Daycare Meet Jackson

Day after day we pick Jackson up from daycare and his provider Mindy tells us what a wonderful little boy he is and how sweet he is. We ask her nicely "Are you talking about our little boy Jackson?". She just looks at us and nods.

Today, she finally met the "real" Jackson LaJoye. Trevor went to pick up the kids from daycare and Jack was in the highchair trapped. Mindy told Trevor that she had to trap him somewhere where he couldn't get at anything just for a minute for a break. Jackson finally showed her his true colors.

It started with her checking on him because he was being a little too quiet. He was washing her bathroom with a washcloth that he dipped first into the toilet.

She destracted him and while she was cleaning up the bathroom, he was in the cat food playing around spreading it all over the house.

While she was cleaning that up, her husband Ron yelled from downstairs to come and get Jackson. He managed to get into some oil and had it everywhere and was walking in it.

Welcome to our world!!

Who Won The Fight?

So the kids are both pretty clumsy, they get that from my side of the family. After all, my sister Amy did manage to break her toe simply taking a shower....

Last week was a rough one for both of the kids. I picked up Jackson from daycare on friday and he had a pretty big bruise on his face. Apparently he was trying to climb up or down the stairs at daycare and a group of kids was running up and tripped him, he fell down the stairs. She said he only cried for a minute or two, that he is a tough guy. Here are a few pictures of him:

Saturday, while waiting for Amy to drive up and visit for Art in the Park (I will blog about that later), Olivia and I had a girls day. We went to Pamida to pick up some stuff, went to get some groceries and then went out to lunch to a place called "The Brickhouse". Olivia LOVES this restaurant and was so excited to go there that she was running across the parking lot and she tripped. Well, the poor little dear hit the brick side of the Brickhouse restaurant with her face. She hit so hard that she left a slobber mark on the building. We went in and had lunch and she seemed ok, she cried off and on all thru lunch but let's face it, Olivia tends to be a bit of a drama queen. I've seen her cry for four hours over a bug bite or a scrape on her knee. Well, the next day when we woke up, the bridge of her nose was so swollen and she started to turn purple. I will post a few pictures of the progress over the week.

Sunday:

Monday:

Friday:

And Today (Saturday)

I have to admit, she is being a sport about it. She says it doesn't hurt and only took motrin for the first two days. I think it looks much worse than it is. We did skip a few events in the community this week because I didn't want gossip to start about how both of my kids were beat up. It looks like they got in a fight but we aren't sure who won.

The Kids Pictures

Last weekend, we took the kids to Fargo for the night to get away. We went to Chuck E. Cheese, stayed the night in a hotel and did some swimming and got the kids pictures taken at Sears. Jackson was not used to having his picture taken and was in no mood. Olivia however was the typical model diva like always. We were able to get a few good pictures.

Olivia posing

Jackson

And finally - a couple of them together - they are just so cute - These are my two favorites.

My Job

Well I have been at my new job for over a month and it seems to be going really well. It is just full of ups and downs. For those of you who don't know, I am a foreclosure counselor. People contact me who are in financial trouble and are either already in the foreclosure process or fear that it may be approaching in the future. Even those who are current on their mortgage and think they can't make a payment in the future can call me. I work for a non profit organization so the service of completely free of charge and you don't have to qualify.

After the client contacts me, I put together a budget for them and then determine if they can continue on with the mortgage, if it's affordable if I am able to "fix" the problem. If it's affordable, I negotiate with the mortgage company and try to find a solution. I have had a couple really good outcomes and a few people that I have unfortunately have not been able to help. It's such a stressful job but can be so rewarding.

Our 4th of July

We didn't do too much too exciting over the fourth. Mom and Dad came for about a week and we ran a garage sale. Since we will be moving in the fall, we wanted to do a major DOWNSIZE. We sold a TON, but the sad part is it doesn't look like it at all.


On the day of the fourth we took the kids to a parade and they had so much fun. Jack loved the big trucks and all the action and Olivia and dad had fun getting the candy!! Here are a few pics.

Here are the kids before the parade in their 4th of July outfits:

Here are a few at the parade with mom and dad:

Here are the kids watching the parade:

That night we went to the Warroad Fireworks - The Kids also loved those!! Jack all of a sudden went quiet, layed on Trevor's lap and just watched.

Here are a few that I took of the actual fireworks, I am not a professional so they aren't the best but I thought they were kind of cool: