In an age when everyone is consumed with their computer or their game console I guess it makes sense that Jakob is very into video games.

What started out as a love for educational VSmile games has turned into a passion for Xbox. Anyone that knows Jakob’s dad can see where he might have gotten his Xbox addiction from. Read the rest of this entry »

A little over a year ago Jakob and I went into the pet store to pick up some fish food and we came home with a ferret.

I don’t know how it happened but it did. Jakob’s dad was not the happiest person in the world when he got a call at work telling him about our new pet. But a whole year has gone by and Brody-O McMurphy (started off as just Brody but someone… Jake added to it). Read the rest of this entry »

From time to time Jake can be found outside in his “workshop” building a deck or a swing set. He just loves building things (or pretending to build things).

Jake didn’t dress up for the camera in this picture. No, no, no. He was out there hammering away and I just popped out with the camera. Along with building he also loves posing for a camera (he gets that from me).

Well, in normal rainy day fashion Jake was just itching to get out in the yard and float his boat.

This time he suited up in his professional rain gear which consists of a Spiderman rain poncho, sweatpants, and knee high rubber boots. He was dressed for boating success.

He did stop to ask, “Mama…I look ok right?”. I didn’t have the heart to tell him otherwise so my answer was “Of course you do”. Off he went.

Last spring, to everyone’s amazement, our then four year old boy learned how to ride his two wheeler bike without training wheels. Today…he’s gliding down enormous hills and loving every second of it.

At first all he could do was stay up for a few seconds. Those seconds turned into a few pedals worth of time but he couldn’t steer and would crash into things. Those few pedal revolutions turned into being able to not only stay up for a long period of time but Jakob could also steer out of the way of things like…telephone poles.

Today was a very monumental day. Not only is he riding his bike like a pro but he managed to pedal his way up a large hill in the neighborhood and had no fear at all about flying down the other side…with his mother chasing after him. Read the rest of this entry »

When I tell you that Jake likes pirates it doesn’t really convey this kid’s passion for pirates. He is obsessed with pirates…ya that’s more like it.

Whenever Jake is off playing by himself you can be sure that it involves something to do with pirates. He could be on his pirate ship in the middle of the ocean (a pillow in the middle of the dining room floor) or he could be shooting cannons from the top deck of his pirate ship (also known as his top bunk). Read the rest of this entry »

This past Saturday Jake went to see his hairdresser (and our friend) Kristen who gave him the haircut that all little boys dream of getting…a Mohawk.

Jake’s new Mohawk matches his personality a little more closely than his “little boys” haircut. We went to the food store yesterday and a lot of people felt compelled to comment on his new “do”. Jake being Jake just smiled and said thank you each time someone commented on it. Read the rest of this entry »

I can’t believe it but today Jakob turned 5 years old. He was very excited all week to get presents and finally be able to say that he is five years old. When Jakob woke up this morning I asked him if he felt any different now that he was five…
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Jake is now enrolled in Summer Camp at his pre-school. He started two weeks ago and he has two weeks to go. So how did this little guy who has never really been to any kind of daycare of pre-school react to being dropped of by his mom on the first day?

It didn’t phase him in the least. I was more upset about the whole thing that he was. Deep down I know that this was a good thing and that it would have been 100 times harder for me if he was afraid and didn’t want to go…but a little hesitation on his part would have been nice. Read the rest of this entry »

If you know anything about Jakob you know that he has a slight obsession with fishing and boating. His free time is spent either on his papa’s boat or pretending that he is on the boat. I’m serious, if I have to pretend that I’m a fish who just went for his bait one more time… I’ll probably scream.
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