Happy birthday Jack

Jack celebrated his 2nd birthday on Friday!!

Jack is just a sweetheart.  Though he has a bit of a temper occasionally, he is mostly just even keel and happy to go along for the ride.  He loves to play outside, and would stay outside forever if we let him (bringing him in the house at night can cause his temper to flare).  He is very helpful and always wants to do what we're doing.  He loves his sister and likes to play with her until she starts to smother him and then he pinches her or pulls her hair.  He also knows that she is a bit of a drama queen and will occasionally do something to bug her and then run away giggling (as she screams).

He has such a funny personality and in the last little while has become very articulate with his words and just cracks us up.  He loves school and runs from me with "Bye mom" every morning.  He loves riding in grandma's car (either grandma).  He loves everyone, but especially his grandparents.  He loves to give high-5's and grits his teeth to hit as hard as he can.  He sticks his tongue out when he is really concentrating.  He is fast! I can almost not catch him anymore.  He loves nursery and just tells me "bye mom" when we take him there, as well.  Once there, he instantly removes his shoes, socks, tie, and anything else before he can seriously start playing.  Though he is very nice to the other kids, the nursery leaders call him a "bulldozer."

Today we went swimming after school with the daycare kids and Ms. Sarah asked him if he wanted to go down the big slide.  He unassumingly said yes, but was briefly terrified during and afterwards. He clung to me and kept saying, "No like it.  No like it."  After about 15 minutes of splashing in ankle deep water, he was having a great time and became more comfortable, but every time I asked if he wanted to go down the slide again, he nervously said no (his sister, of course, said no at the beginning and wouldn't even try it).

I don't know if he is right-handed or left-handed.  I think he is a lefty, but then he'll suprise us and change.  On Sunday in church I watched him go back and forth between hands while drawing on a magnet board.  It is just silly.  

We love Jack so much and I don't know what we would do without him (except sleep all night).  He keeps us on our toes and gets funnier every day. 

Happy Birthday #2!