New Monkey

Jackson received a special gift from his friend Olivia yesterday...a brand new monkey! We gave a similar monkey to Olivia when she was born, and when Jackson met Olivia a couple months ago he took a strong liking to her monkey. Now he has one of his own! Here is Jackson cuddling with his new friend while he watched Mickey Mouse last night:

Stonebriar Carousel

On Sunday we had to run a few errands at the mall, so we had lunch and then let Jackson ride the carousel. He had a hard time focusing on lunch, knowing that a horsie ride was in his future. So we ate quickly and got in line. Here is a picture of him before we got started:He was having a blast while we waited for all the kids to find their favorite horse and get ready. But once the ride started, he reacted exactly as I expected. He wanted off the horse, shouting "hold you mommy" until I unbuckled him and took him off. Thankfully there was a bench nearby and we sat together on that until the ride ended. It probably took him about 30 minutes to recover from the experience, then he was begging to ride the horsies again. Maybe next time.