"I've been thinking, Mom"

As you may all know, Geoff is really busy, and he sometimes just spends the night at his aunt and uncle's house down in South Jordan so he won't have to waste two hours of his time driving home at 11:00 at night and then just turning around and going back at 6:00 in the morning when he could use that time to study. When he doesn't come home (like tonight) I think to myself.... hmmm.... I could clean the house, or go to bed... heaven forbid... but I think I'll come up with something to blog. Especially since I JUST became addicted to this blogging thing, I have these older pictures that I should write about.

So, this is Jackson just a few weeks ago. He lost his first tooth, and since this picture, has lost another. Just before this first tooth came out he said to me, "Mom, I've been thinking about it, and I just KNOW there is no such thing as a tooth fairy! Think about it Mom, there are no such things as fairies, and it just doesn't make any sense that a fairy would bring you money and take your tooth." I guess I need to add here that Jackson has inherited Geoff's ability to analyze EVERYTHING! I, on the other hand, never think about anything.... except lately, when I think about something to blog. Anyway, I told Jackson that he didn't need to believe in the tooth fairy, but don't ruin the fun for others. Since it was his first tooth, he wanted to have money under his pillow anyway. I left him $2.00 that night under his pillow (I know! Big spender, eh?!) and when Jackson woke up he did the sweetest thing. He said, "I thought I was only going to get one dollar - this is great because now I have one dollar for me and I can give one dollar to Natalie!" He was just as excited to give her a dollar as he was to get one himself. I thought that was a really sweet brother. He really is getting to be such a sweet and thoughtful kid!