A Little Something

Our best efforts to turn Jackson into the next James Bond or Justin Timberlake may be derailed by his own interests and dreams of becoming a chef.  Within the past two weeks, he has decided that he will not go anywhere without a spoon and a bowl.  In nursery one day this week, his teacher told me that he held onto a slotted spoon from the toy kitchen for the entire day.  He loves to mix his spoon around and around, sometimes adding 'ingredients' to the bowl for variety.  Jackson has also taken up the very civilized, careful control of a spoon to scoop food up whilst eating.  (We are very proud of his accomplishments this week!)

A couple of weeks ago, we invested in a toy box because of the high influx of toys he received for Christmas.  It's completely full when all of the toys are picked-up and I started to think that Jackson forgot what was in there--especially at the bottom.  But, he surprised us when he was reaching all the way down to pull on the corner of his Aquadoodle mat (which folds out to about a 1 yd x 1 yd square).  When we set this out and filled-up his water pen to draw on it, he sat and coloured for about ten minutes, happily making lines and dots on the sheet.

Some days Jackson is our Little Chef, and other days he's our Little Artist.  Whatever he ends up doing in the future, we hope that he is happy and successful.  I know it's a long time until he will begin a career; however, if he does find his passion early in life, hopefully we will have the ways and means to support his dreams in every way possible.

Soft and snuggly after a bath

Saturday morning cartoons and eating pieces of a waffle with a spoon

Classic Jackson

Honing the cutlery techniques

Out on our walk to the pond

Developmental updates:  Jackson is still very friendly with his friend Tabitha at nursery.  Thursday morning, he practically leaped out of my arms to greet her with a hug.  At home and at nursery, Jackson is dancing a lot more whenever he hears a tune on a commercial or movie that he likes.  In the car, he sang along in his own way to an Olly Murs song called Dance With Me Tonight.  And I often see him bopping his head to the beat in the rear view mirror.  As mentioned before, Jackson is now in the beginning stages of eating with a spoon.  We went on a family walk today to visit the ducks which we haven't done in months.  Jackson was very talkative when he saw the ducks and on the way back home.  He was pointing out trees along the way and commenting on everything he saw.  We could really see how much he's changed and grown-up since the last walk to the pond.  Something else that Jackson hasn't done in months is fall asleep while being held, but he did this last night and it was great to have my little 'baby' back again!  I held him until he woke up again which was for about five hours, and I loved every minute of it.

If you see Sammie Miles Davis, Jr. and Bella, give them my love.