Jaxon and his art work

I am very proud of Jaxon, he has come a long way with his art work. Not only is he now willing to get his hands dirty, he loves to paint himself!! These pics are from the last couple of days worth of projects that we have done. Yesterday I took him for a "rock hunt" looking for rocks so that we can wash and paint them. I discovered that there are not many different styles of rocks in our area and that is what led us to Philippe Park. Although we did not find any rocks there either, we did discover the little crabs on the shoreline. It took some time for Jaxon to get to see them because they would burrow under the ground at every movement. Once he realized what I was pointing at though, he had a blast! He would stand quietly and wait for them to come out of their holes and then charge at them, giggling! We had a great time and he was sad to go.

Our visit with Jason's brothers family was too short! Other than that it was perfect. We spent the afternoon at Clearwater beach. Kaelan spent the majority of the time riding the waves, which were a treat since we don't usually experience waves in the gulf. Jaxon on the other hand did NOT embrace the waves like Kaelan did. They were a bit overwhelming for him. As long as either Jason or I had him in our arms though, he was in heaven! Makenzie, dear Makenzie, what a trooper!!! She held in there for all of us with barely a grimace. I was VERY impressed! After we left the beach , we showered and went to dinner at Casa Tina's. Kaelan and Jaxon played and laughed at one end of the table while Makenzie sat at the other end contently before finally succumbing to her daddies arms for a quick snooze. What a wonderful visit, I hope they enjoyed it as much as we all did!

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Jaxon makes fruit salad

Jaxon makes fruit salad

Hello everyone, I have decided to start a blog! It makes me sad that many of the important people in Jaxons life are so far away. With the delightful addition to our growing family coming soon, I don't want any of you to miss out on being able to watch them develop and grow.

Starting Monday, I am going to start adding a daily art project and one other creative activity to our daily routine. The other day Jaxon and I made fruit salad. He seemed to really enjoy it! I began the project right after a filling breakfast in hopes that maybe he wouldn't devour all the fruit during the prep, but no such luck, fruit is just too tempting for Jaxon. He did well though, I had to help him angle the toddler knife so that it was cutting the fruit and not just smashing it. It was a huge success of which I let Jaxon ONLY enjoy the salad since many of the pieces ended up in his mouth first, before they went into the fruit bowl.

Today he painted with different textured paint rollers. I let him choose the colors, he chose black and green and I added some yellow. After he got bored with the rollers I let him use one of his trucks to make truck tracks. He found GREAT joy it that!!

Hope you enjoy the pics!!