Jackson's Top 5

Jackson has become a commercial fanatic. He remembers every single slogan, company logo, etc, from every commercial he watches. You give him a brand name and he can tell you the slogan - ex. You say "Airwick" he says " It's good to be home!" Kevin and I find this very funny and test him often. Sometimes we will be in the car and pass a store, billboard, etc and he will tell me the name of the store and the slogan to go with it. It always makes me laugh, because it is just out of the blue. After watching a few infomercials, he had decided that there are a few things that the Dooley family can't live without. (he is definitely the reason they make commercials!) We've included the links in case you are not familiar with the products - just click on the underlined words.
Here are Jackson's top 5 things we must have:
(In order of comedic value to us - his parents)
5 - Betty Crocker Cake Decorating Kit (maybe not so funny as I like to decorate cakes)

4 - Craft Lite Cutter

3 - Lionel Train Bank (of course!)

2 - Bathtub with the easy entry swinging door


And the number 1 product we must have:
Life Alert (think - "I've fallen and I can't get up!")
That last one has kept Kevin and I laughing for days. He is such a funny little boy.

Melissa

Let's go swimmimg, let's go swimming......

For those Laurie Berkner fans out there - you are now singing the rest of the catchy tune! Too cold to go swimming, but that is what has been on our minds lately. Why you ask? Well, today was registration for swim class at a local gym here in town. The gym we joined back in August for this very reason. We get a cheap monthly corporate rate through Kevin's job. When we heard that the membership includes swim classes for the kids free - we decided to join. After joining I learned that the swim class for the fall session was already full and that we would have to wait until January. No big deal. The membership has inspired me to visit the gym when possible and the kids really like the free childcare program they have. Well as January was getting closer I started hearing stories about signing up for these swim classes. Well today we learned that all of these stories were true! Poor Kevin had to get up at the crack of dawn this morning (5AM) to get to the gym by 6AM! He got there a little before 6 and already there were about 12 people in line - and registration didn't even start until 7AM!!!!!!!! When Kevin finally made it up to the front, we were lucky enough to get one of the last spots open for Jackson's level. I hear they are the best lessons in town with a 1 to 4 ration of teacher to child. So - we are excited to start next week. Good thing is - we are now in the system and he is guarenteed a spot for the next session.
The things we do for our children!
Take Care -
Melissa
and
jackson (he wanted to type his name )

Let it Snow!

It snowed last night! We only got about 3 inches. Jackson hasn't had a chance to play in it yet because he had school today. However, Chloe has had a great time! She has been outside at least 4 times already this morning. I caught her on camera playing in the snow.
Keep Warm -
Melissa

Kissing Cousins

Well - I thought I would update you with what has been going on over the past month. The highlight of January so far was a visit from Aunt Sara and baby Matthew. They rode back to Bloomington with us on New Years Day. We had a great visit and the kids loved having baby Matthew around. In fact Jackson informed me the other day that he wants to live with Aunt Sara and for her to be his mom. I asked him why and he said because she has baby Matthew! Matthew is such a sweet little boy. He is getting so big. He was just starting to smile and coo when he was with us. He even managed to let out a little laugh at his Aunt Mimi. Matt came up to Bloomington that Friday (with the rest of our Christmas presents because we couldn't fit them all into the car!) and stayed until Sunday when they all left. We miss them and can't wait to see them again. Here are some pics from the visit.
Keep checking in to hear and see about the rest of the month.
Melissa

New Year's Resolution!

Well - one of my resolutions this year was to finally get this blog up and running. I started it back in August, but never made a post or emailed the link to friends and family. So, I am finally doing it. I hope this will be a good way to share our adventures with you and keep you updated with whats going on around here. The pictures of the kids on the side are old, but I promise I will update them soon and also post more pictures. My hopes are to do a new post once or twice a week. So please check back often.

Melissa