The McCulloughs: September 2012

I have been working diligently (sort of) to catch up with our past year and bring my posts to our present day. I haven't quite made it there, but I am getting close! :) For this post, I want to put all of that aside and focus on the funny, hilarious, cute and sometimes slightly inappropriate things that comes out of my sweet boys mouth! Jackson turned 3 on July 4th and seems to get funnier, and act more "3", by the day. I want to go ahead and get these things down so that I don't forget them. Here are a few of the "Jackson Funnies" that have been said over the past week or so: Every morning, Jackson & I drive into Hinesville. This is where I work and where his beloved Sitter, Mrs. Ruby, lives. The drive from our house to Mrs. Ruby's is about 25-30 minutes every morning & afternoon. So, we have a lot of time for conversation in the car, and there's always lots of "funnies" involved! :) This is how one went on our way into town one morning last week:

Jackson: Mommy, there's you's school! (pointing at the school where I work, as we passed by.)
Me: Yep. There's Mommy's school. You're going to start coming to Mommy's school next year, you'll be big enough then.
Jackson: (while holding up hand and waving it in the air) Oh no, noooo. I not be big enough. I can't go to you's school. I not big enough, I just TINYYYY.
Me: (laughing) Oh, I'm sorry. You're just tiny? Well, I thought you were a big boy and could come to Mommy's school next year.
Jackson: No, No. I can't. I can't got to you's school. I just cute & tiny.
Me: (laughing out loud) Oh, well excuse me. I'll just tell them that you're not coming to Pre-K next year because you're just cute & tiny.
Jackson: uh-huh.

Another day on the way home:

Me: Jackson, Mommy doesn't feel very well.
Jackson: (with his very concerned face) Oh nooo, Mommy. I need to take you to the Doctor. I take you to Doctor Seibert and he give you some medicine. Then you can lay on the couch and I get you cubbers (covers) and milk.
Sweet boy. :)

Jackson has the same bedtime routine every single night. We read 2 books, a bible story, say our prayers, and then sing "hush little baby" and "Jesus loves me". So, this is how bedtime went just one night last week:

Me: Ok, let's sing Jesus loves me. (I begin to sing and Jackson joins in)
Us singing together: "Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong. Yes Jesus loves me...
Jackson (interrupting the song): No, he loves ME Momma, he loves MEEE. He not loves YOOO-U!
Me: Jesus loves Mommy too! Jesus loves all of us.
Jackson: But, not Daddy.
Me: Yes, Jesus loves Daddy.
Jackson: Well, he not loves Walker.
Me: Yes, Jesus loves Walker. He loves Doggies too.
Jackson: But, him not loves Kitty Cats.
Me: Yes, he loves kitty cats, too. Jesus loves all the people and all the animals. Now, let's finish singing the song so that you can go to bed.
Jackson (continues singing): Yes, Jesus loves MEEEEE (while pointing his finger at himself), yes Jesus loves MEEEE, yes Jesus loves MEEE. The Bible tells me so.
He is such a little stinker, sometimes. He seriously cracks me up!

Speaking of bedtime, we had a very interesting one this week. It was similar to the incident above, but even better! Our lives have been a little (or a lot) disheveled over the past few weeks, because Adam has been fighting fires in Oklahoma. He is coming home TODAY after 18 very looong days of being gone. Jackson & I are beside ourselves with excitement! Daddy makes our lives so much better! :) When Adam is away, it is obviously up to me to hold down the fort and play the single Mommy role. Which is no fun, just so you know! ;) I usually manage these times that Adam is away by staying on a strict schedule and running a tight ship. Don't get me wrong, I do find time to squeeze in a little fun for us. But, if I don't stick to a tight schedule during the work week, we would never make it! So, with that said, for the past few weeks, supper, bath & bedtime have all been up to me. And, after a few days of this, Jackson begins to "test" me. I'm sure part of it is because he misses his Daddy. But I'm also sure that is part of it is to drive his Mommy crazy. No doubt. ;) Anyway, several nights that I have put him to bed, he lays back there yelling "MOMMY. Come lay with me. MOMMY, please come lay with me. You HALF (have) to come lay with me." And this is repeated over, and over, and over. Now, y'all should know that I am a pretty tough one when it comes to this type of thing. I let him lay back there, hollering, until he finally gives up and goes to bed. Mostly because I do not want to give in and this become a habit....he's way too smart for that. And, partly because when Adam is away, I literally get NOTHING done for the next day, until Jackson is in bed. So, when I put Jackson to bed, I usually still have to: wash the dishes and clean the kitchen from dinner, clean up the bathroom from bathtime, get mine & Jackson's clothes ready for the next day, pack lunches, and take my shower. **note**when Adam is home all I have to do off of that list is take a shower and get my clothes ready. I'm spoiled, I know. ;)** So, back to bedtime. The other night I put Jackson down and he seemed to go down easily. After about 10 minutes of silence, I suddenly hear "MOMMY! Come lay with me. I need you to come lay with me!" Followed by "Glory Glory to Old Georgia" coming from his stuffed UGA and a loud GO DAWGS! (right on cue, might I add). This continued for about 15 minutes! Yelling for me, then "Glory Glory to Old Georgia" followed by a very loud "GO DAWGS!" Every. single. time. I must admit that although I would rather him have been sleeping, the whole charade seriously cracked me up. I never gave in or reponded (and he finally fell asleep), but I sure did laugh out loud a few times. ;)

Our little boy is growing up and getting funnier & more entertaining by the day. He is full of spunk & personality and I love it! I'm sure that there will be many more "Jackson funnies" to post in the future. We love you, silly little rascal and can't wait to see what God has in store for you! :)

Here are a few recent pictures of our sweet & funny 3 year old: