Jacob

Jacob is one of the most phenomenal workers around. He has got in his head that he wants to grow a pumpkin patch. We asked Dada if that would be alright and he said yes. At first it was Jacob and Jack that wanted the pumpkin patch but once Jack saw the amount of work involved he stop wanting it.
The first thing Jacob did was clear out all the river rock on the section of the flower bed we were going to use. That sounds like an easy thing but it wasn't. Jacob spent a good 2 hours or more  moving rocks; piling them up in three huge piles along the flower bed. We then proceeded to spend another hour or so raking the rocks up out of the ground. After the plants were taken out we had a nice level bed for growing. Jacob has already got a plan for raking more rocks tomorrow.
While Jacob is working he has his gloves on and his safety glass. He has an amazing focus to see a task finished until the end. I hope he gets some really big pumpkins!

Amelia

Amelia likes to dance and sing. As with all kids, she thinks we cannot see or hear her when she is performing. This is the end of about a 5 minute dance.

Jacob

Jacob is a cook's dream. He eats pretty much anything, he eats a lot, and even if he doesn't like it too much he still eats it. Tonight I served the kids ribs, beans and coleslaw. In the past none of them have eaten it, mostly I think because of the way it looks. Tonight however Jacob tried it and loved it! Every bite, and I really mean every bite, he would say something like, "ummm, this is good" or "oh I like all of this!" As the other two picked at their food Jacob ate the whole thing plus seconds. Like I said a cook's dream.

Sleeping Beauty

 We watched Disney's Sleeping Beauty last night. Amelia loved it! She had her little hands propped up under her chin. She was memorized by Aurora pricking her finger on the spinning needle. She asks, "Who her name?" "Aurora" I say. "I like Aurora." she says back.
Jack was absolutely terrified of the witch. He wouldn't even look at the screen while she was on, mind you she is pretty scary, but he is a bit of a scarey-cat. Jacob liked it just fine. I think his favorite part was tricking Jack to look at the witch. ;)