A Day of Rest

Today, Jackson and I are at home for a day (or at least morning) of rest.  He has strep...again!!  Nothing a little amoxicillan can't remedy! I've decided to do a little "catch up" blog while Jackson watches a little Scooby Doo.."rut-row." 

So, you ask, what's been going on with the Lee clan in the last couple of weeks?  Well, here's a run down:

Jackson had a fantastic time on his weekend away with his friend, Sterling.  They fished, took canoe rides, slept on cots in Sterling's cabin, rode gators and don't forget "Angry Birds" on the iPads!!  I had a very sad little boy when I picked him up from the fun weekend.  He was disappointed to leave his friend.

Riding the gator

I love this picture of the boys fishing.

Roasting marshmallows

Eating a s'more.  Jackson LOVES s'mores (as does his mom!).

Fishin'

While away, Jackson caught a new (temporary) family member, "E.B." Affectionately named after "E.B." from the movie Hop.  It was a grasshopper.  He was able to take it to school on Monday to show and tell.  We "googled" what grasshoppers eat (google is our World Book Encyclopedia, and I admit, much easier to use!!), so Jackson could tell his class.  We decided to let "E.B." go back to the wild Monday afternoon.  It wasn't fair to him to keep him in the glass jar.  Jackson did very well letting him go.  We saved the jar for more bug catching adventures.

Jackson holding "E.B."

"Bye-bye, E.B.  Have fun in the wild!"

While Jackson was with Sterling for the weekend, Eliza spent the weekend with my parents.  She had an excellent time spending 2 nights with Nana and Papa.  They went to the library, to McDonald's (twice!!), fed the birds and played in the rice and bean container, which was one of her favorite things to do that weekend.  (Why do kids love the simplest things?!?  Not sure why we spend all this money on toys!)  Charlie and I didn't know what to do with ourselves...our house was SO quiet!  We went out Friday night, ran errands on Saturday with a little time set aside to relax by the pool and in the hammock.  We ate dinner while watching a movie on the couch.  Come to think of it, we like simple things too! 

Last weekend, Jackson had his last spring soccer game.  The opposing team had several of our friends playing, so it was fun for Jackson to see them.  It was cute...he was "caught" running next to one of his friends on the opposing team just chatting it up!  Love it!!   Jackson's team won, which was fun to see his team mates so excited!! 

Jackson added another trophy to his collection.

We also had time last weekend to enjoy National Comic Book Day with some friends.  We had a fun time at one of our local comic book stores.  Five families from Jackson's kindergarten class was there to help celebrate.  The kids received 3 free comics, a free gift (a Star Wars character for Jackson), face painting and meeting Spiderman, Batman, a Storm Trooper, Hans Solo and Jack Sparrow.  Of course, we bought a couple of things for Jackson and Eliza...who could resist?!?  Eliza enjoyed it too.  Two of her girlfriends from school came with their older brothers.  The girls had fun, holding hands and walking around.  After the comic book store, we all ate at Moe's and headed to the park for more fun.

The kids with a Storm Trooper.  Don't worry, he was nice!

What a fantastic Mother's Day we had.  After church, we enjoyed a surprise meal together.  The hint from Jackson: "It's where you can color on the table."  So, it was Macaroni Grill.  We hadn't been there in a really long time.  The kids gave me their presents.  Jackson made a frame with a drawn picture of himself inside.  Eliza made a book mark with her fingerprints as a caterpillar.  They also bought me a new watch and some lotion.  The cards were fantastic!  They made home made cards and also bought cards.  Jackson chose a dog with lipstick, at which he LOL, and Eliza chose a princess card, of course!

May is such a crazy month!!  This week, Charlie and I are celebrating our 10th year anniversary.  It's amazing how time flies.  I wish I had a wedding picture to upload to the blog, but "back then" the pictures weren't digital.  Hmmm...I'll have to work on that, but for now I do have a picture from parasailing on our honeymoon.  I can't believe how young we look!   We don't have any plans for our anniversary...yet.  We're going on a trip in November to celebrate.  Kidless in Negril....I believe I can hold out for that!

hahaha! 

Charlie also celebrates a birthday on Friday (the day after our wedding anniversary).  I won't tell you how old he's going to be, but I will say that he's OLDER than ME!  (Love you, babe!)  :)  We're going out to dinner Friday evening for the birthday celebration.  Jackson is trying to talk Charlie into going to Brixx or Red Robin.  We'll see what Charlie decides. 

I can't resist adding this picture of Charlie that must have been scanned into our computer at some point in time.  So, so glad I have it now!  :)   Not sure how old he is here..., but isn't he cute?!?! 

We have pictures of Jackson and Eliza in this cradle too!

Better get back to Scooby Doo...love hearing Jackson giggling beside me!  Not so bad, we're home having a day of rest today.  I'll take it! 

Jackson's Fu Manchu