Saturday, February 11, 2012

My Big Boy Jack!


Jack really has come so so far in that past few months!  I was worried about him for a while there, but since he has been in preschool and getting some speech and now OT, he is progressing so well!

Recently he has wanted to start saying the prayers at bed time and meal time.  He can say the meal time one all by himself now and always has to scream amen!  The bed time one I help him with still, but he adds in what he wants to bless.  We always bless our family members, but lately he has added in his favorite friends, McQueen and Mater.  He waits until we are almost done with the prayer and then whispers, "Bless McQueen. Bless Mater. Etc."  He usually names ten or so Car's characters and then his train track, his toys, and his movies.  It just makes me so happy he wants to say them that I don't care if he blesses them and I know Heavenly Father probably smiles when he hears Jack's prayers!

Jack's main love in life is Cars.  He likes the non namebrand ones, but he lives for McQueen and Mater.  He can name all the characters in both movies and is now starting to recite the lines from the movies when he plays.  We have a myriad of Cars toys, books, bedding, his bed, shirts, jammies, socks, shoes, a coat, a jacket, underwear, silverware, plates, cups, fruit snacks, cereal, and the list goes on and on.  He idolizes them and worships them as if they were Gods!!!

Recently I was able to go on a field trip with Jack to the Natural History Museum at the University of Utah.  He had so much fun and his teachers were able to see a different side of him since he was so comfortable with me!  We stayed for an hour and only got to see a part of the museum, but it is way cool for all ages and I would recommend it to everyone!

I wore my University of Utah sweatshirt which made one little boy on the bus mad!


One of the mom's cancelled on the last minute so I was able to take her spot on the bus and ride with Jack!  He thought it was so cool and we even got to see an ambulance go past us!  Stimulus overload!


You could put the insides of an animal cell together and once all the pieces were in place, the outside would light up!


Jack thought it was hilarious to poke their eyes!


 Various displays




Jack LOVES Miss Shelley, but hated the feel of this horrible grainy sand!


They had a fun little kids play area and we ended the day here.


It was so fun to spend time with my little guy!  We got to ride the bus home and then get pizza with Audrey.  I am so proud of my big guy and how he has grown!