Well, it seems that many of you have enjoyed the newly founded lair lounge, so we shall keep it up. The overwhelming comments, however, have gone something like, "more photos, please", or "i'll take another photo or two, thank you very much", so ding dang, here you go. greedy people.

well, nothing much is too terribly new over the last 2 or 3 days, but jackson has definitely said some choice things in recent days that i will impart to you now. as his vocabulary expands
and he becomes more 3, the little nuggets he shares
with us are increasingly entertaining. we've begun to discuss saving money, as he has a piggy bank right beside his bed, and we dump our change into it every night . finally he asked me, "why are we saving our money?" and i said, "when your piggy bank is full, we'll take all your money to the bank". that appeased him for a few days, but then he asked me, "why are we taking it to the bank?", to which i replied, "so you can go to college". he then leaped (leapt?) for joy, and gave me a huge hug, and said, "thank you, mommy, for letting me go to college with g-ma and ron" (my mom and her friend). I guess he thinks "college" is a luxurious travel destination, and that ron and g-ma will be the providers of transportation. my mom and ron have taken him on lots of little day trips to the beach and other random places, so i guess he associates all distant outings with the two of them. for the last few days, he's been telling anyone who'll listen about his collegiate future.
cute.

then, a few days ago, jackson had been playing with a little boy from the neighborhood (who shall remain nameless) who is 4, but speaks about as well as my newborn (his parents do the goo-goo, ga-ga baloney), and he came home talking like a baby. I told him, "i can't hear you when you talk baby talk", and he thought for a minute, then said, "no, mommy. that was spanish". crafty little bugger.