am I bigger than you now Mom?

Little man Jack is a little bit, hmmm how do you say this.... OBSESSED with who and what is "bigger" than someone or something else. He is trying to figure out the whole deal... like if he climbs a fence then he is "big". Or, if mom can do something that dad can't (dad would of course argue there is no such thing... ) then mom must therefore be "bigger" than dad. And the age and birthday thing is really huge for him these days as well. He is so MAD that he is still just 3 when most of his little buddies are 4 or 5. When his little friend Hailey had her birthday recently and turned 5 he about lost it. He says "it will be FOREVER to be my birfday". He loves to discover when he is "bigger" than someone -like some of his little buds at church since he is in the 2-3's class. What a goof. We recently made him even "bigger" by saying farewell (tear in eye) to the ol' crib and put up, you guessed it - a "big" boy bed. He has Patrick and Emma's old bunk bed but he isn't "big"enough for the top yet... bummer for him. We got this and many other projects crossed off the list last week while the "big" kids flew to Seattle to see Grandma Laura and Grandpa Don for the week.

Jack on his last morning waking up in the crib.

Going to bed that night officially "big"

Patrick and Emma getting off the airplane when they got back to Sacramento. There was no time for a picture when they left since I got them there in "susan" style.... meaning the plane literally left 30 seconds after they got on it! They had such and awesome time visiting grandparents and cousins in WA. They got to attend Laura and Don's church VBS program while there and they loved it. Spending such quality time together is hard when we live away from family but this will be a treasured memory for them. Thank you grandma and grandpa!!
Oh and yes, those are braces on Patrick's teeth.... he got those on last month... cha ching.