My Mom.

I love my mom. She's the greatest.

Daddy's Little Helper.

Smart Man.

Jill: (trying to take Jackson's picture)
Jackson: (running around the yard hiding from Jill)
Jill: "Jackson, don't be afraid of my camera!"
Jackson: "It's not the camera I'm afraid of, it's the blog!"

Sweet Lily.

Smarty-Pants.

Jackson is now an official member of the 72 club! He was able to correctly answer 72 math problems in 3 minutes. He had the choice of addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. He chose subtraction. He now gets his name added to the 72 club sign in his classroom, and he is VERY excited. So excited, that below is the grade he gave himself on the back of his test. Good job, Jack, you sure don't get it from your mother!!

Cuteness

Noah: "Mom, I wish I was God."
Me: "Why?"
Noah:"Because it would be so cool to be three people at the same time AND I would be stronger than Will (his cousin).
Me: (laugh)

Calling All Mothers...

gConfused at what you're looking at? You're looking at a 'sleeping' child that does not want to go to school. This child really does love school, once he gets up and moving, but this child also REALLY loves sleeping. This child goes to bed at 8:30 every night. This picture was taken at 7:44. The bell rings at 8:25. This is an everyday occurence. You can clearly see my problem. Now, I realize there's only a month left of school, but I'm just now experiencing the glory of a blog. I've tried alarm clocks. I've tried loud music. I've tried bright lights. I've tried little sisters. I've tried dog kisses. I've tried knock-knock jokes. I may have even tried an idle threat or two or three. I would love to hear any suggestions you might have. The other problem I have is that I have to keep changing it up because he becomes immune to something that's working after a while. So I have to be creative, and a lot of times I don't feel like being creative at 7:00 in the morning. I think tomorrow I'm going to try a bucket of ice water.