Thanksgiving, Christmas Lights & Milo's Birthday

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We went to my parents house on Thanksgiving. My mom & Nic cooked an AMAZING dinner. After dinner Jackson got to open up his birthday present from Aunt Diane & Uncle Jim. We played Cranium after dinner which turned into a booze fest complete with name calling and lots of yelling. It was awesome! The guys dominated and won both games, boo! After the games we started to map out our shopping attack...we hit the Folsom Outlets at 10pm followed by Wal mart at Midnight. We got home at 3a then left at 9:30 the next morning to hit Target, Bath & Body Works, Ulta, & Costco. It was a great success and we had a blast! Thanks Mom, Diane, Kelli and Grant!







Buddies

Jackson is absolutely fascinated with all the Christmas lights this year. We have been out driving or riding in the golf cart almost every night enjoying all of the hard work that our creative neighbors have done. I will have to take some pictures of our favorite houses. Jackson loves to spot the houses with the lights, happily shouting out "lights" every time he spots them. Jackson even got to help Nic with some of the lights at our house. He loves to turn them on every night.

On Monday December 1st was my parents dog Milo's birthday. Mymo as Jackson likes to say...turned nine years old. We took him to the park with Jackson and he enjoyed a nice golf cart ride. Happy Birthday Mymo!



Helping daddy with lights


Milo & Jackson in my mom's "decorative" sleigh, lol!


Trying to fit in the golf cart basket with Milo

Play Dough

So with winter fast approaching, I have been busy searching for fun ideas to do with Jackson. I will try and post them here for anyone who wants some new things to try. Also by doing that I hope to keep myself motivated too! Today we made play dough in Jackson's favorite color ORANGE! Below is the recipe and photos from our "experiment" :)

Play Dough:
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. salt
1tbsp oil

3/4 c. water

1tsp cream of tartar
food coloring

choosing a color for the dough is tough!


bring all the liquids to a boil


Remove from heat and add dry ingredients


Stir to form ball, let cool 5 minutes, then kneed to soft smooth texture. Dough should not be sticky add more flour 1tsp at a time to take away stickiness.


The result= FUN!!

I also tried to find some items in my kitchen for Jackson to use.
Talk about a cheap, fun, educational thing to try with your little one. Jackson played for an hour with this dough....while I enjoyed another cup of coffee and played too!!

Soccer

Jackson also debuted his soccer skills in Maui. We were sitting in the backyard and this is what he started doing....I was pretty amazed. It really came out of the blue and made Nic so happy. I think we have a future player! Check it out...

Jackson the surfer!?!?

Jackson learned to "surf" (as he calls it). He loved being in the ocean though had a hard time remembering to keep his mouth closed. Here is a quick video of "surfer dude" Jackson. Enjoy!