Merry Christmas

Jacob and Zaide started the week out with this cute rendition of a fireplace.


Making kringles Christmas morning.

Jay getting the job of untangling the reindeer on Santa's sleigh.

Dolly and Jaclyn.

Jason with his prized World of Warcraft cup.

The fun bunch.

Dad telling us all about our Ancestry account, can't wait to see it.

Paper airplane calendar. Jacob says "it even has a stand". He keeps it by his bedside.

Thea and her Mickey gear.

I was awoken to the unmistakable tink, tink, tink of Lego pieces at 6 AM. It is a great game and we have played it a few times already.

Harry Potter theme continues.

Let's build Lego!

Jacob loves his pop-up book.

Clowning around.

Dad and the mystery gift.

We had a very merry Christmas.

Holiday Sing 2010

My favorite school event, the holiday sing. I think all the kids are so cute, but especially mine:)

All the second graders sang Silver Bells and Shine! Shine! Shine! Michael took the pictures and I took the video. You will see that my biggest problem was trying to avoid other parents cameras.

Keeping Up with Jacob

When I cannot attend one of Jacob's events at school, I am lucky that there is always a nice Mommy armed with a camera to take pictures.

Today at school the kids got to frost cookies and pile them high with candy.

Jacob's table mates. The kids get to switch desks after the break so he will get a new crew.

Jog-o-thon. Jacob ran 6 laps this year.

That wraps up Jacob's school events for 2010. On to new ones in 2011!

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!

We Have Concrete

Day 2 of Hanukkah brought new concrete. We are moving right along with our backyard project. Austin is a bit upset that he can't go in the backyard right now but at least he gets to go for a walk.

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.

Good Deed Winner

Every week at Jacob's school they have a good deed winner and a good citizen winner. Today Jacob was the good deed winner for his class. We are so proud!