we anticipated our trip to idaho for a long time, and finally, in mid-september, we boarded a plane at dulles at an ungodly, early hour and headed west. we ended up in salt lake city, rented a car, and after a super long day of traveling (including a visit to the golden spike national historic…
a few weeks ago, right before jackson’s pre-k school year ended at mvmpcs, we celebrated jackson’s 5th birthday with all of his classmates and teachers. molly made special treats for the celebration, cake pops! they were a hit, especially since they were crazy space cats, awesome aliens and wacky asteroids! molly and dave spent a…
jackson met his good buddy, garrett, last year in miss heidi’s class, when they both started preschool together. jackson loves to have playdates with garrett and he was so excited to hear that garrett’s birthday party was coming up in late august. the fact that it was held at the urbana volunteer fire department? unbelievable…
we brought together many of jackson’s biggest loves — train rides, the circus, animals, bright colors, and his best friends — to celebrate his 4th birthday. the centerpiece of the party was a colorful cupcake tower, featuring the birthday boy on top, clowns, and of course, lots of sprinkles! (props go out to martha stewart’s…
jackson finished his last day of preschool for the 2009-10 school year at monocacy valley montessori public charter school on friday! and as we snapped on his bike helmet for our ride to school, we couldn’t help but get nostalgic about our growing little boy. on his first day of school, back in august, jackson…
