Snow? In March?

Isn't spring supposed to be green and beautiful? Something crazy happened here last week and we had about 8 inches of snow on the ground by Saturday night. I was so excited for Jett to wake up Saturday morning so I could show him the white stuff falling from the sky. He was SO excited, and happy to watch it from the window, but not such a big fan of being out in it.
View from our front door

Jett in the snow.

I can't say that I blame him. It wasn't a nice, dry, powdery snow. It was more of a wet, nasty snow that turned into slush Sunday morning (just in time for my 20 mile run, yippee!) At least it looked pretty from inside. Since my idea of playing outside was not such a big hit, we opted to play indoors building lego's, riding around in the firetruck, and pushing around the bulldozer.





Today was a little better. Still lot's of puddles from the melting slush, but Jett enjoyed making snow balls and making mini snow men. I think he actually liked the snow, but he didn't care for it coming down on his head.



You would think that with the weather being nasty, and not having much else to do, that I would have used this opportunity to do a little potty training. Not so much. I just can't seem to motivate myself to potty train. I don't know if it's the dread, or the idea of not having a little one in diapers anymore, but I just keep putting it off. Instead, I shopped for Jett an Easter outfit and hit a great sale at Gaga-a-Gogo (fave store-everyone with little ones should go). Maybe the aggressive potty training will begin this week......or not.
Tonight, Bobby and Jett were playing "ride the little horsey" in the living room, and when Bobby stopped, Jett said "more quarters". He is used to always getting to ride the horse at the store, and knows that to make it go you must insert money. I gave him a penny to put in Bobby's hand and we did this over, and over, and over until I am sure that Bobby couldn't feel his legs anymore. At that point, Jett got down, ran back to our bedroom and grabbed a remote, came back into the living room, hopped back up on Bobby's legs, and pointed the remote at his knees and hit the power button. Where DOES he get this stuff?!?!? Here they are goofing off.




That about sums up our week. I hope everyone is safe and warm! Oh yes, and to all of my bloggie friends that I typically comment on, if you have noticed my slacking lately, it's probably due to my new obsession with Facebook. Does anyone have a page? It is so addicting and fun to find old friends!

This is what happens when it is nice outside.....

You got it. LOTS of pictures! I will keep this post short because I have a lot of pictures to share. The weather was nice most of last week, however one day was a little chilly so we had to break out a sweater and hat. As I was unloading groceries, I turned around to find Jett trying to hide himself under the kitchen sink. Where's Jett???? Here he is!

It's crazy to me how one day it is 80 degrees, and the next day it's back to 60.
Here's Jett playing another game of "Where's Jett?" with my blue fur throw.

Last Tuesday night mom and I went to see Elton John and Billy Joel at the BOK Arena. The concert was absolutely amazing. I have always liked both artists, so being able to see them perform together was awesome. Makes me realize I need to actually learn to play the piano, as ours is currently just an over-priced ornament in our living room. Wednesday Jett and I took my grandma to the Dr., and after her appt. was over we went to a park near her house so that Jett could play and feed the geese. Get ready, lots of pics!








After the park, we met Abby and Amy for dessert at Chili's. There was a nice man there who made both kids balloon animals. I tried to get a good picture of these two cutie's, but they are so busy that getting them both to look at the camera is almost impossible. They are getting so fun now since they have learned to play together rather than just playing around each other. They kill me! So sweet and cute. Jett is so proud to have such an adorable girlfriend.
Giving kisses.

Balloon puppies giving kisses, too.

After church on Sunday Jett and I headed to my grandma's house for a quick visit after attending a baby shower for my friend Liz and her new baby boy, Crew. Jett wanted to "dig in the dirt", so I removed his church clothes and let him soak up some sun in my grandma's back yard. He also enjoyed riding the tractor and pushing the mower around with Gramma.







As Jett is getting older, I am really starting to be flattered by people's comments about him. When he was a baby, we got the usual "he is just beautiful", "what a cutie", etc. Now that he is a toddler, we still get those types of comments too, however, I have to admit that it makes me feel so good now when people comment about on how sweet he is (and smart, but I can't take credit for that). He really is the sweetest kid. He very rarely throws fits, but when he starts too, he has learned to calm himself down and he will say "talk happy", or he will calm himself down enough to say "please mommy hold you", or whatever it is that he wants. One thing that we still get every single time we leave our house is comments about his hair. I never thought that his hair color was that unusual, but apparently it is. I wonder if people will still be telling him how pretty his hair is when he is in high school?? He sure does get a lot of attention for it now!

