Lately...

Lately Jackson has been calling Max "Bro" and it is so cute and funny.

The boys still call Chuck-E-Cheese "Chuck-E-Cheese-Its."

I am feeling like a huge, huge pregnant lady.  My belly sticks out SO far, lol.  I sincerely hope this little guy still comes out as small as his brothers did!  ps.  That was 6# 14 oz and then 6# 15 oz.

Jackson wants to play at least one game of Blokus and Yahtzee every single day.

Jackson has completely stopped sucking his thumb!!!

Jackson and I are reading through C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia."  Currently we are enjoying "The Horse and His Boy."

Max has become a candy fiend, asking every day either right before or right after breakfast what he can do to get candy.  I can't wait till the Halloween bucket is empty!!

I bet this does not apply to just lately, but Max never seems to stay quiet.  Some kind of noise is almost always coming from that boy.  I think part of the reason he entertains himself so well is because he never feels alone with all the noise he makes, lol.

Jackson always gets to be the main character in imaginary play; Max is always the side kick.  Jackson made a crown the other day and has decided to play that he is High King Peter, from "The Chronices of Narnia."

Mike is preparing for the Honolulu Marathon on December 8th.

Jackson completed his first Awana Sparks book.  He earned book 2, the WingRunner, when he finished the first.

I am trying to read more with Max.  He is working on site words and I can tell he feels pretty good about himself when he can read them from a book.

I am really in the mood to decorate for Christmas.  I love Thanksgiving, but this year, we are going to end up keeping it small, with me cooking for just the four of us.  I also love the fall weather that comes along with Thanksgiving and we sure do not have that in Hawaii.  I have not decorated for Christmas in a big way for the last two years, because our Christmas decor, including the tree, was in storage in the states while we were in the Azores.  It is going to be SO much fun to break into all that stuff.  And for only the second time, I will be able to set out the Willow Tree Nativity that Mike got me a few years ago.  Yay!!