Jackson was so good during the reception. He watched over Reese for most of the night. While we were waiting for the reception to begin, he and Reese would run back and forth down the hallways. Once, Reese tore off and it looked like she was going for the emergency exit door. Jackson ran after her and looked back at us like "Help! She's doing something she's not supposed to do!" It was pretty funny.
Jackson and Reese danced together quite a bit that night. They started by dancing together and holding hands, swinging their arms back and forth. Once they got comfortable with that, they really started showing off their dance moves. Here's a brief video of some of their moves. I especially like it when they dance around the "diaper bag duck", Luke's breakdancing, and Jackson's twirls and big finishes.
We've decided that Reese is the ultimate party girl. We could not get her off of the dance floor. She was fearless. She made herself right at home with the other dancers and really seemed to like dancing next to (or with) Nacole in her pretty dress. Jackson got tired of dancing soon after the official dancing part of the reception started, but Reese was determined not to quit!
What a great looking bunch!
After the reception, several of us headed into the casino to try our luck at slots and roulette.
Grandma was the big winner at the slots. She just kept winning and winning! She put in $7.00 at the start of the night and at one point in the evening, she had won over $30! Pretty good...especially when you're playing penny slots! Grandma was the only one who walked away a winner, though, but we had lots of fun anyway.
After slots, we learned how to play roulette. There was another guy who joined us at the table who was betting big money (several hundred dollars at a time). I think in the short time he was there with us, he won around $1200....but I have no idea how that matched with what he put on the table. Definitely too expensive for me....I'll stick with the penny slots!
More pictures from our weekend in Iowa:
Tom, Jackson and I drove up to Kansas City the night before for a little mini-vacation. We saw Toy Story 3 at the theater (which was wonderful - highly recommend it!) and then went out to dinner at an Italian restaurant in the Plaza. Our waitress was so nice. She brought Jackson a little pizza dough ball and told him to create something with it, kind of like playdough. Jackson is kind of picky about textures and really didn't like touching it, so she brought him plastic gloves (which he loved and played with the rest of the night). After he made a little snow man (or Christmas tree....we're not sure quite what it was), she took Jackson to go bake it in the brick oven. He was so proud that he was cooking!! Here is his creation:
On the way home, we stopped at Burger King with Johnnie, Reese, Gramma and Papa. Burger King always reminds me of our family trips to Arkansas. Reese and Jackson really liked being kings and queens (so did Tom and Papa, apparently!).
One of the best junk food delicacies can be found in Iowa - dill pickle chips! Jackson found he REALLY liked them. He took the entire bag!
Jackson's really starting to get into playing dress-up. One afternoon, he was a superhero, a pirate and a doctor, all in a span of 20 minutes!
We sure had a good time all together in Iowa! Sure glad Adam got married and had a party! Love the pictures...'specially the pirate Batman & Cars look! He'll make a great doctor some day, too! Thanks for the post. enjoyed it! Love, Gramma
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