Jackson Lost his first Tooth 7-12-09

I know he will be 7 in September but today, July 12th, 2009, he lost his first tooth. It has been pretty wiggly lately and He did not want to eat his cereal this morning so I told him to take a rag into the bathroom and wiggle it till it came out. About 5 minutes later he came out with his tooth in his hand! He was so excited and wanted me to put it on the blog for all to see. He is growing up so fast I can't believe it! Now he can wear his hole with pride in the fact that he pulled it out all by himself. (hopefully he will continue to do it himself because it gives me the creeps to watch him wiggle it).

Fun with friends

I forget my camera a lot when I leave the house so here are some pictures of the kids eating with their friends. You can count it -- 6 boys at the table. We feel lucky to have the Calhouns be in the 3 boy club with us and the boys are pretty close in age which make it very easy to have them play together. It is harder to get together due to more variables now that the kids are getting older and we are no longer in the same ward, but the kids always have fun and look forward to spending time together. Plus, any day with a Happy Meal in it is a good one!

Pop Tart Houses

On July 5th I was tearing down a Pop Tart box and Jackson asked if he could use it as a house for his cars and I said "sure". We cut a door and then the decorating began. Spencer and Payton wanted in so we scrounged around and then every box was a door to imagination. Here are the "houses" they made and it kept them quite busy for a day and a half which made me a happy mom. I love to see them using their imagination and skills to creat their own fun!!

Payton's is mostly a collection of Cars stickers and foamies. This was the safest for him but I did make him a bath tub and he added bubbles.

Spencer got another box to add on to his and he liked being able to put his stuff through the door. He was the first one to decorate the inside and that opened up a whole new world of possibilities.

Jackson got really into it. After I took these pictures we cut open a cereal box and he added a pool and a backyard. He spent quite a bit of time and really enjoyed himself.