Mr. Fearless

There is never a dull moment in our lives anymore. If Jett is not cracking us up with his words, he is keeping us on our toes by showing us how brave he can be. He has no fear at all, and that of course means that I am always in a state of panic these days. He is typically clinging to my leg regardless of where I am, so I know something is up if he is out of my sight for more than a few seconds. The other night I was baking cupcakes, and I could see him out of the corner of my eye playing with his ABC magnets on the floor. The whole time I was mixing the batter, Jett was saying "I'm helping mommy. I'm opening it." I continued to mix and thank him for whatever it was he felt like he was helping me with. When I turned around to put the cupcakes in the oven, I found him in the midst of about 10 packages of Big Red gum unwrapped, and each individual piece of gum had been unwrapped as well. After he had finished unwrapping, he proceeded to put them in and old blender pitcher he found in the cabinet with all of his magnet letters. He must have been unwrapping at record speed because the cupcakes only take about 2 minutes to mix.



Also new is climbing. I am terrified of heights, so this scares me to death. On any given day, this is what goes on in our home.
Step 1.

Step 2.

Step 3.

Jett has never showed too much interest in the stairs in our house. I suspect this is probably because we enter the house through the garage instead of the front door, we hardly ever go upstairs, and there is always a gate at the bottom to keep Tiffany (and Jett) from going up. This weekend I took the gate down to clean and Jett thought going up and down the stairs was great entertainment. He quicky discovered that with his slick track pants on, he could sit and slide on his bottom from step to step.



After his bath today Jett found a headband in my drawer. I didn't know that he had put it on his head, but I got a chuckle out of what I saw when I walked into the bedroom to check on him after drying my hair.


A few weeks ago I left my husband home alone for approximately 5 hours to attend a party with my mom, and when I arrived home I was surprised to find that he had bought Jett a new 4 wheeler. I've always said I can't leave him alone for very long because he gets bored and buys stuff. In the past few weeks we have had so much fun on our new toy!





Just in case anyone is wondering, Amy, Lorri, and I had a fabulous time at the New Kids concert. It was so fun to be surrounded by so many women our age decked out in old school New Kids attire (and plastic earrings). The concert was actually really good and they have aged remarkably well. I am now gearing up for the Elton John and Billy Joel concert Tuesday night with mom. I can't wait until Jett is old enough to go with me! I hope he loves music as much as we do.

Springing Forward

Is anyone else as excited as I am that the days are now longer!?!? As much as I didn't like losing an hour of sleep Saturday night, it was SO worth it today when we were able to play outside until almost 8:00 before it got dark. When I say play, I really mean that Jett played while Bobby and I raked 17 bags of leaves. As do most boys, Jett's favorite part was jumping into the big piles after we were done. He is so incredibly sweet these days, and he also loves to help us around the house. After playing in the leaves, he tried to "help" daddy bag them.








My mother-in-law has the greenest thumb of anyone I have ever met, and she has the most beautiful garden I have ever seen. People often drive by her house to admire her yard. I tend to kill everything I plant, so she helped us last year and we actually managed to keep everything alive. Yeah! Jett really enjoys helping his Harmonee in the yard, so the other day when I was trimming back hedges, he grabbed a shovel and followed me around. Here are some cute pictures. You can tell it was early by his attire. Pj's, boots, jacket that doesn't quite match, and hat. Good thing he looks adorable no matter what he is wearing.



Can you tell that we are excited about the warmer weather?! The other night after dinner Jett and I went to the park, and he was not happy when I told him we had to go home because it was getting dark. I think he would live outside if he could.
He has become so fearless. He will climb on anything and/or jump off of anything. This is the greatest part of having a boy (besides the momma's boy thing that I love so much). So much fun, and never a dull moment!








About the only indoor activity Jett participated in this week was helping Gramma fix Nenal's garbage disposal. Give this boy a screwdriver or wrench and he is a happy camper!



That pretty much sums up our week. Tomorrow Amy and I are going to the New Kids on the Block concert. Go ahead and laugh, that's ok! Amy and I will have a blast. I wonder if we will be the only 30 something, married with children's there? I went the their first concert in Tulsa when I was about 12, and my mom (THE coolest mom on the planet) camped out for 3 days to get me tickets. This time was much different. We waited until they had been on sale for about a month and then walked right up to the counter and chose our seats. How times have changed! Have a great week!