Post shower hair is the best

Jake comforting Drew

Drew missed a few math problems in a row and was very frustrated. Jake didn't know I was in the room and said, "It's ok, Drew. Whenever I'm trying to read a hard word and I don't get it right, I'm ok."

Christmas Lists 2018

I thought this would be fun to look at later. Drew's main thing he wanted was surprises. He said he likes to be surprised.

Christmas list

Jake

Star Wars for room walls

Rainbow remote control monster truck

Hover soccer ball

Incedibles characters

LEGO junior

Operation

Toy story legos xbox

Ben

28.5 basketball

Nerf ball

Lebron Lakers jersey 

Basketball bag

Drew

Kicker ball - soccer that curves a lot by swerve ball ppl

Crazy helicopter 

Soccer ball

Sports Xbox game 

Kate

Chucks

Nike clothes

“Mommy, Look at My Sticker Nipples!”

Jakes first Bball team

Close-up pic of the stickers he picked

Our Newest Reader

I can't say enough about how great this guy has done with his reading. He's not scared of big words and not easily frustrated. He read words like spaghetti, exercise, and important. These words were not easy, but he read 30 stacks of 10 words and placed a sticker each time he finished one. 

And now, as promised, Jake gets to have a party to celebrate his work tonight. We are going to the store to pick out a cake or cupcakes and ice cream and we are going to have popcorn and watch a movie. 

SO proud of this guy!!

Jake’s cuteness

Another funny from Jake

Me: Can you believe Disney World opened 47 years ago? That was before I was even in Grandmama's tummy. It was even before Dad was in Gram's tummy!

Jake: WHAT? Dad was in Gram's tummy?

Me: Well yes - whose tummy did you think Dad was in? 

Jake: Granddad's. 

Me: No, Dad was in Gram's tummy.

Jake: So he really wasn't in Grandded's tummy?

Me: No, boys can't have babies in their tummies.

Jake: (extended silence as he is in deep thought)

Before pic 2 - Ben

Before pic - braces

Jake’s 4 year check-up stats

He's in the 90th percentile in height! I think they said around 60th% in weight. His eyes checked out great which was a big relief because this is about when they found Ben's problem.

Drew the Gentleman

We were at Epcot and the kids had all just received free icees to celebrate Jake's upcoming birthday. While they were sitting and drinking, I was just standing there (I guess I'm used to standing after a week at disney). I then went over to sit on the next bench, saw it was wet, and decided to keep standing. Drew got up and went to sit on the wet bench. He hesitated, shrugged his shoulders and then sat down. Then, he slowly slid himself over through more water until a seat next to him was dry and called me over to sit down next to him. He literally soaked his bottom so I would have a dry place to sit. I told him that it was probably the sweetest thing he had ever done for me!

MaMa going to heaven

Jake just asked me if someone had to eat MaMa so she could go to heaven. We said, "Why, Jake?" And he said "because God loves in our hearts!"

New haircuts