**On Monday I had thrown up more times than I can count and Jackson said, “mommy, I’m going to add you to the kid prayer list in my sunday school class. You can add who ever you want. Last week some kid asked us to pray for Pop Pop and Mimi. I did it but I told God I really didn’t even know who they were!”
**When we were driving to Nanny and Paw Paw’s house there was a terrible rain storm. Jack said, “I sure wish Jesus was sitting in this car because he would just yell STOP and the world would listen and it the rain would be silent.”
**Jack is super obsessed with protecting everyone from bad guys. The other day we were playing and he said, “if I bad guy was here I would definitely want this crayon to turn into a gun and my glow bracelet to become a bow and arrow!”
**I let Jackson go up to the counter to pay for something at the mall the other day and of course Bear was right next to him. When the lady handed him his change he said, “um, yeah, hand me the coins please because the little guy right here (pointing at Bear) is NOT so good with money. He’s just a baby so it’s not really his fault.”
**After reading David and Goliath Jack commented, “Good thing that David didn’t try to kill me with that slingshot. I would have just leaned over and the rocks would have flown right over my head!”
**While watching Tom and Jerry, “Uh, mom, I hope nobody was sick right then because the cat, dog and the mouse all shared the same toothpick. Yuck, germs!”
**He loves the movie Stuart Little and everything he see’s he has to decide what it is for a mouse. For example, a water fountain is a mouse splash park. A used toilet paper roll is a tunnel for a mouse, a paper towel roll is a water slide from the Great Mouse Lodge (mouse version of the Great Wolf Lodge). A car is a Mouse planet etc. It’s pretty funny.
**On Sunday Jackson slept over at my Aunt and Uncle's house for the first time. When I dropped him off:
Me: Jack, remember to obey tonight.
Jack: Mom, I'm a gentleman. I definitely won't be perfect, but I will be close.
Me: Why definitely not perfect?
Jack: Uh, mom, because only God is perfect! Gosh, I thought you knew that!
**Jackson: Bear, don't worry if you get on Santa's naughty list. My friend Mason at school knows the password and said if anyone gets on the naughty list you just go in and delete the name and type it on the good list. The password is "jingle bells," so no worries Bear. We're both on the good list.
**Jackson: Mom, I'm going to marry the queen of England. And then when I'm the King I'll tell everyone who you are. You know, because when you and Daddy and Bear move in I don't want the Queen to be like, "who are these people living with us?"
**About a week ago it was super cold (to this whimpy Texan) and I was letting the kids play and ride their bikes in the garage. I had to grab something from the house and when I came back out saw that Jackson was riding his scooter off of ramps (which he had fashioned out of boxes) while holding a 10 pound weight. Seriously?!
**When Gaga was babysitting for the boys recently Jack said to her, “Gaga, aren’t you so glad that we don’t go pee out of our mouths instead of our privates? I mean it would be so gross and dirty to have to stick you head into the toilet each time you had to go to the bathroom!”
**Jackson fell into the bay when we were in Beach City over Thanksgiving (don't worry, he was wearing a life jacket) while fishing with Jay. Later we were talking about what we were thankful for. . .
Jackson: Hey mom, aren't you thankful that when I fell into the bay it didn't suddenly turn into hot lava and burn me up?
Me: Yes, Jackson, I'm very thankful for that.
Paw Paw: Grandson, you have a very interesting imagination!
**Last Saturday we went to an introductory martial arts class. A few days later Jack said, “mom , if you ever don’t know where I am no worries, I’m just out protecting people. People who know martial arts have to go outside and find danger. And protect people from it.”
**Last night we were watching Elf with Will Ferrell. At the beginning of the movie a baby crawls into Santa’s bag. Jackson said, “um, mommy is that my baby from Santa? Is this movie about the baby that I am getting for Christmas?”
Jack has asked Santa multiple times this year for 1) a life sized pirate ship, 2) a brother or a sister and 3) a Nintendo 3d ds. I have told him that we are not allowed to have video games in the house so he’s holding out for either #1 or #2. He promises that if he gets a brother or a sister that he will handle all night time feedings and take full care of the baby. Hmmmmm.
Jack continues to be a very active, highly imaginative little man. He’s extremely affectionate and loving and equally as ornery and precocious. He’s my little best friend and I constantly thank God for giving me patience and a very laid back personality. Without it I think I’d spend less time laughing and more time stressing thought out day. It’s really strange sometimes to be in deep (relative to his age) conversations with a four year old and realize how big of a voice he has in my life. It bums me out to pass a fire truck if he’s not in the car with me to get excited or to pray for who ever they are going to help. His innocence and totally “unjaded” (perhaps only a word in Hillary land) view of the world is something I try to learn from daily. He tries both my patience and my capacity for love on a minute to minute basis. Being a mom is such an incredible blessing and while I know I am completely prejudice I think I’ve got it pretty darn good in life. Thanks to you Jackson for showing me the ropes, I adore you my sweet first born!
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