He's got it!

McKay was worried about all the darts going by his little boy. 

So he moved him to higher ground and then look what happens. 

But I don't get where he learned that victory arm. He's only three.

Jacko scores! from Jill Shelley on Vimeo.

Jack's chosen hiding place

 So it happened like this.....

They were sitting together on the couch just being themselves. 

(The couch pictures were actually taken after the fact, so let's just call these pictures a reenactment.) 

Suddenly as often happens with kids, Jack's head dove into Annie's face. She's fine now but at the time I could tell it really hurt as she cried quickly and loudly.

It apparently scared Jack because I saw him practically fly out of the room and down the hall. We got some quick ice for Annie, 

and told Scarlett and cousin Violet to go look for him. 

They came back saying he was no where. 

I said I saw him run down the hall so he's got to be there! I sent them back to look under all the beds and in the closets. 

Finally I heard one of them yell back, 

"We found him! He's hiding behind the toilet." 

Huh? What? How can he fit behind a toilet?

So the new patient and I had to see this. I got my camera ready and we went down the hall. I meant to take a picture. But instead, I unknowingly hit video and had no idea I was filming. 

So it's upside down. 

But he looks so sadly sweet hiding behind the toilet. 

Whoever said childhood was easy. 

Jack dearly loves his big sisters. 

Such big emotions for a little guy 

who thought he hurt one of them.

Here are the "Mumba Bars" I was talking about in the video. 

At least I don't call them "Melanoma Bars" like McKay does.

Even "Melona" sounds like a condition rather than a dessert.

They all had another one after breakfast the morning they left. 

They're on a cruise now. 

So excited to get this picture yesterday!

Clark, who?

I just gave them some art supplies, and said make what you want.

I found it curious when Annie said she made "Clark." 

I thought, Clark who??

No explanation, she just said Clark.

(like grandmas are suppose to know these things)

I must have looked confused, so then Scarlett offered, 

"Lewis and Clark"

Ohhh, of course!

But how do they know about Lewis and Clark?

Then both Annie and Scarlett said their mom taught them. 

What a great mom teaching them history! 

Jack (age 3) was standing there listening to the conversation

Then suddenly he decided to make something.

He wasn't interested until just then. 

Then he proudly showed me this and said, 

"Here are the twins, Lewis and Clark!" 

😂😂😂

Good job Jacko!

I wonder if he got the twin idea from recently seeing his cousins, Jonas and Téa?

What treasures they made that day!

I'm still wearing the bracelet.

Thank you girls! ❤️

Day One of our Montana family...

 

Grant, Annie, Scarlett, and Jack

All the way from Montana 

with their parents, of course.

Shortly after they arrived we were all just finishing dinner 

when Grant kept saying, "Carrot Cake." 

Over and over, in a pleading voice.

I kept thinking, oh no, his other grandma probably makes Carrot 

Cake and he doesn't know why I'm not serving him any.

McKenna said no, I don't think Grant has ever even had Carrot Cake!

But then McKenna happened to go look at what Grant was drawing 

and she realized, no, he was not asking for Carrot Cake. He was 

wanting us to see that he drew a picture of Carrot Cake. 

We're guessing maybe he heard someone 

on the plane talking about carrot cake?

He communicates through his drawings.

Then McKenna looked further and saw he drew what looks like an 

Asian woman, there on the right. 

Maybe Grant saw his first Asian also on the plane? 

 

And maybe she was talking about carrot cake.

Always love Grant's hair styles!

After dinner the girls went outside with their dad 

to find bugs in the dark. 

Must be a Montana thing. 

I don't ever look for bugs after dinner.

They came in with their treasures.

Thankfully they left the frog out there... 

although McKay was encouraging the girls to pick it up while I was 

saying, "No, McKay, my Mom always said not to touch frogs!"

Then Annie brought out the career people from the bathroom

so Jack could play with them.

He recognized the police man, the fireman, and a few others. 

When he came to the mechanic,

 

he said, "He steals wheels off cars."

Uh, not exactly right.

Good try Jacko!

Later that evening while the kids were getting ready for bed, 

McKay came in the FR to talk to me...

"Mom, don't you just love McKenna? 

Me: "Oh my gosh. Yes I so love her!"

"Mom, she makes my life so good. I'm very happy." 

What a perfect way to end a very special day 

that really had nothing bad in it, except the frog. 

And McKay and McKenna are both way too kind 

to say much about my frog beliefs. 

Back to McKay talking about his happiness...

Thanks to my sister Robin for suggesting it, 

my boys grew up with this list in their bathroom. 

When we moved 7 years ago, the list came with us.