More July Happenings at the Pikes'

This past Sunday we watched Jackson's cousin Nathan while Sara & Troy (Sean's sister and brother-in-law) went to dinner for their 6-year anniversary (who, by the way, will be returning the favor for our 8-year anniversary on Aug. 11th, as we won't be on the family vacation for our anniversary for the first time in many years). The boys had loads of fun playing together with Jackson's mountain of toys. Here they are taking a drink break.

Here is the funniest thing: we told the boys to make "mean faces" and Jackson did, but every time he saw the camera flash he grinned and said, "CHEESE!" It was hysterical. So this is one of many of the pictures of this pose in our attempt to get "mean faces". As you can see, Nathan had no problems.

On Thursday, Jackson and I met a few friends out at Olcott's Carousel Park. Most of the other kids were older than Jackson, and I was sure that he wouldn't be riding rides, but I bought a few tickets anyway, thinking he could just ride the carousel a few times (tickets were only 25 cents each). After he watched the kids riding on the cars he told me he wanted to go on. I asked him if he was sure, because we have been down that road before. He actually rode on the kiddie rides!! I was in complete shock. He rode the cars three times, the rocket ships once, the boats once, and the airplanes once. In fact, every time the ride stopped and the attendant unbuckled his seatbelt, he would bury his face in his hands and cry because he liked them so much! This makes me very excited because there is a big midway in Myrtle Beach, so in two weeks he'll be able to ride with his big cousins. YAY!!