This past weekend has been full of fun and firsts!
Jackson and Molly took their first of many bathes together. I had been putting this off since Jackson tends to splash around and likes to swim in the tub a lot. But, I was on my own with the two of them on bath night, so I decided to venture into a joint bath time. It was a great success! They both seemed so excited to be playing in the tub together. Initially, I had put Molly at one end and Jackson at the other end of the tub. Jackson insisted he wanted to sit next to Moo-moo. He even shared his tub crayons with her.
Jackson seems to be learning more and more from Mommy and Daddy, whether we plan on it or not. The other day I asked Jackson if he wanted to watch something on TV. I like to give him options, but, as all parents know, sometimes you just can't. His response was, "watch Mickey!" I had had enough of Mickey and was thinking more along the lines of watching a movie. So I said, "how about 'Cars'?" Jackson's response, "how about Mickey?" Me- "Umm....how about Cars?" Jackson- "Umm....how about Mickey?" We went back and forth a couple times like this. Each time, Jackson would respond with the exact same inflection in his voice as I had just used. I got a good laugh AND we watched Cars.
On Saturday, Jason took Jackson to the Dayton Air Show! Jason and I were very excited for Jackson to go since we all know how much he loves airplanes. The first fly over was to be at 10:00 am. So the boys left just after 9:00 am to catch a shuttle from the Air Force Museum. Much to their dismay, they didn't get on to a shuttle until just AFTER 10:00 and didn't get to the show until just after 11:00 am. Thankfully, Jackson was great the entire time. He enjoyed riding on the bus and even got his daddy to sing "the wheels on the bus" with him a few times. They did get to see much of the air show and even got to go inside of some of the planes. Unfortunately, Jackson didn't seem nearly as interested as his daddy. Jason did buy Jackson another die-cast plane for his collection and Jackson loved it. He would fly it in the air while Jason pushed him around in the stroller. Over all, I was told is was still a fun trip.
Saturday evening we all went to Cold Stone Creamery for dessert after dinner. Jason and I shared our ice cream with the kids and, while giving Molly a spoonful, Jason suddenly stated, "Molly has a molar!" I was shocked! This girl has had only five teeth for about the last six months. There were a couple times we thought she was teething and kept watching for another tooth in front only to have nothing show. Little did we know, she really was teething, but it wasn't for a front tooth. And she didn't have one molar, she had TWO! What an odd little mouth she has now. Three teeth in front on top. Two teeth on the bottom. And now two molars both on her left side. I feel like I missed out on a milestone in her life.
their first of many father-daughter dates! (Earlier in the day, he took Jackson out for lunch!) Jason took Molly out for dinner at Panera and then hopped over to the mall for some bonding time. They visited the puppy's at the pet store and then Jason took Molly up to the Build-a-Bear factory, intending to get her one. Once in the store, Jason started to show Molly various stuffed animals and, one by one, Molly pushed 
each one away. Finally deciding the Molly just wasn't interested in getting a stuffed animal, they moved on. Jason, being the wonderful father that he is, took her in to Baby Gap!!! If only I could have been there to see it. Molly was truly like a kid in a candy store. She got excited each time Jason pulled a dress off a rack. That's my girl! So he used his best judgement, and a little motivation from Molly, and bought her a dress. Molly couldn't have been happier! I think Daddy did a pretty good job. :)
