More Vegas Highlights

We are back from Vegas...which I have mixed feelings about. Dave jokingly said yesterday, "We should just put you on a plane and have Jax and I stay a few more days." I didn't think anything of it, but getting home and seeing how much I still have to do (edit 7--yes that's right 7 shoots, prepare for launch at the gym which is in 2 weeks, get the house ready for bunco this Friday, and teach 5 classes...) I think he may have been serious, and I think I should have taken him up on it. It erks Jaxon to no end to have me home, but upstairs working on the computer where he can't come. If I'm downstairs, he couldn't care less and mostly ignores me, but upstairs- yikes!
Anyway, Vegas was perfect and relaxing, and here are a few more highlights- Naps, any time! Delicious healthy food. Jaxon playing with his 5 girl cousins. Now- normally I would be wishing there were more boys for him to play with, but these girls are tough, and they really love Jaxon. I think they harrassed him at least as much as he to them, and everyone enjoyed it. They still seem to think that Jaxon should be about 12 months old, so they try to carry him around and snuggle him-and he doesn't mind too much. He thinks that they should play like boys and tackles and grabs them, and they don't mind too much either!
Jaxon also learned a new word, which he used continually- "Tardy." In his "No David" book (which is calls his "No David Rogers" book), David goes to school and is tardy. We talked about what tardy meant, and while he knew it meant late, he liked to use it more like a put down- "HAHA! Grandpa, you're Tardy! HAHA- Grandpa's Tardy!!!" (pretty funny)

And my favorite story from Las Vegas- during Easter dinner with a lot of us there,
Jaxon said, "I'm getting down!"
Me: " Sorry Jaxon, it's not time to leave the table yet!"
Jaxon: "But this chair is hurting my bottom!"
Me: (assuming that was a lame excuse) "That chair is NOT hurting your bottom!"
Jaxon: (Hopped down without permission and ran away) "YES IT IS!!!"
Me: "Oh, well, maybe it was because you were sitting on your fork!"
Jaxon: (coming back to look) "...I wondered where that was..."

Fun in Vegas

I made it safely to Vegas, and it is always relaxing to be here. Jaxon was happy to see me, but still is a Grandma's boy through and through. A few funny things that have happened since we've been here-

Me: "Jaxon, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Jaxon: "Ummm...I think I'll be a foolish man!"

This morning for Easter (we do baskets on Sat. and then focus on the real meaning of Easter on Sunday) Jaxon got a bug net, bug tweezers, and a bug cage. We sent him outside to "collect bugs" (ie- get him out of the house and out of our hair) and he happily went outside to play, and came back a half hour later...toting his bug cage with 6 bugs! All but one were dead... we aren't sure if they were dead before Jaxon squeezed them with the bug tweezers, of if that was an unfortunate side effect. Either way, between those and his new swords, he is loving life!

Pretty Cool!!

I'm about to head out the door to fly to Vegas to meet Dave and Jaxon. While I enjoyed being super busy and getting tons of things done, I am now very excited to see my guys again. I also realized I am way further behind than I thought, and didn't get even half of the things done that I had planned. Ah well, such is life.

Before I leave, here is a picture of what I was doing yesterday afternoon-

That is a picture of my "Press Credentials" from Chase Field. I got to shoot a highschool game from the 3rd base dugout!! It was so cool to be down there, and even got to go under the stadium where the teams meet, see the private bathroom (yes, both cool and gross!) etc.

Enjoying until...

I have to admit, while I do miss my boys, I have been thoroughly enjoying this time to myself to work, run around, and not worry about being anywhere or doing anything other than what I (emphasis on the "I"!!!) need. Well...that is until I talked to my guys on the phone tonight. I told Dave to have Jaxon call me so we could sing his favorite bedtime song together, and Jaxon started sobbing. He demanded to that I come right then to sing it with him in person, not on the phone. He said he wanted to leave "Las "Begas" and come home to mommy. The most heart wrenching-
(said through sobs)
"This is NOT GOOD! I want mommy right now! Not on the airplane tomorrow! I want her here with me!"
Oh dear, now I am a little sad, and missing my boys for real. Alas, I will have to wait until tomorrow.

***DISCLAIMER***

Through total accident, my last post made me seem like a much better parent than I actually am. We do not actually teach Jaxon a word of the day (but I am now going to try...) those were words that he picked up on his own and decided to try out.

Kind of like the time Aunt Nena told him to come into the Kitchen at a dinner party and yell, "This is PANDAMONIUM!!!" which he was quite happy to do. About a month later after not hearing it since (I think...) at a nice quiet dinner at home he said, "Hey guys! This is PANDAMONIUM!!!"

"knowledge"

That was Jaxon's word of the day. Yesterday it was "nonsense", which was hysterical, but in his defense, he knew what it meant and used it correctly. ie-

"Mom, you can't put me in time out! THAT'S NONSENSE!!"

and

"Cleaning up is nonsense!"

Today on the other hand, Jaxon had no idea what "knowledge" meant, but tried it out several different ways, including yelling at the top of his lungs at Fry's,

"KILL ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE!"

Other good ones (shouted at Fry's) included,

"Tell that guy to move his knowledge!" (yes, "that guy" heard...)

"Mom, don't forget to buy some knowledge!"

"Hi Knowledge!" (said to a guy passing us, whose cart Jaxon tried to grab as he pushed past)

and

"Mom, I knowledge you!"

...well isn't that sweet...I think.

The wisdom of a (barely) 3 year old

"MOVE DUDE! Hey mom! Why isn't that Dude moving? Doesn't he know I need my chicken nuggets?"

"Yes Ma'am, I do love money!"

"I'm the man! Say it again! I'M THE MAN!"
(that one I actually misheard...he was saying "I'm the map..." from Dora, but it was pretty funny when I thought it was "man."