scare fail

Ignore the fact that Cade is trying to kill a baby tree - wait for the part where Jackson tries to scare me and Nonno. Lol.

the head motions, cracks me up every time

Star Wars Battle scene

This weekend, Jackson created this stop-motion movie. Special effects by Jon, voices by Jackson and Cade.

happy birthday, auntie nikki!

We love you beyond words! We love you to pieces! Happy Happy Birthday!

Cade loves you so much he's really workin' it out in this video :)

movies

Jackson's still not a big movie fan - well, scratch that - he IS, when it's something he knows and likes. Then, it's all he can think about (SpyKids). We started watching a Family Movie on the weekends, and they were really into Charlie Chaplin for a while. Then Mission Impossible, with Ethan Hunt. I can't even follow the plot in those movies, so I'm pretty sure they are not getting it, but they do love the action scenes. We did watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang but Netflix does not have a lot of older movies that I was hoping to share with them - like Mary Poppins or a lot of Disney movies.

I'm curious to check out a few of the movies on this list.

Jon came home Wednesday, after a month away.

how to eat a cookie

From January.

what's an OPPATUNITY?

Definition: A school of fish. When fish is together. When there's LOTS OF FISH AROUND IN TOWN!

Obviously.

windsor terrace block party

Cade's expression is when he's soooo happy but doesn't want to show it because he's embarrassed/too cool/self-conscious.

an oldie but goodie

The looks from Cade. 

To make you smile, Jon.

"you MIGHT, or you WILL!"

This video. 

The best part is that Jackson thinks more than two jelly beans will give you a tummy-ache.

magician in the house.

happy birthday, auntie nikki!

Happy Birthday, Auntie Nikki!! We hope you have an awesome day, and we hope Jackson's song for you makes you smile:

cade dances, chokes, then recovers.

put it in your calendar now

What? The Muppet Movie Sing-A-Long in Prospect Park. July 28. Happy Birthday Mama! I can't think of a better way to spend the evening!! CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! @ Prospect Park Bandshell July 28, 2012 7:30 PM.

random act of martial arts

cade's laugh

gets me every time.

wipeout

This makes me laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME  I watch it. (And I watch it over and over again.) Something about the way his arms splay out when he hits the floor - oh Lordy!

oh Lord! oh Lord!

Jackson loves this video of the gorilla playing drums to Phil Collin's In the Air Tonight. They like to act it out in the car. Cade says GET REEEEAADY! before the drum solo starts.

Here he is singing it this weekend.

Jon thought the words were "how long" so he thought it was hilarious that Jackson was singing "Oh Lord."

no, those are MITTENS!

I have to say I was always a bit skeptical when parents would say their infant/toddler had a favorite book. But Cade has developed some very strong feelings for Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon.

He reads it every night, and then sleeps with it every night. Cuddle up with your book, buddy! Nothing like a nice hard board book to sleep with. :)

P.S. Here's Jackson reading Goodnight Moon three years ago.