Anyhow, when we are living out of bags for a week, I seem to get behind on my blogging. So, I'll have to play a little catch up.
The week of March 28-April 1, I was on Spring Break. Now, I know that I have said that I love working in the school system, but it is times like this that I REALLY love it! :) It is hands down the best job in the world and definitely the best job for a working Mom. I look forward to every little break that we have to spend with my little guy and just soak up the day. I get to pretend for a while that I'm a SAHM. And, I must say, I think it's something that I could get use to. ;) But, if you must be a working Mom, there is no better choice than teaching! Just my personal opinion. :)
So, back to Spring Break. I had big plans for our Spring Break. Plans that included super fun stuff like: beach days, pool days, lots of outside time, walks around the island, golf cart rides and the list goes on. Well, then the Lord looked down on me and said "your plans are not my plans" and it began to RAIN. And I mean RAIN. It rained, and it rained, and it rained. For 5 days straight. That's right, it rained for my entire Spring Break. So, all of my fun outdoor, plans with my little guy turned into fun, indoor plans with my little guy (which called for a little more creative thinking.) Most of our days were spent building massively, high block towers, coloring pictures, reading books, riding our firetruck around the house, playing on the front porch, watching Thomas and playing with trains. After being cooped up for a couple of days I decided to get creative. I built Jackson a "Fort" and he LOVED it! He didn't want to come out of his "Fort"....he even wanted to nap in it. :) Now, this Fort wasn't the type that I made as a kid with the blankets draped over the couches (I knew that he would never let that stay up!) This "Fort" was really just Jackson's play tent that he got for Christmas. I got it out of his closet and set it up in the living room, put a blanket and a lizard lamp/nightlight in there and turned off all of the lights. You would've thought that I'd taken the child to Disney World to meet Walt Disney himself! He shrilled with excitement and quickly started dragging his favorite toys and books into his new "Fort". He has played in the Fort every day since (yes, this means that the Fort is STILL up in my living room. Oh, the things we do for our kids.) :)
Waiting patiently (which doesn't always happen around here) for Mommy to put up my "Fort"!
Trying his hardest to convince me that nap time should be in the Fort...good try buddy. Don't think for one second that it worked, but he sure was CUTE trying! :)
Once again we met our dear friends, Jennifer & Matthew, at our favorite "Rainbow Play" for a little rainy day fun. Followed by lunch at the always yummy, "Plums". The boys were glad to be out of the house and we were just glad for a little Mommy time! :)
We also celebrated my sweet Grandaddy Abbott's birthday...so blessed to still have this man and ALL of my grandparents in my life!
And, now we come to today. Today was a perfect Sunday. We started out with a great service at church, came home for lunch, put J down for a nap, the Hubs and I rented a movie and we ended the day with playtime outside, a golf cart ride around the island and tacos! Here are a few pictures of Jackson in his precious little church outfit. I have to take pictures to document and savor these precious outfits, because you can only dress a little boy in a John-John for so long. Once they pass a certain age, it just becomes plain WRONG. Fortunately, we're not to that age yet. At least I don't think so. :)
And, before you see these next two pictures, I have to tell you what I witnessed today. Jackson was running around playing in the living room. He made his way into his "Fort" and then started calling for "Da-Da". Which turned into "DAAAAAD!" When Adam showed up, Jackson patted the blanket in the tent and said "Mere." Adam, being the sweet daddy that he is, proceeded to get in the tent. Then, Jackson lays on his belly, pats his (own) back, and says "back" and Adam promptly begins to rub his back. I mean, REALLY??! I have to work MUCH harder than that to get Daddy to rub MY back! Can we say SPOILED ROTTEN?! ;) Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of that. But, I did get a picture of the boys all laying in the tent later that day...precious. :)
Before I call it a night, I am asking that you keep my sweet baby in your prayers. He had an allergic reaction to what we believe was an ant bite this weekend. (This is the 2nd time this has happened) Complete with hives all over his body and swelling at the site of the bite. It happened Saturday around noon and when I put him to bed last night, his little foot & ankle were still swollen to about double their normal size. By this morning, it was much better. But, you can still see the hives and the foot & ankle are still slightly swollen. His doctor wants me to bring him in for examination and possible testing. I pray that all goes well and we find some answers.
Hope everyone has a great week! This Momma is hittin' the sack!
