saturday, as promised

so we told you yesterday that we'd work backward through our weekend and share with you today what we did on saturday (and also gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today).

saturday started with a nice family breakfast and then a trip to the doctor. no ... the "daddy eggies" didn't poison anyone ... we can't believe you even thought that, dear reader! rather, jack and mommy headed to the doctor to pick up some forms that he needs to start preschool in september. jack was actually relieved to go there and get a sticker without having to be examined by the doctor. but, we did see dr. dana as we were waiting for the receptionist to find our envelope and she and jack blew each other kisses and waved.

with health forms and a new dora sticker in hand, we headed to the toy store to pick up birthday presents for some friends. at the toy store, jack was given a complimentary balloon and got to play with their thomas train table while mommy shopped around. he had a great time.

we returned home for lunch and a nap. and it was after nap that the real fun began.

we ... (drumroll please) ... washed the car!

jack thought it was pretty great. all his faves in one activity -- the car, and the hose, and the vaccum ... oh my!

after a soggy car wash, we enjoyed a delayed celebratory birthday dinner for daddy with take-out pizza (a rare treat for jack) and a (by request) homemade cake. delish!

so, when taken individually ... two great days. when taken together ... priceless. and for everything else, there's mastercard.

weekend update

a fun productive weekend chez jennings mershon ...

working backward ... our sunday:

a morning trip to the zoo with mommy and nana was lots of fun and jack loved talking to the animals.






he walked (or ran) almost the entire three hours we were there and was a trooper. when we saw other kids crying or fussing, he would chide (as nana taught him to say), "no crying at the zoo!" by the end of our visit, he was offering this advice both unsolicited and unprompted.


but the funniest result of the zoo trip ... he's been talking about the maned wolf who marks its territory with very odoriferous urine ever since ... "maned wolf, stinky, p.u.!"


the rest of sunday wrapped up with playing puppets at home, a trip to the grocery store with mommy and spaghetti dinner. good stuff.


tune in tomorrow to find out what we did saturday!

piggyback

jack's favorite pal "sesi" arrived this morning with her mother, and jack was gleeful. as mommy got breakfast cleaned up and roxana got a mid-morning snack ready to take to the park, jack and "sesi" had some fun around the house ...

whoa!!!

roxana kept cautioning "¡cuidado! ¡cuidado!" (be careful, be careful!). what, what??? cuidado is action jackson's middle name!

wake up call - pt. 2

overheard this morning ...

jack: where's mama? mama sleeping. honk-shoo-ooo-ooo ...

daddy: that's right mama's sleeping

jack: quiet, shhh ... mama sleeping

daddy: yeah, mama sleeping. c'mon let's go downstairs

jack: no downstairs

daddy: yeah, let's go downstairs, get chi-chis and milk

jack: i wanna see mama

daddy: okay, well, it's almost 7 ... you can go see mama

jack: no, daddy. be quiet! mama sleeping ...

of course mama was not sleeping, because she was listening to this very funny exchange. but a nice way to wake up.

and of course the secondary wakeup came with a cup of coffee and snuggles in bed, so you can't really beat that ...

wake up call

nana came over to see jack this morning ...


and while it wasn't exactly a wake-up call (you have to arrive pretty early to actually wake jack up) ... it was an energizing event that left jack running around, yelling, "swiper no swiping!" like a madman.

although he was sad to see her go, the visit left jack in a good mood. we could use more wake up calls like that around here ...


eating breakfast

bye bye, nana!

if you can beat 'em, join 'em ...

jack has decided that he wants to be known as "kitty jack" and treated in a feline manner.

"pet me!" he implored and enjoyed belly pats and ear scratching.

taking it a step further, daddy said he was a doggie who was chasing jack. that sent "kitty jack" running to his mommy for protection.

guess he's understanding floyd's point of view a bit.

walk a mile in his paws ...

weekend update

this weekend started off as a bachelor's weekend. just jack and daddy hanging out and being dudes while mommy was away on a work trip.

but ... even bachelors need some company, so pretty soon they invited kay taylor (a/k/a "baby taylor") and her parents over for a mid-morning playdate.

they each played it cool and coy for a while ...

but pretty soon were playing together like old friends

after nap, nana came over for a visit ...

along with some birthday presents for daddy (which jack was more than happy to help him open) ...

jack enjoyed the visit and the chance to read books with someone else for a while

mommy made it home on sunday afternoon ... and she brought special treats ... lollipop for jack:

(and daddy!)

and lobster for daddy:

(and jack!)

jack loved his first taste of lobster ... proving his place in this family ... and we had a lovely family dinner feast, complete with fresh maryland corn and heirloom tomatoes. as daddy observed, the carbon footprint of our meal was not ideal (plane ride from maine!) but at least all the food was local ...

it was a nice weekend, made nicer by mommy's return.