4th of July

Fourth of July weekend was a wonderful one of family. We hung out with some friends but otherwise had a lot of quality time as a family of three. 

Jackson and I painted some stars to decorate the house. They looked great cut out and hung up. He was so excited and proud to see them hanging. When we had friends over Saturday it was the first thing he told our guest "Look at my stars!"

We went to a total of three different parks over the weekend (including our neighborhood park). He loves parks with long ramps to run on and if they have a steering wheel thats even better!

Rice Krispie treats with blue/red M&Ms, festive pancakes,
white chocolate and blue sprinkle dipped ice cream cone

At the park in our neighborhood there are two diggers in the sand area. Jackson always tries to dig on them. (In his defense they are heavy and difficult to maneuver.) He usually asks for help and looses interest after a bit, reverting the helping the digging while on the ground by pushing dirt in the shovel. Well this weekend he was the most determined. He kept at it, struggling and rotating in his seat. He is finally long enough that when he scooted up all the way in the seat (practically off and on the bar) his feet hit the base of the handles. He used them to leverage himself and pull the handles. He made several digs all on his own!