Jacob in his new pajamas, his "new" ipod touch and Michael's homemade apple donuts. Couldn't ask for a better Christmas morning.
Dad in his festive attire.
Jason clowning around but it made a great shot!
Jacob is a very fortunate boy indeed. Thank you one and all. 
The new Harry Potter Lego game has received daily play already.
New at Katella Deli Jewish Gingerbread Men, Happy Hanukkah!
Jacob gave gifts this year, a new dreidel to Zaide. 
A rare posed move for Jacob.
Trying out his new RC helicopter.
This year's singing selections were "Let It Snow", "Pickles in a Tannenbaum" and "Chumash Welcoming Song". Jacob had been battling a cold this week and by the last song he was coughing and losing steam. Bless him for making it through all three performances.
A new fixture this year, a train. 
Neighbor extraordinaire Linda and her new holiday wreath. 
Too busy to stop "working" to eat lunch so I kept giving him finger food like these crackers to keep him going. 
After all the outside lights at our neighbors we went to Grandpa's and Aunt Thea's to decorate the Christmas tree. We let Jacob do most of it. 
Looking at the lights with Aunt Thea.
I am thankful for all my family and friends. I am truly blessed. Happy Thanksgiving.
Turkey Trouble
Need a computer? Michael had an old laptop computer that he gave to Jacob to dismantle. It took them about an hour and a half to disassemble this one. Jacob had a ball and couldn't wait to show me what all the pieces did. Another engineer in the making. 
Jacob and Michael's pumpkin carving came out great this year.
This was the only picture I managed to take at the Halloween party and it is blurry. Well there is always next year.
2003 - My little pumpkin
2003
2006 - My little artist.
2007 - My astronaut.
2007 - Neighbors Bill and Linda. Can you figure out who is who?
I made these spiced pumpkin cupcakes for the fall festival at Jacob's school. I liked them but Michael thought that they had too much ground cloves. You can adapt the recipe. Thanks to Michael for the artful picture.
2006
2006 - We always told Jacob he needed to be able to lift the pumpkin for us to buy it.
2006 - I will always remember this pumpkin that he picked out.
2007 - Jacob's riding...
2007 - pushing...
2007 - anything that moves phase.
2007 - We went with friends Paul and Ernie that year.
2008 - Back again with friend Ernie.
Jacob had a friend stay for the night this weekend so I decided to make these cupcakes as a treat. They were delicious and well worth the effort. The kids had fun watching us make the marshmallow topping and toasting the tops with a blow torch. The graham flour was essential in this recipe and making that s'more taste. I will definitely make these again.
We were invited to our neighbor's house this year for a Rosh Hashanah dinner party. We decided to make this honey challah that was featured in the LA Times this month. Michael (aka the bread man) made the dough and I braided it. It looked great and we were hoping it would taste great. The bread was a big hit at the party and we are going to make it again for our dinner with Michael's parents. In case you are in a baking mood, here is the link to the recipie.
