Our adorable little helper loves to open and clothes doors and her diaper pail. Now, every time we take out the bag it must be closely inspected for non-trash items such as pajamas, socks, underwear...
Somehow, all of the "trashed" items belong to her big brother! Now we have moved on to helping mommy unload the dishwasher right into the garbage can. More home proofing to be done.
Despite how it appears, Jackson was very excited about starting school. Mom's camera, on the other hand, was nothing to smile about!
Jackson attends Lighthouse International Pre-Kindergarten Program. It is five days a week for five hours per day. This is an integrated class of sight-challenged children with full sighted children all of his age group. He will be learning to read and write Braille along with his alphabet. He has one teacher and two wonderful class helpers for 12 children. 
Every classroom has a computer, and Jackson was right at home playing on the keyboard. He has already made very good friends and we look forward to an exciting year.
Balloon is a very difficult word to say for a four year old who puts a "spanish" twist on his L sound. So when Jackson told me he could not use our bathroom to go potty because there was a "bayoon" in there - I had to look for myself. Sure enough - the balloon (a present from the children's haircut palace) had somehow found its was to the toilet. Any guesses?
Coming from Michigan, squirrels are a dime a dozen. A noted part of nature that draws very little attention. In Central Park, however, groups of people will gather to watch a little squirrel run around. They take pictures and point and laugh at how cute he is (much like I would do with pandas or koalas in a zoo). I couldn't resist snapping a photo of one such group above. To the credit of New Yorkers, the groups tend to be made of tourists and not natives. Just thought everyone would enjoy the humor.
