Jackson's Actions @ 2 Years Old

Talking: 
Mama = Grandma 
Papa = Grandpa 
Oggie = Ashley Ollie & Aw-ye = Allie 
pop pops = candy 
mote = remote 
paint = the action of drawing or painting 
cracker = crackers or cereal 
marney = money or Barney 
baw ball = baseball or basketball 
doggy = Lucky (our dog) 
baby = Tera or any other baby 
my baby = Tera 
toot-toot (usually said while pumping arm up and down) = train 
pack-pack = backpack 
fruck & *uck = truck 

Doing: 
When Jackson gets hurt, he comes to me, shows me the "boo-boo", and sadly says "kiss". After I kiss his boo-boo, he smiles and excitedly says "Is beddr!" (translation: It's better!). 

Jackson likes to fill a muffin tin with water, then hold it out to people and offer them a "cookie". Then we, Jackson included, pretend to take a cookie out of the muffin tin and eat it. 

He loves to give Tera hugs and kisses. Unfortunately we have to discourage the hugging, because they involve him laying on poor Tera and squeezing her.

Jackson's 2nd Birthday Party

This year, we celebrated Jackson's and Ashley's birthdays at Micke Grove Park in Lodi. It was a simple party, but nice and fun. We had a huge picnic lunch, sang "Happy Birthday" to Jackson and Ashley, ate cake, opened presents, then went to the amusement park. Trains are one of the many things that Jackson is into right now, so he was thrilled that our picnic site was close to the train tracks. Every time a train went by he would pump his arm and yell, "Toot! Toot!"

We thought Jackson would be excited about going on the rides at the amusement park, since he enjoyed them so much at the Yolo County Fair this year, but he wanted nothing to do with them. He must have been quite tired by then, because he fell asleep as soon as we started driving home.

Cake Time: Jackson had a Thomas the Tank Engine cupcake and Ashley had a Snow White cupcake.

Quality Time With Grandma and Grandpa: