Jaxsonism of the Day

Me: "Hey, Jaxson, listen!  You know this song.  Who sings it?"
Jaxson: "Justin Bieber?"
Me:  "No, it's a girl."
Jaxson: "Oh.  Michael Jackson?"

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!  As we approach Thanksgiving I realize I have so many things to be thankful for.  My sweet Eli was coughing in the middle of the night last night, and he came into my room and woke me up.  I was so frustrated, because Jaxson had been in my room twice already, and then Eli came in.  Was I going to get any sleep?!?!  Why don't they ever go to their daddy's side of the bed?  Why is it always me that gets woken up?  As I pulled myself up out of my dreamy sleep to give Eli a sip of my water, he snuggled up next to me.  With his eyes closed and with a sleepy voice he kissed my cheek and said, "I love you, Mommy.  You're my best friend."  How could I be grumpy and complaining to myself over lack of sleep when I have three of the sweetest babies in the world?  My Eli reminded me that those these sleepless nights are rare, they will soon be over completely, my babies will be grown, and I'll no longer be their best friend.  I need to cherish these little moments with them and everyone else in my life.  I have a wonderful family, and this Thanksgiving I'm celebrating having each of you in my life!

I Triple Dog Dare You

We had a really great time on Halloween.  The kids absolutely love dressing up (so does mommy), and they were so excited to actually go trick-or-treating this year.  I don't have memories of trick-or-treating as a kid, because we were usually at our church festival.  After the mass chaos of a church carnival last year, we decided to skip that route this year and let the kids do some good old fashioned trick-or-treating.  It was so much fun!  We pulled Shiloh in the wagon, and the boys went door to door.  Jaxson was the official doorbell ringer, and Eli just stood there and looked cute.  The boys did great, and nothing could scare them!  Well, except for the biggest, most scariest dog of all time that looked a little bit like this...

Now that Halloween is over, we're looking forward to an exciting Thanksgiving with the family in Fort Worth, followed by Christmas!  What?!?!  It will be here before we know it!  Only 52 more shopping days!  In the spirit of the cold weather we have this week, the conversation arose about the scene from The Christmas Story where the boy is triple dog dared to stick his tongue on the flag pole.  Jaxson was so curious about this, so I showed him the movie clip via YouTube.  OMG.  (Note, I'm not a big fan of the phrase OMG, but there really are no other words in this case.)  That boy had a major meltdown.  He thought it was so scary, and he never wants to stick HIS tongue on frozen metal!  We tried to show him how an ice cube can sometimes stick to your tongue or lip, and he cried even harder thinking we would mame ourselves forever with a little old ice cube.  That kid is so funny.  Might be a tad bit of a wuss, but he sure is funny!