Horseshoe Bay

Jackson and I spent a long weekend with my dad at Horseshoe Bay. What a beautiful part of Texas and it is always nice to spend some relaxing time on the water. I didn't have a chance to catch too many pics even though I had so many perfect moments to capture (just didn't have a camera in hand at those precise moments). But we did have many opportunities to swim and play in the sand. It was cute watching Jackson react to the sand when we first went on the beach. He has never been on sand before and was very unsure. Especially after he got into the lake and then back on to the sand. He didn't like how the sand was sticking to his feet, he kept asking me to get the "dirt" off. The other great moment was during our long run (which was quite a challenge on those hills pushing the bob!). Along the run we encountered many deer. Jackson loves animals and was super excited to see the deer. He would shout "hi deer" to each one he saw, which naturally caused them to sprint away. It was a great weekend and we can't wait to go back.

My dinner date Thursday night:

Jackson watching the big boat after dinner:

Sunset in the clouds:

Chilling on the balcony watching the boats:

The Twos are Terrible

Jackson adds new meaning to the Terrible Twos on a regular basis. He has been exceptionally difficult the last week or so as they made some changes to his classroom at school (new teachers, different kids) and he's not taking it very well. Each day last week he would scream at the top of his lungs about one issue or another after pick-up. I can't even remember what upset him on this day, but he was having such a fit that I had to capture it. I guess he doesn't like the paparazzi:

Potty Time

Over the weekend we helped encourage Jackson to use the potty. I'm not ready for an intensive potty training boot camp, and neither is Jackson. But I was ready to encourage him to realize the purpose of the potty. So for a couple hours each day over the weekend we put Jackson into big boy underwear and let him run around outside. Day 1 was very upsetting for him. He had two accidents and he was horrified at both. Day 2 was much better. At the offer of an M&M if he peed in the potty, he happily obliged. The only problem was one M&M wasn't enough of a reward, I think he probably ended up eating an entire fun size bag for his potty success. Then he wanted to call Mimi and tell her what he did. So cute. We didn't push him at all yesterday, but he did tell me as soon as he went and was more interested in staying dry than he was before this weekend.

I tried to document to experience, but he repeated "no pictures" and really wanted his privacy. Here he is trying to push me and my camera away: