Photo dump

Here are some pics from April until May. I promise to put a post all about our trips to Hawaii and Minnesota and also a Magnus circus update soon (I think!) 

Get ready for some serious bragging!

My four year old is an amazing kid. JACKSON IS AN AMAZING KID!!! I might sound like I'm bragging but I don't care because this is my blog and I can brag about my AMAZING kid! There is actually a very good reason for all of this bragging. Cory and I sat down with Jackson's teachers last week to go over his year and discuss the progress he has made. They score not only his academic progress but also his social development. Each child is given a score of 1, 2 or 3. A score of 3 means that the child needs to improve in that area,  2 means that they are scoring right where they should and 1 means that they are achieving over what is expected of them. I'm just going to say it.... he scored 1's in EVERY category. He is over achieving academically and socially. His teachers went on and on and could not say enough good things about our little boy. He can count to 49 without needing any help, he can identify all of his letters lowercase and upper case, he can think of a string of words that rhyme, he knows his birth date and when one of his friends forgets he usually knows theirs as well.

All of these things are fantastic but they were not even the things that made me the most proud. Jackson's teacher told me that he is the kindest, sweetest little boy in her class. She said that many children have started to form groups and often will not let a new child join in and play. NOT Jackson. He includes everyone and anyone in what ever he is doing. She said that he is such a helper and any time there is a new student she will ask Jax to be his buddy and show him where the bathroom is because she knows he will not goof off and flush the toilet 20 times. When he plays with something he always puts it away before he plays with something else. He puts away his mat after nap time and cleans up his lunch without being asked. These are all things that I definitely did not excel at when I was his age.

How did I get so lucky to me the mama to this little boy?! Bottom line the teacher said that he is more than ready for kindergarten so that is where he will be next September. GUYS!!! I have a kindergartner!!

The brothers had their 15 month check up a month ago and are growing like weeds. They are in to everything and have figured out how to get what ever they want... throw a tantrum. Actually they are pretty awesome babies but still, there two of them so they are a ton of work. Here are some pics from the last couple of months. *The photos above are from a mother's day trip to the beach with friends. Awesome day... can you tell?!

nana and papa visit and a trip to Seaworld

Encinitas street fair

My baby is 4 and 2/3 years old

 

Get ready for some rambling and then I will reward you with some pictures:-)

 

Jackson is 4 and 2/3 years old. Which means that I can no longer say that he is 4 1/2 and now I need to start saying that he is almost 5. I don't really want to say that my baby is almost 5. Where does the time go? Wahhhhhhhhhh! But man oh man do I love having an almost 5 year old. He is so cool and so much fun that I never want these days with an almost 5 year old to end.

 

He is reading more and more words every day. He sounds out and writes many of them as well. He says such funny things and makes up very elaborate stories and jokes. He has turned into this amazing and creative kid that I want to be around all the time.

 

Jax is such a good friend to all of the kids in his class. His best friend is Leo and he has had a few play dates with him and is already planning the next one. He is a very social kid and jumps right into playing with new kids where ever we go. I took him to a birthday party a couple of weeks ago for a girl in his class at the New Children's Museum downtown. When we got there the mother of the little girl told me that her daughter could only invite two kids from school and she chose Jackson as one of the two. She told me that she had been to the school for an activity and she could not believe how sweet and polite Jax was. Not a big surprise but still I cannot describe how proud I was at that moment. It makes my heart swell just typing the words now.

 

Jax played soccer this winter but he has decided that he wants to take a break and start swim lessons. He is a quick learner and picks up new skills quickly but you could say that he might lack a tad in speed and coordination. Not if you asked him of course. If you asked him, he would say that he is the fastest boy in the world and that he can beat his daddy any day to a race around the cul de sac. He is an amazingly talented bike rider though with great balance and no fear. This lack of fear on his bike actually was the reason that we ended up in the urgent care last month and walked out with 5 stitches in the chin. He was really brave and did so well that it earned him 3 toys from the treasure box on the way out. With three boys I have a feeling that this will not be the last time we are at Urgent Care.

 

Speaking of brave, Jax went on his first real big person roller coaster with me a couple of weekends ago at Sea World. He just made the height cut for the Journey to Atlantis water ride and was definitely the littlest guy in line. He did such a great job and although he wouldn't say it was the most fun thing he has ever done, he is already planning the next time he will ride it with his dad.

 

He is such a good big brother and can make them laugh even when they are at their grumpiest. They follow him around and are in awe of this amazing person who has the really cool room with all the really cool toys. He still can't tell them apart and usually just says "this brother", "this one" or "this guy" but there aren't that many people that can tell them apart. These boys are going to be really great friends.

 

I think that was enough rambling for now... enjoy the pictures from the last couple of months.

crazy tucker

Safari park face painting

second cousins from Connecticut

Ryd playing in the dirt

San Diego Zoo

Sesame street playland at Sea World

Ropes course at Sea World

egg coloring