Jackson 38 months- December 28, 2011

Dear Jackson-
As 2011 comes to a close I am writing you your last "birthday letter" for 2011. I can't believe that you are well over three years old now, Mommy is starting to feel old.

You have had a good month and a busy month! You love your cousins and every morning you ask me the same series of questions. Mommy is Trish coming over? Mommy is Nana coming over? Mommy my cousins coming over? Your cousins mean a great deal to you and you love them very much! We try to talk to them once per week but for you that basically means yelling into the phone: "Zach, you there Zach"- regardless of who you are talking to you only want to talk to Zach. But you are good on the phone, you still enjoy talking to Auntie and Abby, Katie and of course Uncle Chris. On Christmas day we had a treat- Uncle Adam had his iPhone with facetime on it and we were able to facetime with everyone in Ohio- you thought that was super great! We were on that iPhone for almost 45 minutes- you and your brother were shouting all sorts of things into the phone about your new dinosaurs, castles and police jacket (that you got from Auntie and Uncle Chris). You are so happy on the phone, well most of the time you are happy!

We did a lot of Christmas activities this month to celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus. First off, you and your brother now have your own Nativity Scene- it is plastic- which is great because sometimes you and Shane (mostly Shane) like to throw the Baby Jesus across the room. We saw a live nativity scene in Wakefield on night but it was VERY VERY Cold and you were mostly interested in the animals. We made cookies- lots of cookies for Santa and you liked to help and decorate those cookies! In school you made all sorts of Holiday crafts and for Christmas you made a beautiful piece of artwork made out of old frames that you glued onto a board (or I suspect the teacher glued onto the board for you). We visited Santa a few times, I think your favorite was at the Enchanted Village at Jordan's Furniture- I"ll post some photos later. You were all smiles in that photo- then we had lunch at Ikea and then boom- you were out like a light in the car. This year we made it to the Stone Zoo Lights and it was magical- the entire zoo was covered in lights and you and your brother ran all around and especially liked the carousel ride ( you rode it twice). Daddy went on with you both times and Nana and I took turns but when I was with you each time we circled around Nana you would yell "HI NANA" to her and smile and wave- you are a precious little guy Jackson! We did lots of other Holiday celebrations this month, I won't write them all down here but one other night that you had lots and lots of fun at was Mommy's birthday. I know, Mommy's birthday is not that exciting.... but Auntie Kim and the boys came over to Nana's house for cake and you had a BLAST! The five of you boys just jumped around on top of each other and went crazy! Shane got a black eye and you bruised your forehead but you didn't complain. In fact the next day you asked if Auntie Kim and the boys were coming over.

Jackson, Jackson , Jackson what else can I say. You are getting to be a big boy and do big boy things- like sit on the pottie (Well you do that for Trish) drink out of regular cups most of the time and listen, you are getting much better at listening to mommy. This morning you were working hard on puzzles- Auntie Val and Uncle Terry gave you a HUGE cookie monster puzzle and you like to work on that a lot!
 I love you Jackson Reid, you are mommy's sun, moon and stars.
Until next month- lots of love-
Mommy