Oh, The Things Kids Do!

Disgusting! He thinks it's hilarious and does this every so often. What a silly boy! Yuck. =cP*

P.S. Yes, that's me screaming at the end...he always giggles when I scream at him and sometimes screams back! :)

Yeah, He's Kinda A Big Deal

Aunt Mimi entered Jaxin into Chester County's Beautiful Babies & Cutest Kids Contest. We found out about it sort of last minute and even missed the first printing of all the contestants. I looked it up online and found a link with all the babies/kids for each age group. To vote, I'd have had to print out a ballet (we don't have a printer), then mail it in or go to the newspaper itself...which I never did either. And neither did anyone else in the family. I did know, however, when the announcement of winners was going to be, and mentioned something to Michelle that day. She went home and checked her newspaper, and sure enough, Jaxin had won for his age group! We were all shocked because none of us had even voted! He won a $50 savings bond.

Big Flirt

The three of us went out to eat with Nana & Pop-pop at T.G.I. Friday's tonight. Jaxin is fairly well behaved when we go out, so long as he isn't sleepy. He loves talking to other people and being the center of attention. Well, tonight, as our waitress was taking our order, Jaxin was staring up at her and smiling...trying to get her attention. She talked to him a bit, then focused back on our order. Then out of nowhere, he reaches behind her and smacks her on the butt and says, "Butt!" I didn't notice at at first, but Nana did. Then he just kept doing it. The waitress thought it was funny and started laughing. And of course, Jaxin had a huge mischievious grin on his face as well. He's such a flirt and will do anything to get a laugh.

Is it a Yeti? A Sasquatch? NO, it's the Abominable Jaxin!

The Yeti's tracks? Nope, it's Jaxin's very first snow angel!

I finally found some snowboots for Jaxin online and received them a couple weeks ago, and we were just waiting for it to snow again....It started snowing Sunday night and continued throughout the day Monday. We accumulated roughly 6 inches I'd say. There were high winds, so we have decent drifts in areas. I took Jaxin outside to play yesterday and I *think* he liked it. He was a little scared to walk in his boots and the poor guy had a zillion layers on (3 shirts, 2 pairs sweatpants, 2 pairs socks, snowsuit overalls, jacket, gloves, hat, and heavily insulated boots), that it was probably difficult enough to walk in the house, let alone through snow! He laughed when I'd kick the snow or throw it. But he started to get upset when he got cold (which wasn't long after we were outside). We stayed out for maybe 10-15 minutes, then trudged back in once I noticed rosey cheeks and even a tear running down his face (from the cold and wind). He was upset when we came inside and kept pointing outside....he needed a nap. Perhaps if it's warmer, we'll try again tomorrow.

Who doesn't love cupcakes?!?

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These cupcakes are so delicious! I ate two last night, and Jason has had a total of at least 7 so far! Punkie had lots of fun helping me make these. Once he realized it was food, and licked his finger, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets with excitement! He would have licked the bowl clean, had I let him.

Crayons & Giggles

Jaxin dragged me to the closet first thing after breakfast this morning...that's where we keep the art supplies. I grabbed some colored pencils and paper and let him scribble away while I thought of something creative to do next. Then, I remembered an art project I had done as a child that I always liked. What's better than melting crayons between waxed paper? I always loved watching the colors swirl and run together. Granted, Jaxin is a bit young to do this project on his own, but he had fun sprinkling the crayon shavings onto the paper. He was giggling the whole time. My original plan was to make a dinosaur mobile, but we had already mixed lots of colors together and I thought dinosaurs would look better with just green and blue. So, we'll save that for another day. I opted for geometric shapes. They look really great when the sun shines through the window. Also, I learned how to take a picture where an object in the foreground is in focus, while the background is out of focus. Using this feature, the picture with the heart turned out the best. Perhaps we'll make shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day.

Swimming 101

Jaxin likes to "swim" in the bathtub now. I put him on his belly one night roughly a month ago, but he was scared. Then out of nowhere, he decided to try it on his own a few nights ago. He was so proud and just kept doing it over and over. Now he does it every time, and last night he figured out how to kick his feet and splash water all over mommy!