Lovin' the Library!

Last Wednesday, I told Jackson that we will go to the library on Saturday. He was so excited. This is our converstation on Friday night.

Me: Do you go to school tomorrow?
Jax: No
Me: What day is it tomorrow?
Jax: Saturday? Library with Mama
Me: Can Daddy go to the library too?
Jax: No, Daddy stay home!

Every night this past week, we were reading books to him.  One night Jackson read a book to us.  He read just like his teachers were reading to him at school.  He turned the book around and showed me the pictures and he tracked the words with his fingers. He loves (this is an understatement) Llama Llama books.  He has "Llama Llama Misses Mama" and "Llama Llama Red Pajama." He also recently started liking "Arthur" books. He continues to "read" his children's Bible too.  Sometimes Jackson will read Jeff's computer magazines (not sure how interesting it really is) and e books.  Nevertheless, we are thrilled that Jackson loves to read.

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Jackson really loves this book.  We have all memorized it!

January Snow?

The past few winters in Tennessee have been cold and a bit snowy.  There has been no evidence of this kind of weather (so far)! The weather has been mild.  This has been great for us because we are still able to go out and do things. So, what have we been up to? Well, we went to the Science Museum, celebrated Chinese New Year's and the illnesses have been passed around. 

The Science Museum was a lot of fun. Jackson just wanted to ride in the Ambulance, actually he just wanted to be in the driver's seat. He was attracted to anything that had wheels, engines or lights.  One hour was enough for him and I think we will be back there soon. There were many Chinese New Year's events throughout the city but we decided to gather a bunch of friends and so we had dinner at the local Chinese place. Jeff organized it.  He emailed everyone and created the menu.  The menu was a mix of traditional and non traditional foods.  As for the illnesses, well....

Oh, I forgot to mention that Jackson is now 39 1/2 inches tall!!!