Home for the summer – and loving it.
While Mom and Dad may look forward to the start of school (just a bit – Jacob is actually a warm-memory-generator ), Jacob is very much enjoying his summer. He loves to read his books, play with his toys – especially his Lincoln Logs from Grammie, go swimming, watch movies, play with his friends Alaric and Max and do his reading and math workbooks. He’s also been very interested in learning about ancient Egypt, mummies, trains and the
Jacob’s new pet turtles – ‘Stnky Pete’ (on the right) and ‘Sherri’ (under the big rock on the left).
Jacob also got a special visit from his Grandpops (David’s Dad) and he really enjoyed it – as did his Grandpops! They read plenty of books, played with trains and watched some of Jacob’s favorite movies together. Jacob missed Grandpops after he left (he was here for one week) and still asks Mom and Dad to read two of the books he got from Grandpops – ‘Just Me and My Dad’ and ‘Just Me and My Mom’ – both Little Critter books.
Below are photos of Jacob’s summer – including Jacob and Grandpops together. At the bottom is a rather unsuccessful video of Jacob talking about his summer.
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- Jacob and his friend Alaric at a birthday party. They love to talk about chicken nuggets and gross stuff. Ah – boys.
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- Jacob’s Easter eggs – Dad helped him with the dyeing and Mom helped him decorate with stickers.
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- We finally got out the Easter egg kit Grammie sent – thanks, Grammie.
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- Doing his reading and writing workbook. Note the ‘Woody’ (from Toy Story) hat to his left. LOVES Toy Story 2 – especially Zurg, the bad guy.
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- Jacob in his room, with the new train sets he got from Grandpops and super comfy lounge pillow from his Grammie (with the cats on the left).
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- Teaching Jacob to swim ‘like Superman’, as Jacob puts it.
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- Reading – which they did a lot together.
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- Jacob and Grandpops on his first day in Vietnam.
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- Playing trains with grandpops – who visited for one week.
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- Jacob goofing around before swimming.
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- Jacob’s new pet turtles – ‘Stnky Pete’ (on the right) and ‘Sherri’ (under the big rock on the left).
David and Lam 