After what seemed like months of twisting, pulling, yanking, turning, jiggling and COMPLAINING… Jakob’s front tooth has finally come out.
Even though it’s been a long, long time since I had a loose tooth, every time he would show me just how loose his tooth was I could remember just what it felt like. It gave [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]