A message from Jacob

My school's annual fundraiser with Innisbrook has begun. Innisbrook Wraps has beautifully designed gift wrap printed on quality recycled paper, coordinating gift wrap accessories,
gourmet foods and fine Helen Grace Chocolates that make great gifts, Time Inc. magazine subscriptions, and more.

For every item that is purchased, Innisbrook donates up to 50% of the purchase price to my school. I also earn a prize credit for every item purchased except school supplies. The more prize credits I earn, the more prizes I win!

Please consider visiting the Innisbrook website and making a purchase on my behalf. A link is included below. Our sale will be over soon, so don't wait. Place your order today.

Thanks for your help!

Seller: JACOB Seller ID# R265781E
School: KINGWOOD CHRISTIAN CDC
School Number: 107789

Click the link below to visit Innisbrook.com and they will recognize me and my school automatically.

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If the above link does not work:
1. Click below
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State Fair 2009

I took Jacob to the State Fair last night, which happened to be in Pelham this year. He had a BLAST!! He's not tall enough to ride a lot of the attractions, but they have a handful of things that he could ride.

**I am trying a new slideshow. I think the slide.com show that I have been using could potentially infect your computer with a virus. I have had two reports of fishy behavior and when I tried to access a friend's slide.com slideshow from work our network blocked the site. Hopefully this new slideshow will not cause any problems.

Jacob's art

Since about the 4th of August, I have been very busy with work. All of our fall student-athletes reported back to campus for pre-season and then school started. I would like to think that things are going to slow down at some point, but I know that it probably won't happen. It's ok though...I would rather be busy than at work with nothing to do. Plus, I am so thankful that I have a job to go to everyday (especially one that I love)!

Since I have been such a poor blogger this past month I thought the least I could do is share some of Jacob's "art" from this past week at school.

I guess so

We stopped at Wendy's on our way home Tuesday to get some lunch. I had a delicious grilled chicken sandwich (you should try it) and we got the usual chicken nugget kid meal for Jacob. As I have said before, he doesn't have much interest in food, but he will usually eat chicken nuggets (he likes McDonald's the best) and fries. He only ate a few fries and a bite of one nugget. I was going to give the nuggets to Jeff so they wouldn't go to waste.

Jacob: Daddy, don't eat my chicken nugs.
Jeff: How come? Are you going to eat them?
Jacob: (long pause) I guess so.

He didn't eat them but the conversation was funny. I have no idea where he comes up with these things but his timing and enunciation is hilarious!

Last night we were coming home from dropping the car off to have the oil changed and the tires rotated and balanced and he heard some tree frogs out the window once we got into the neighborhood.

Jacob: I hear some tree frogs. They are talking to each other.
Jeff: What are they saying?
Jacob: They're jumping on the rock so the BIG shark won't eat them.

Excerpts from on the way to church, vol. 1

On Sunday mornings, we like to listen to classical music while we get ready for church, on the way to church and after we get home. This past Sunday as we're driving out of our neighborhood, a Vivaldi composition came on.

Jeff: "I like Vivaldi."
Me: "Me too. I wonder what it is like to be that brilliant?"
Jeff: "I'll tell you sometime."
Me: "Good one, honey."

That was almost immediately followed by:
Jeff: "This just in, I'm getting a hole in the butt of these pants."

Classy!

Yay, cake! I love cake! - Jacob 2 yrs

Today is Jeff's birthday! Jacob was so excited to wrap his present last night. I've taken to saving the comics from the Sunday paper and use it as often as I can to wrap presents. I think it's neat, colorful and definitely cost effective. When we were going to sleep last night I asked him if he knew what tomorrow was and he said, "yes, Daddy's birthday!"

We gave Jeff his gift this morning because Jacob just couldn't wait any longer. Jeff received Rosetta Stone French, level 1 from me, Jacob, Mimi, Popi, RoRo and Pappy. We hope he likes it and learns a lot of french!

Have a great day, Daddy! We love you and can't wait to eat some cake! As Jacob told me last night when I was making the cake, "Yay, cake! I love cake!" and he does...

Barking or Ruffin'?

This morning we get to Kingwood and I can hear a dog barking in someone's vehicle. I go to open Jacob's door and he says, "That dogs ruffin'!" It was so matter-of-fact the way he said it that I died laughing. The correct word for the sound a dog makes is not "barking" it's "ruffin'!"