Planes and Helicopters

So this past Saturday we were invited to attend a lunch out at Airport #2, and go see where "Boppa" (Grandpa) works. Jordan had a blast sitting in the machinery, and checking out the little planes and helicopters up close. It was so fun! It was catered by Joe Morley's BBQ (yum!) and there was even a little band there to perform. Jordan couldn't help but do a little dancing and "snapping" of his fingers. All of the sudden the music would just hit him and he would have to stop whatever he was doing to dance. It was so cute!

Then Saturday afternoon we did a little "painting" I have definitely learned to only give him as much water as I want to clean up.

Saturday night we went to a BBQ at the Overton's house. Jordan loves to play with their kids, and had an especially great time performing in a little "3 man band" with Kylie and Calie. He took turns on the harmonica, recorder, and guitar. It was so fun. Their dog Harley also recently had puppies, and 3 of the 4 of them now have their eyes open. They are darling! Jordan didn't quite know how to react to such small little puppies.

Here are some pictures from our weekend. Enjoy!

Thank goodness for Mr. Clean Magic Erasers!

I've been a fan of the Magic Erasers for quite some time, but never more than I was this weekend. In the few minutes it took me to switch loads of laundry, Jordan was able to get his hands on a pen and add some artwork to my plain hallway walls. I didn't notice it at first. I returned upstairs and he came walking right up to me with the pen, and just handed it to me. I didn't know where he had found the pen, but thought it was nice that he was just surrendering it so easily. Little did I know that he had already done the deed, and had no further use for it. As I went to put some food away in the pantry I noticed the first of several original Jordan masterpieces. As this is the first for artwork on our walls (probably not the last) I immediately grabbed the camera. In the back of my mind I was already taking a mental invetory of my cleaning supplies and hoping that I had a Magic Eraser.

Luckily I did, and the ink came right off. Man, what did we do before these little sponges from heaven? Then later in the day, we were talking to Duane on the web cam and I watched Jordan walk over to his highchair, grab the tray, bring it over to me and set it on the ground. Then without missing a beat, walked over to the kitchen "junk drawer" (which is the only drawer without a child lock on it go figure) grab a screwdriver, and proceed to try and take apart his tray. It was hilarious. So I repositioned the web cam and we both watched in awe. He knew what he was doing, lining up the screwdriver with each screw and then using both hands to twist. What is funny is that neither of us have really "shown" him how to do this. The only thing he has seen us do is replace batteries in various toys, which I had just done the day before. He never ceases to amaze me with how smart he is! He had a plan in mind for that tray and was on a mission.

We rounded out the weekend enjoying one of Jordan's favorite things...blueberries. As he is getting some new molars I had the bright idea of buying frozen ones instead of fresh (plus they last longer). He loved this idea! He happily ate his frozen berries and grinned the whole time. (Sidenote, the frozen ones aren't as messy as the fresh ones so it was a bonus for me too!)

Well, it's less than 3 weeks until Duane gets home, and we are counting down the days! We've almost hit the halfway point of this trip. Hooray!!!