Visitors - Paw Paw and Grandma

We had Paw Paw and Grandma visit from AR to our current living arrangement in Boston. We had a great action packed few days. Our visit to North End the Italian district was stunning, and I was almost overwhelmed by the selection of pastries on Main St at Mikes - while the JFK Museum was probably the best dedicated museum to a person i have ever seen in my life! It was stunning - and memorable. I hadn't thought to visit it yet as I thought it would be semi boring and expensive - it was neither and am kicking myself I hadn't been sooner. Looks like we will be heading to AR in the next month - and just as the leaves are changing for fall. We hope to take a trip into New Hampshire for some photo ops before leaving, and I am trying to get my fill of the local beach - and have come down with an awful cold as a result. Jackson is fine despite the fact he is the one with feet and hands in the water - and looking like a drowned rat by the time we head home each morning.

Autumn is my all time favorite season - in both the North and South Hemispheres I look forward to the change in weather combined with the change in food - I like to eat fresh local produce and fall brings in pumpkin, which is just about the most versatile vege their is. Americans don't eat pumpkin soup - crazy - that is THE BEST. My aunt Rhonda makes about the best you'll ever get. Also Autumn in the America's is SO beautiful! We celebrated the first day of Fall with a trip to a local Corn Festival - yes their was some corn and we have photos of Jackson prending to be a corn on the cob - we went on my and Jackson's first real Hay ride in an old hay truck - both of us loved it - and just generally had a great outdoors day.

Jackson has really started to act like a big boy now - and it amazes me - he asks us questions and expects a response example:

"What you doing mamma?"
"What's that??" (for any noise that he hears)
"Where are you Daddy?"
"Mamma - eat the table peeasse" (eat at the table please)

In truley amazing news today - while in the mall hunting for bargins J is pulling at his jeans and when I ask him if he needs the potty he says "Yesss, need toilet" (He prefers to call it a toilet - so do i) and i kid you not the kid did a poop in the public restroom! Not a lot of poop - there was more to come in his nappy - but he really wanted to use the public loo - I am sure this is because EVERY time i go to a mall i need to pee or poo - usually after the coffee I like to get while wandering - of course J is right with me so he talks to my pee/ poop and says bye bye and flushes for me. This is way to much information if you have just popped into lurk and check out - but I thought I'd share this milestone with family and friends - my kid used the toilet of his own request at 22 months old.

Well the leftovers are reheated by lovely husband - so it is time to eat - and i can hear Jackson saying beans - dip and one water - and chicken - and just then WOW -he likes to say WOW for pretty much any type of food he has - he loves his food.
bye for now - more pictures to come