September Randomness (Is that even a word?)

September started off really great for us! We got to watch 3 boys from our ward while their parents went on a cruise. Twin 13 year olds and a 5 year old. Jay was in heaven! They played basketball, football, ping pong, watched movies and most importantly, took some trips down to the creek where they caught disgusting (to me at least) crawdads (see picture below). They walked down to the creek in mud boots and came back up with a bowl full of swamp creatures to show me. You can imagine my excitement I'm sure....but I put on a good show :)

Ethan, the 5 year old couldn't remember my name so he asked if he could just call me Grandma. I thought it would be funny to see peoples faces when he did, so I agreed that Grandma would be fine. Haha!

Anyway, I caught a glimpse of what my life will be like in a few years watching Jay play all day with those boys. I am so excited for Jack to grow up and have such a fun dad :) I'm not sure who misses who more, the boys or Jay, but they have already set up some play dates. I'm glad Jay is making friends here. Haha! :)




On another note, college football has started! Wahoo!!! I am proud to say that Oklahoma has started off with a bang....pretty much annihilating everyone they have played. I got Jack geared up for the first game of the season. Jay told me that Jack isn't allowed to watch TV until he is 2 as he is convinced it will slow his learning. Quite frankly I didn't have much choice. Jack won't take his eyes off the TV if it is on. He is totally into it :)




This is a picture of Jack's balancing act. He is pretty stinkin' good at it, actually. He just sits in Jay's hand like it's nothing.....the kid can't sit up on the floor....but he can do this. Go figure.




As you will notice throughout the pictures, Jack has an infatuation with his hands. They are ALWAYS in his mouth. We tried so hard to push the binky just for this purpose, but he really prefers his hands. Oh well, I guess I will worry about it later. Hopefully I can fix the problem before Kindergarten :)




Most parents teach their children not to pick their noses. Well, not Jay. He tries to help him. Lovely....



Here are my boys all ready for church. Handsome, aren't they?

The little man and his baby mama :)