Category Archives: Everything Jakob

Jake, DNA, and Jack-o-lanterns

This afternoon Jake and I were sitting in the kitchen having a snack and he asked me, “Mom, what vowels make the “g” say “juh” instead of “guh?” So I was trying to think of some examples and thought of “genes” and “gigantic.”  Then I said, “But not the kind of jeans that you wear, [...]

Jake started Kindergarten!

Well, furlough is over and we got back to Lima on July 29th.  We hit the ground running as usual, because we only had a few days to unpack and get Jake ready for his first day of school!  Here he is:  School uniform? Check.  Transformer backpack? Check.  Star Wars lunch box?  Check.  Batman water [...]

Whirlwind weeks ahead!

Hello blog.  If there are any of you out there still reading this blog, then thanks!  We are still here and still doing well.  I have not been blogging much in the last few months, because every bit of extra time I have had has gone to preparing for an event that we had this [...]

The Big Five!

On Thursday our “Super Hero in Training”  (as his shirt says) turned 5 and we celebrated with a Batman Birthday Party! Jakob told me he wanted to play Batman games, have a birthday cake (NOT cupcakes) with M&Ms and marshmallows on it, and he wanted to play home run derby at the park. Well, he [...]