Boa Constrictor

Monday, the boys and I attended story time at the library like we always do. After the stories are read, Jackson plays with the trains and other kids for a while. Well, the story time lady came over to warn us that a very large snake would be arriving very shortly in case any of us were leery of snakes. I wasn’t sure what Jackson would do, but once he saw the snake he walked right over and sat down ready to learn all about it. Turns out it was a very large boa constrictor. During the presentation, Jackson walked right up to the snake and petted it. Then later he waited in line to pet it. Brave kid—I wouldn’t touch it.

We finally started the daunting task of potty-training Jackson. I’ve heard that the longer you wait, the easier it is. So I’ve been patiently waiting for Jackson to seem interested and it’s never happened. So we bought pull-ups, made a reward chart and got going. He’s done really well. He’s almost to the “big star!” (the end of his chart) where he earns a big prize. But he has been very motivated to get to the few scattered little stars for treats along the way.

We’ve been trying to add more solid foods to Grant’s diet. He tried peas and they seemed okay, although they were a little too mushy for him to get a hold of. We’ve been trying stage 3 foods too (they’re chunkier) but he doesn’t like them. He makes a really funny face and won’t eat very much.

Grant loves to be swaddled, but he’s learned to get out of all the blankets we have. So I looked online at special blankets made just for swaddling. They were quite expensive so I found one that I liked and recreated it. I only had to make a couple phone calls to my mom and the blanket turned out great!! Plus I got the fabric from the dollar rack at Wal-Mart.

Between listening to General Conference for our church and the Final Four, we’ve become couch potatoes this weekend. The boys were pretty good during conference. Jackson gets excited when we tell him it will be on, and after we turned off the last session he said, “Conference was really fun!” Hopefully this attitude stays throughout his teenage years.