And then there were four...: Big Brother Jack

Jack Jack, Big brother, big boy jack, homer, whatever you call him (depending on the day) he is a pretty awesome kid and has really turned on the charm. He is very sweet, and seems to know just how to get his way. My favorite new thing he does is asks me at bedtime (potty & brush teeth time) if he can watch a mommy & daddy show and play on papa's ipad. It is so sweet, and it never hurts to ask even if the answer is always no.

He is into all kinds of characters- he has moved on from just McQueen, Woody, Buzz, to Spiderman, Batman, and he LOVES the chipmunks movies.

We are enjoying a little learning time together in the mornings. We play Candy Land, fun letter games(in fun ways of course) and his favorite thing to do together is draw mazes and color pictures, each of us taking turns.

He is into racecars, trucks, tractors, trains, etc. He has a new book all about the different vehicles and he tests me. He also loves to tell me all about the time we saw the car transporter on vacation with the new cars, or the skidsteer that was across the street, or you name it-he's got a story for it!

Every morning he wakes up and asks for marshmallow- big, giant marshmallows. We bought some of the HUGE marshmallows and he didn't care for them- so only the big ones. Every time we go to Aldi he says we need a new bag of big marshmallows and I usually say OK. Guess how many bags of big marshmallows we have in our pantry/food storage.

Jack does pretty good hanging with his big friends. I feel like we are in the stage where he wants to do things that big kids do, but he is not quite tall, coordinated, or smart enough to make it happen safely. I took him swimming and he went under the rope into the next pool area without me seeing him (the place for lessons) and I looked everywhere for him, starting to panic a little, and he was hanging with the swim teacher playing with her toys. I apologized to the nice teacher and she just said she was more worried about him finding his mom-she didn't mind. That was very nice of her. :)

Yes- he is still wearing his McQueen hat. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it? (I don't know if I'm ready, but soon enough we will have to. It is getting close to not fitting anymore!)

He likes to call the shots- "Dad and me will go to the game, and mom- you will stay home with Nora." or "Just me and mom will go to the park, and daddy you will take Nora." Or whatever it is. He doesn't seem to mind when we don't do it his way though.

He still loves to fly helicopters, visit papa's shop, and play outside. He loves to have friends come over, and is very interested in what we are going to do next. He keeps me thinking ahead and planning something exciting for him to keep him motivated to do the not so fun stuff- like take a nap, get dressed, clean up, whatever it might be.

That's our Jack! we just seem to be on the same page these days which makes life a lot of fun!