Jacob's Fifth bday party (Friends edition!)

Jacob wanted to have a birthday party at home. So he invited 8 friends and we got a bounce house for some birthday fun. We had the party on Sunday October 5th - turned out to be a great day for Josh (he was not away with the golf team) and the weather was spectacular! The day before the party was POURING rain so we were thankful that the weather held out. Jacob invited: Walter Love, Dylan, Jackson, Max and Henry Easton, Adele Polk, Sara Isby, and Stella (neighborhood friend). Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of his friends here. Only one has Walter in it as he arrived early. Maybe Josh got some.

Of course, we had an underlying Star Wars theme. I further narrowed it down with an R2D2 theme. I ordered some invitations from etsy and an R2D2 inspired shirt. Getting an R2D2 cake made was really expensive, so I asked Jacob if we could make cupcakes and then get the Coffee Shop to make R2D2 cookies (to use as favors). He agreed so that saved us about $50 (at least!).

Guests arrived at 11am and they had fun bouncing, eating pizza, and having cake. We kept it simple and I think it was certainly a success!

Backtracking: First Day of School: 9-3-2014 Pine Cobble PreK

Since Jacob has a fall birthday, he missed the cut off to be able to start Kindergarten this year. At first I was sad, as I was ready for him to start school. But, the more I thought of it, the happier I am that he gets to spend one more year in a preschool setting and start K on the older side. We decided to send him to Pine Cobble, a local private school for a PreK year instead of complete a second year in the Preschool 2 classroom at the Children's Center here at Williams. Here are some pictures from his first day. He was SO very excited to start a new school.

Legos

So Jacob has been really into Star Wars. For Easter the Easter bunny brought him a little Lego kit where you make one of the small space ships (Jacob knows what one it is; I don't!). He did really well at building it so last week (on a rainy weekend day) I bought him two more for us to do. He did so well! He only needed minimal help and went through the instruction booklet step by step. I was sitting by him but he really didn't want or need too much help. Incredible. After we did the two kits he said "mommy. I liked doing this with you. Just sitting and figuring things out." 

Last Friday I got him two more to bring to Grammy and grampie's house Saturday. Well he wanted to do one Friday night and I cooked dinner while Jacob started in on the Lego kit. He did even better virtually not needing any help! I was so proud!

Ice cream for dinner

The last few weeks Jacob and I have had ice cream after his swimming lessons. Then we come home and have dinner. :) fun little tradition. Daddy joined us tonight, however, I failed to get a picture. 

Jacob Built the Titanic

When Jacob and I were at the Mystic Aquarium, there was an exhibit on the Titanic. I walked through it (twice!) with Jacob and he just LOVED it. That was back in mid-March. Today, I received this e-mail and pictures from Jacob's teacher, Roberta.

"Berta! Berta! That's the Titanic! It's a really big ship" -Jacob. How could I not take pictures.

Napping at Work

Tee Ball 2014