Yeah for Lazy Saturdays and College Football!

This is how Jackson and I spent our Saturday afternoon. Dad headed to Eugene to catch the game live, but Jackson and I decided watching it from the comfort of our living room sounded best. (Well, OK, Dad and I decided that was best after last week at Autzen, more on that later)

We got ourselves a few snacks, animal crackers for Jackson and chips and guac for Mom, and planted ourselves in front of the TV to watch our DUCKS! Well, as you can imagine, Jackson didn't really want to sit and watch the TV, which I have to say, I am ABSOLUTELY FINE with!! So we played a little catch, did a puzzle or two and I marveled at how much braver Jackson is getting with his walking, he walks from room to room now!

We took Jackson to his first live Duck game at Autzen last weekend and let's just say it didn't go quite as smoothly as I had envisioned! First of all, it was HOT, like 97 degrees and you have to add another ten degrees when we're down in our seats because there is not even a hint of a breeze down there. He wasn't too excited to just stand there strapped to Mom. So we headed to find some shade and get a snack. Once that was done, Jackson wanted to walk. Ok, I can handle walking. What I CANNOT handle is stopping every two steps to try to pick up a cigarette butt or some gooey hardness that has melted into the ground, YUCK!!

So we lasted until half-time and then we figured we should call it quits. Mom and Dad were worn out and so was Jackson! He was asleep by the time we made it back to the car. I'm really glad we took him though, it was a good experience for all of us. And even though it's only been a week, I'm already thinking, if the conditions were different, maybe we could try taking him again........