A New Jackson

1333 – Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1429 – Joan of Arc liberated Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
1576 – Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
1737 – The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
1783 – W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 36 receives its première performance in Linz, Austria.
1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians win a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
1825 – The Erie Canal is completed with Governor DeWitt Clinton performing the Wedding of The Waters ceremony in New York Harbour.
1834 – The Delta Upsilon Fraternity is established at Williams College Massachusetts.
1839 – The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
1852 – Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
1861 – The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
1889 – Menelek of Shoa obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the Ethiopian nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned emperor.
1890 – City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
1918 – World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
1918 – The German Revolution begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
1921 – The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler
1921 – Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1921 – The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first female governor in the United States.
1939 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein – Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
1944 – World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency.
1955 – After being totally destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio.
1956 – Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
1962 – In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
1966 – Two-thirds of Florence, Italy is submerged as the Arno river floods; together with the contemporaneous flood of the Po River in northern Italy, this leads to 113 deaths, 30,000 made homeless, and the destruction of numerous Renaissance artworks and books.
1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
1970 – Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians, mostly students, invades the United States embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
1980 – Lori Jackson was born.
1984 – Dell Computers is founded as PC's Limited.
1986 – Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by the electorate from the Supreme Court of California for their opposition to capital punishment.
1989 – The congress of the Solidarity Party is inaugurated in Sweden. The congress decides, contrary to the proposal of the central committee, not to disband the party.
1993 – A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
1995 – Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli.
2002 – Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_4

Jonas was the cutest Itsy Bitsy Spider for Halloween! It wasn't long before he realized how to undo the velcro down the front of his costume and rip it off though. I did get a few photos before he did that AND before it started to rain. I've also determined that Jonas likes Reeses Peanut Butter Cups! :)

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Oh, and by the way, those are black leggings that he's wearing. I had to buy a two-pack of toddler girl leggings just to get a pair of black ones. The other pair (with silver hearts) went to his girlfriend, Evelyn.

I'm sorry, but these are too freakin' adorable! I can't believe they make boxer briefs this tiny! Perhaps a preview of what's to come...

Oh my gosh! I just watched this trailer and cannot wait to see this movie!



In theaters October 23. Here's the website.

Jonas has been getting his legs stuck in the bars of his crib from trying to climb out more and more often lately, so we took that as a sign that he is ready to transition to a toddler bed. Luckily the sides of his crib come off, so we decided to make a slow transition by removing just one of the 4 sides.

We knew this day was coming and I had fretted about how we would get him to stay in the bed after he got this new freedom. To my surprise, he's actually done very well. We took the approach of giving him the 'choice' to get up and then making adjustments with each 'getting-out-of-bed' violation. So for instance, the first time he climbed out of bed, he immediately turned on the lights (we knew this by watching him through the recently reinstalled video monitor). As a consequence, we disabled the light switch so he could no longer turn them on, then put him back in the bed. The next offense was him getting out of bed to play with his turtle night light that shines stars on the ceiling (VERY cool by the way). After that, we moved the turtle to higher ground. Each time we had to go in, we put him back in the bed and reminded him that it was bed time. The final offense (kinda like 3 strikes, you're out), which has only happened once, results in one of us sitting in the chair in his room as a deterrent for him getting out of bed. Jonathan did that on the second night.

The first night we just took the side of the crib off (not thinking that we may need something to keep him from rolling out of the bed!). He rolled out 3 times (oops!) - one time he didn't even wake up! He was much more restless though because he'd been congested and coughing. At around midnight we put the railing back up so we all could get some sleep! On day two we installed a little mesh barrier that allows him to get in and out of the bed, but keeps him from rolling out. That has been much better... lesson learned!

So the first night he got up 3 times, the second night 4 times, the third night 3 times, and the fourth night only once! We are trying to be consistent with the rules and so far, so good. He seems to know what is expected of him now. I also think it helps that he has always slept in a dark room with the door closed (with the exception of the turtle night light which is a recent addition).

What's crazy about all this is that ever since he's gained this new freedom, he has not climbed out of bed in the morning. He always waits until I come to get him. Amazing! I so worried about this transition, but so far he's taken to it pretty well. We are so proud of our little man!

Here are some photos from the first two nights. I took them with my phone, so I apologize for the poor quality.

JJ watching Jonas in the monitor:


Jonas in the monitor:


Us both watching the monitor:


Coming to our senses and installing the guard:


Jonas loves his "new" bed:



UPDATE: Night 5 = 0 times getting out of bed! Woohoo!!

Jonas does not like long sleeves. He was calling me one morning from his crib and I went in to find him like this. The neck of his shirt slowly made its way down to his waist. Of course, this isn't the first time he's done it...Remember back in April?

PIZZA! Hands down, Jonas' favorite food. He asks for it regularly. Here we are at Fuel Pizza downtown after visiting one of my prints on display at The Light Factory.

Jonas has always, until recently, turned his nose up at ice cream. He is very particular about texture and temperature and ice cream was just too cold for him. Then one evening we went to Jason's Deli and it was all over. He REALLY enjoyed their soft serve chocolate cone.

Rascal was aptly named. His 15 years on this earth were spent getting into everything he wasn't supposed to and barking at every animate and inanimate object that came into view. I remember that first Christmas... he had to go to the vet to have his stomach pumped because he had eaten more cat food than his puppy tummy could handle. Not long after that, I remember his run-in with a raccoon. He obviously won that fight since he never got rabies. Along the way there were run-ins with cats, cars, etc. and he always managed to come out on top. He may have bitten a few knees, using his 6in height to protect the house as best as he could. Even near the end, he was still getting into the kitchen trash causing his masters all kinds of grief as they cleaned it up. Despite all his rascal ways, Rascal will be missed. The past 15 years just wouldn't have been the same without you, Rascal. Tell Sandy hi. xoxo.

I think that Jonas fully expects me to be able to read through him! Jonathan snapped these photos with my phone while I was trying to read "There was an old lady that swallowed a fly" from memory since I couldn't see the book at all!