and still more Christmas photos....

Taylor with his new Christmas toy -------->























Jacob with his drill -------------------->
























Opening presents ----->

More Christmas Photos

Day and Jacob with their Santa hats ------>






























Mimi with Jacob and Travis (Jacob's cousin) ------------------>

Jacob and Santa

Jacob had a really good time meeting Santa. We took him to see Santa at Northpark Mall in Dallas. Santa even had his own store there, it was really beautiful. The only issue was the wait to meet Santa was almost three hours. Forget that! We went back to Half Price Books (where we had been earlier) because we knew Santa was going to be there for a short time. Jacob waited his turn and then met Santa. Here is a brief snippet of their conversation:
Santa: Hello
Jacob: Hi Santa
Mommy: This is Jacob
Santa: Jacob, have you been a good boy this year?
Jacob: Yes!
Santa: Mommy, has he been a good boy this year?
Mommy: Nooooooooo, not so much!
Santa: You know you have to be a good boy for Santa to bring you toys... will you be a good boy until Christmas?
Jacob: Yes!
Santa: What toys do you want Santa to bring you?
Jacob: Tools
Santa: Like a screwdriver, saw, and hammer?
Jacob: Yes, and a wrench
Jacob hopped up on a chair next to Santa and posed for his picture! He shook Santa's hand as we left. Then he grabbed Santa's beard -- which I thought he was going to pull it off -- he just wanted to feel it!

Chef Jacob

Jacob LOVES to cook. Day, (his grandmother, my mom) got him a personalized apron. He loved it!

Merry Christmas

I love this photo of my grandmother, Jacob and my second cousin Savannah!

Mr. Fix-It

Jacob working with his wrench. He is trying to fix "Horsee Egg" -- who is not broken, but needs a little tune up!

Beaded Utensils

I made these for my aunt. They are presents for friends of hers. I thought they turned out really well.

Trying to take pictures

I was trying so hard to get some cute pictures of Jacob and Travis (his cousin) on Thanksgiving Day. They are both finally playing with each other. Jacob was always so into playing with Tyler and ignored Travis. This Thanksgiving, Tyler stayed in San Antonio with his mom, so Jacob just had Travis to play with. They had such a great time together. It was so hard to get them to stop playing long enough to get a decent photo. Here is my attempt, although I thought they looked so cute looking at each other!

Daddy & Jacob

This is a photo that I took of Ryan and Jacob at the Katy Dog Park. Jacob had so much fun watching his dogs run around the park. It was great to allow them to be off their leashes.

Chef Jacob

Jacob went to a cooking class at Young Chef's Academy at the beginning of December. He had so much fun. This photo is of him putting cloves into a tangelo. He also made and decorated gingerbread men. They let the kids make punch and also cut up fruit for a fruit salad. We liked the knife so much that I bought one for Jacob.

Mack

Isn't he adorable. This is my brother-in-law's and his girlfriend's English Bulldog Mack. He comes over and plays with our Doberman, Draco. They have such a fun time!

A month off....

Well it has been exactly ONE MONTH since my last post on my blog. We have been BUSY!!! When I flipped the calendar page over today to start the month of December, I couldn't believe how busy our November was! Here are the highlights:

• Ryan's brother Matt & his girlfriend, Angie, moved here from Arizona. Jacob is having a blast having them here.
• Jacob started going to an afternoon program at his school on Tuesdays. His class is science and he really loves his teacher Ms. Jennifer. He is not crazy about the bugs she has on display in the classroom though!
• Taylor had another episode of Staph Infection, it is just now getting better.
• I had a girl's day with one of my girlfriends while Jacob was at school. It was sooooo nice!
• Jacob went to two birthday parties.
• We had our MOPS Craft Night where I taught two classes.
• We went to the Woodland's Mall with a couple of friends. Jacob really enjoyed the Dinosaur Dig.
• Ryan and I bought a new washer and dryer!
• Several family dinners at our house.
• We had friends over for dinner and played games.
• Four AWANA's meetings.
• Thanksgiving.
• We took Church Directory Pictures.
• Took the pups to the City of Katy Dog Park.

Preschool: Days 15-21

To be UPDATED soon!