Downtown LA

On the 6th night of Hanukkah, we went to downtown LA for a night of fun. 

We ate dinner at the Original Pantry Cafe which none of us had been to before.  We enjoyed the big food dinner.

I bought tickets for Disney on Ice and we all enjoyed the show.

Downtown was very sparkly this time of year.

We all had a good time.  Jacob was thrilled to be out on a school night.  

Winter Break

On this 6th night of Hanukkah, Jacob received his first sleeping bag.  He has a 4th grade science camp that he will be attending in the spring, so we were planning ahead.  Today was also the last day of school for the winter break.  One of Jacob's goals was to stay up late, well he almost made it to 9:30 PM.

Hanukkah 2012

Playing FlashPad 2.0.  Big kids and little liked this game.  Favorite game so far is Chase Me.  

Contraptions construction set: no glue, no connectors just simple stacking.  I think my  little engineer will make many creations with this one.  

Hanukkah 2011

Jacob gave gifts this year, a new dreidel to Zaide.


A rare posed move for Jacob.

Trying out his new RC helicopter.

Happy Hanukkah!

Fourth Night of Hanukkah

Jacob received Kung Zhu battle arena from Scott but he wanted to bring it to share. He had fun playing with Zaide.


Famous neighbor Kristen who came bearing gifts, flowers and a chocolate cake. Nana has named her the fairy god mother as she is always bringing gifts, we should all be so lucky.



In keeping with the Harry Potter theme, Lego's Hagrid Hut.

Playing with Lego immediately after opening present.

Finishing touches to first portion of Hagrid's Hut. Jacob got up today at 5 AM to finish Hagrid's Hut. Happy Hanukkah!

First Night of Hanukkah

Luckily Jacob is still young enough that new pajamas and slippers makes him happy. I try to give low key presents on school nights but it does not seem to keep Jacob from bouncing off the walls.

Second Night of Hanukkah

Celebrating at Nana and Zaide's house.


Jacob's grandparents bought him a handheld digital microscope which connects to our computer. The computer screen is what you look at, very cool.

Our power went out so we bought some dry ice to keep the refrigerator cold. The next day Jacob got to play with what was left in the bath tub.

First Night of Hanukkah

Jacob and his new Hexbug (micro robotic creature) from Radio Shack. He picked it out himself and was very happy with his selection.

Happy Hanukkah

The first night of Hanukkah festivities. Jacob of course enjoyed the presents best but the adults enjoyed the dinner best especially the latkes.