Wonderful Walker!

 We have had an amazing start to our first year at Walker! Jackson is learning so much and has made so many new friends. One of the cutest things they do at school is each child gets a reading buddy. Each preschooler has a second grader for a reading buddy who comes to their class and reads them a story. The second grader practices their reading skills and the preschoolers get an older buddy. Jackson for the first time has had show and tell and homework. Show and Tell is all about building the kids confidence with speaking in front of others. Jackson's first show and tell was to make a collage about his favorite things and his family. He then got up in the front of the class and told them all about his pictures. I wish I could have seen him and heard what he said, but the teacher said he did great!

 Jackson has a project to complete each week. Each week he gets a special book and at the end of the book he has a project to complete. His first book was about a little boy who grew a huge carrot! His homework was to have mommy or daddy draw the biggest carrot they could and then he had to color and cut it out. He was bring it to school and they would see who could draw the biggest carrot. Little did they know that Jackson has a very competitive mommy who decided to draw an 8 foot carrot!

 We decided to paint outside with no clothes on because I didn't have any washable paint. I told Jackson to be very careful because if he wrote on the driveway, "Daddy will have a heart attack" I went inside to clean off his brush and Jackson came running in screaming "Daddy is going to have a heart attack! I spilled some paint!!" It was so funny and reminded me that I need to choose my words carefully!!

 All done! I was so proud of him for coloring the entire carrot by himself. He then had to cut the entire thing out.  At one point he said, "Mommy, I think this project is too big for me" :)

 The first preschool event we went to was the ice cream social. It was so cute! The high school cheerleaders were facepainting and the high school football boys scooped out the ice cream. Jackson had a blast!

 Future Walker Wolverine!

 They even had a special visit from the Walker mascot, Joey T!

 This is Jackson best buddy in his class Collin. We hear about Collin every day and how he is coming over for a sleepover. What we didn't know was that Collin also plays tee ball at Oregon Park. They had to play eachother and both told eachother they wouldn't get the other one out because they were buddies :)

 It is crazy to think one day Jackson may be on the other side of that table!

 Nothing like a little ballon sword fighting with his buddy Thomas!

 And the finale...a parrot on his shoulder. The next even is a tailgate before the Walker homecoming football game. Jackson can't wait to sit in the stadium and watch them play!

 We have started another season of tee ball! Jackson loves it!!It is amazing how much he has improved in just half a year! He now hits the ball pretty much every time without the tee.

 Waiting on third to be hit home!

 We were so lucky that Graddaddy was able to come and watch him play and play with Beckett :)

 This was the last smiling picture of Beckett for a few days. The next day poor Beckett was so sick with a  GI bug. He had a horrible diarrhea for 2 days but quickly bounced back. I can't say the same thing about his big brother!

 Since the 4th of July fireworks were rained out, Marietta decided to have the makeup day the last official day of summer. We weren't able to head to out to see them because Beckett was sick, but luckily we had an awesome view from our front yard! Good to know for next 4th!!

Back to poor Jackson. We had the roughest 8 days with my sweet boy. Jackson got Beckett's virus but it hit him much harder. He ended up getting so dehydrated, that we had to take him to the ER for IVF. It was a horrible experience that I will not get into on this blog, but luckily momma bear came out and Jackson was given the treatment he needed. After the fluids, we thought we were over it, but he still was not able to keep anything down without antinausea meds. We went this time to our pediatrician who diagnosed him with gastritis and started him on a reflux med. Since starting the med, we have been vomit free and Jackson is back to his old self again! It was a tough week on mommy and daddy and we are so thankful our little man is healthy again!!

Kiawah with Friends!

 For Labor Day Weekend, we decided to head to Kiawah for one last beach trip before the summer ends. Noni and Granddaddy actually had a family reunion, so we decided to invite our dear friends the Konops to experience the magic of Kiawah! We headed down on Thursday night so we had the first day with just our family. We had the best weekend! We spent the days at the beach and had the most beautiful weather! Here are my boys heading down the boardwalk to the beach!

 Love these boys so much!

 At first glance at the beach, they both started running!

 Jackson ran right in! I just love how much he loves the water!

 Beckett headed right for the water as well. This boy still loves to push anything!

 Beckett's favorite part was digging a hole and sitting in it with all of his toys.

 My little surfer! We bought him  a short board and he was so excited to try it out. I am so impressed with my little boy!

 This picture makes me a little sad....he looks so grown up. Time is going by way too fast!!

 After a day at the beach, we headed to Freshfield's for dinner, music, and ice cream! First stop was the toy store, and Jackson picked out some foam swords. These 2 love to play fight!

 Ice cream time!

Time to climb a tree!

Of course, Beckett had to do it as well :)

 Mr. Popularity! Jackson found a girlfriend....she is much older than him :)

Love these two to pieces! Jackson had to give the frog his sword to hold.

 Night night time! Beckett is our sweet little snuggler.

 The konops made it! Here is the crew all packed up for the first day to the beach. We all rode our bikes and everyone did great!

 I can't say enough how much fun we had. The kids all get along so well and the parents were able to sit and relax a little bit while the kids played.

 Best buddies :)

 More ice cream! I just love Beckett's expression on his face!!

 The toy store had dinosaur eggs and turtle eggs that you placed in water. After a couple of days, the animals hatch and continue to grow. The kids loved them and every morning would run to see the progress! Noni's kitchen was a science experiment!

 Sweet Payton riding the waves like a pro!

 Way to go Aidan!

 Catching some waves!

 Posing in front of their sandcastle masterpiece!

Sand dollar! What an amazing weekend. Thank you Noni and Granddaddy for letting us borrow your home and show the Konops a little piece of paradise. We had the best time!!

All About Beckett!!

 I figured since Jackson has had a lot of blog posts dedicated to just him, I would write this one just about my sweet Beckett! I really can't believe he is 1 1/2! Where has the time gone? He is still such a sweet boy, a great eater, and an awesome sleeper!! He is talking more and more each day. The other day we were in my bedroom and Emma started barking. All of sudden Beckett said "Hush, Hush". He must hear me say that to Emma a lot! This boy loves shoes! First thing when he wakes up in the morning he wants to put on his shoes! Beckett has started prek at our church on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I was really nervous about sending him, but so far he has done great! The first day, Greg had to take him and apparently they had to tear Beckett from Greg's arms :( One of my friends, however, was able to check in on him and said he did great! Not a single tear the entire morning! Way to go Beckett!!

 Here is Beckett checking out his classroom at his meet and great. It took him about 20 minutes before he would leave my side and explore, but after that, I had to drag him out of there!

 Playing with the big stuffed bear! Beckett's vocabulary continues to expand but his two favorite words are No and Mine :)

 My silly boy and his crazy hair!!

 Beckett also loves his puppy! Poor Emma just sits there while Beckett climbs all over him. Speaking of climbing....Beckett is a climber just like his brother! He tries to climb everything!

 My little kitchen helper. Beckett is definitely my helper and wants to do everything I am doing. Here he was helping me make some cupcakes for a charity event. I think he mostly liked to eat the frosting! Beckett loves to throw things in the garbage can and when he is done looking at something, he will put it back. If he is drinking from a cup, he doesn't just throw it down when he is done, he puts it back on the table. He loves to help me mop the floors and the vacuum cleaner is a big hit!! Such a little helper!!

 First day of preK! He has the same sweet sideways grin that his brother had at this age!

Cheese!

The second day of pre-K...he just walked right in like he had been going there for months! He did cry for a second as I left, but quit before I even got down the hall!