Making up for lost time!

I feel that I constantly need to add little snippits to make up for lost time. I wish, wish, wish I would have started this 5 years ago so that I could have a record of things from when Jack was itty bitty. I have the standard baby book, but there's not really any room for stories, favorites, sayings, etc. So - here are a few of the most recent:

Jack's Favorites:
TOYS -
Thomas the Train. He LOVES anything and everything Thomas and Friends. He knows all of their names, numbers and facts about each train. He has about 100 of them but he knows each and every one he has. He knows which ones are diesels and which ones are steam engines and who is a "nice" engine and who is not. He loves to act out scenes from the Thomas movies - Diesel 10 chasing Thomas and Lady.....the trains running into each other, etc. He always wants us to build tracks together.
Cars - he loves Lightening McQueen and friends from the movie "Cars". He is definitely not as into this as he is Thomas, but it's 2nd best.
his bike, hot wheel and scooter - now that it's nice out, he is always wanting to go for walks and ride one of these. He is just learning to ride his Razor scooter and it scares the crap out of me. He'll go zooming down the driveway. He's so proud....and I am 2 seconds away from a heart attack. He wears his helmet but if it was up to me, he'd be in full body armor.
FOODS -
pizza, chicken nuggets (McDonalds) and chicken rings (from White Castle of all places!), yogurt, Go-gurt, fruit snacks and basically anything in the junk food group.
ADVENTURES -
Thankfully, he loves his family and truly enjoys hanging out with his mom and dad but especially with his Grandparents. On Wednesdays, he and I ride up to Rosemount together and we meet Papa (Grandpa George) at Starbuck's. Especially good for me, because there's usually a white mocha waiting for me but wonderful for Jack because he just loves these days. He and Papa usually do at least 5 different things ranging from going to Como Zoo, going to the airport to watch airplanes take off and come in, eat at White Castle, go to the Cathedral to light a candle and lately they have been going to Hidden Falls to throw rocks in the river. They have also been going to Adams School which is where my dad went to elementary school and playing on the re-vamped playground. After a long and eventful day, my dad and mom bring Jack back to Northfield and there's usually an ice cream stop at Hogan Brothers or DQ on the way.
Jack and Lauren are also lucky enough to have their Grandma Lisa watch them for about 4 hours every single day from about noon to 4pm. Jack looks forward to hearing that garage door open and then he knows it's party time. Grandma always comes with a treat in hand and that's the first thing he asks - what'd you bring for me today? He loves to go to garage sales with Grandma and they also go tool around in Faribault and to parks in Northfield. Grandma will take him to the humane society (or the "kitty store" as Jack calls it) so that he can see the animals. Usually once a week, they have a sleepover and Jack is so comfy and at home at Grandma's place. Jack and Jade recently took a boy's weekend trip up to Mcgregor and they did "boy things" including fishing and golfing. When I heard Jade was taking him golfing I thought "good luck with that!" but he was a total gem. He got to hit the ball and do some putting and drive around in the golf cart. Luckily, it was our friends that were golfing behind them so they didn't care that Jack was running around. He caught his first fish all by himself on Lake Minnewawa. I know they had a blast up there and it was so awesome for Jade and Jack to get away together.

More later....geez, there's just so much!!