, bear hugger, little kisser ever which I constantly eat up because I know it won't last forever.

We love you more so much more than you will ever know Jackson James!!! Now please sleep because we are sleepy parents!!

My CoChief

Sorry for the delay.. who knew homeownership involved so much work :) Now that the holidays are over we are attempting to finish unpacking, finish painting, organizing, etc, etc. Throw in the stomach bug and a few other things and we have been BUSY! We are currently painting closets, finishing the upstairs doors, redoing the pantry, and eventually the last room that needs painted- Jackson's room. Among about a million other projects I have in my head once we win the lottery. OK so back to cooking…..

My new year's resolution was to have Jackson do some more cooking and it has been so easy! I let him help with anything he's not allergic to or if it's on the stove duh. We started with pancakes.

The key is you have to give them their own bowl and several spoons or meltdowns happen. Also your house will be covered with dough just let it go. I do my cleaning on Sundays so we usually cook Saturdays. I encourage him to help with everything! Pouring, stirring, anything!

This day I was making something he couldn't help with so I just gave him empty containers, bowls, spoons and he loved it. I couldn't get him to quit cooking. And yes I let him stand on the chair, how else is he suppose to get up there like mommy?! He's really good about staying still and waiting to be let down. 

Checking out his recipe. 

I have goals to share the recipes we have been making…one day. This by far has been the easiest resolution! 

11-15 month schedule

I was just thinking how awesome the one nap is when I realized I never wrote an updated schedule post. Really for myself to remember for the future!

Somewhere around 11ish months Jackson started refusing the two naps.. much to my dismay...BUT after a transition period (that I can't even remember now) we LOVE the one nap. He usually sleeps between 2-3ish hours. So here we go:

5-6:30 Wake up time... it's getting better.  Then he eats

9:30/10 Snack

12:00 Lunch

12:30/1 Nap

3:30 Snack

6:00 Dinner, Bath

7:00 Bedtime

Look how easy a toddler schedule is!! In between times are obviously play times. It's amazing what can get accomplished in a 2-3 hours period. It's also much easier to plan and do things. Love love love!

Sorry for the Thanksgiving picture.. I need to take some new ones.

15 months

This picture sums up Jackson: Happy, wild (see the mark on his eye), hilarious, spunk!

Dear Wild Thing Jackson,

You are one wild thing!! I swear you never walk anywhere, it's always a run. You even run in place, we call it "fast feet." You are obsessed with throwing, rolling, kicking balls. At least an hour a day you spend throwing them in new ways and watching them.. and how dare we try to move them! You do get extremely frustrated when they get stuck under stuff... You also do the most adorable thing ever: you pretend sleep on the changing table in a little baby ball with your bum up in the air..naked/clothed it doesn't matter. I rub your back and you just smile. It's so cute! You love playing in our new back yard with the motorcycle and soccer ball. You scream every time we take you back inside.You also really love running in the teepee for us to chase you. These past three months you have been a MAMA's boy 100%, now you love your daddy but mama is your go to. It's been changing back and forth so I'm sure next month it will be daddy's turn.

The sleep has dramatically improved! You don't cry at all to sleep. You just go in there and sleep!!!!! For naps and night time. You do however still wake up between 5-6 am. You sleep 11 hours at night and 2-3 hour naps. Heaven!!

You can now say: mama, nana (dada), all done, ball, um (up), out, "h" for help, uh oh, get done, bye bye, shoes, bell button (belly button), all the animals sounds, vroom, roar, beep.. I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
Sign: more, all done, help
Wave: hi and bye
Gesture for everything!

You are the funniest little ham ever! I have never laughed so much in my life. You still throw pretty big tantrums and can be difficult but you usually turn it around with big hugs, kisses, and making us laugh. We would never describe you as easy but it sure keeps us on our toes :)

Jackson we have never loved someone as much as we love you! We can't wait to see what the next three months bring!
Love, Mama, Nana (Dada)

A tad early..but who am I kidding?! If this doesn't get done now we will be a 16 months.

Halloween Fun 2013

Wow a year makes such a difference! It is crazy to look at last year's Halloween. Aww it makes me sad how fast it has gone!! Last year he was around 8 weeks old this year 14 months. This year has been a whole new ball game since he is walking running everywhere. A couple weekends before Halloween we drove 45 minutes away to go to a "real" farm (ok real for Florida not for Indiana but it worked!).

A train ride in the fields! Jackson was very into his snacks..

Hayride! It was 80+ degrees outside hints the outfit change for Jackson.

The corn maze which Jackson loved because he could run around

Checking out the animals

Kissing pumpkins! It was a great day! He feel asleep in the car on the way there (crazy), lasted two hours in the heat, AND went out to eat!! 

The weekend before Halloween Jackson went to TWO Halloween Parties! One at My Gym:

He was a WILD thing at My Gym. While I was nervous because of all the big kids, he was going fully force right along with them. Only one bloody lip and tons of tantrums later :) He did do really well after the first 15 minutes. Then we went to a work Halloween party where he basically slept through it. I wasn't complaining after all that energy he had at the first party.

Then we did some pumpkin painting!

And some Halloween book fun

The finished pumpkin

Halloween!! The Rubbles

Glow stick party! Had a blast chasing after our friends' dog and cat around, stealing hotdogs and playing.

And some Trick or Treating! Jackson lasted about 15 minutes..he couldn't understand why the wagon was stopping. Plus it was about an hour past his bed time. Overall we had a great time!