My Cup Runneth Over: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

What Every Mom Dreams to Hear from her Children

The other evening while I was giving Owen his bath, Jackson came into the bathroom to chit chat with us. He was talking to Owen and making him laugh, telling him all the things he will be able to do soon. "Owen when you are bigger you will be able to play with all my bath toys. I'll share with you. And Owen, when you get bigger we can take baths together. It is fun to and swim and play. And when you get bigger we can scoop and dump...." And then he turns to me and says "Mommy pretty soon Owen is going to be my new best friend."

My heart melted right then and there. And as my eyes were welling up, I scooped Jackson up in my arms and gave him a huge hug and kiss. I am so proud of the big brother he already is to Owen, how he cares and loves him- even though he is too little to do much back. I am so excited to watch their bond of brotherhood grow and develop in the years to come!

*sigh* life is good.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Owen Rolled Over!

For the last week or two, Owen has been on the verge of rolling over from his back to his tummy. He will lift his butt, hip and shoulder off the ground and lay completely on his side. But his arm gets in the way and he can't quite figure out how to get all the way over.

Well yesterday while playing up in Jackson's room, I laid Owen on his belly for some Tummy Time. His head is getting nice and strong, he lifts it high up and looks all around him, taking in the surrounds from a different angle.

Jackson was entertaining Owen by showing him all the cool toys "he will be able to play with when he is bigger."

Well while on his tummy, right before our eyes, Owen rolled himself right on over onto his back! Jackson and I started cheering right away, clapping our hands, and Owen looks at us with these wide eyes like "Holy moly, how did that happen?!" It was great :) Awesome job Little O!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Featuring Junior Chef Jackson!

If you are a regular on my food blog, My Retro Kitchen, you know that my #1 assistant in the kitchen is always Jackson. Any chance he can get to help stir, pour, dump and sprinkle he does it! He is a chef in the making, and I LOVE it!! And I definitely know that this is the reason he is so open to trying new things. His new favorite statement (at almost every meal) is "Mommy, I like everything. I really like to eat everything!" How cool is that to hear from your kids mouths?!!

A food blog that I like top frequent is Soufflé Bombay. Colleen, the author of the blog is also a co-author to this brilliant cookbook called Picture Me Cooking. Not only is it a cookbook for kids, but also a scrapbook for you to add pictures of your own children to make it extra special. What an awesome keepsake! I know, it is one of those "Why didn't I think of that?!"

Well be sure to head on over to the website for Picture Me Cooking to see my own Jackson as their Junior Chef in the spotlight! I wish you could have seen Jackson when I showed him this morning. He was so excited!