Jacob's Ailment

Jacob woke up this morning after a great night of sleep and came into the kitchen to tell me, "Mom, my nose is 'fussy'. Can I have some medicine?"

I'll have to check with Sudafed to see if they cover fussy noses along with stuffy ones.

"Are you my mother?"

Jacob has been Mr. Lovey-Dovey lately. He tells me several times a day, "I love you, Mommy. I love you so much." I don't mind that no matter how often it's said. He has also been thinking a lot about the Dr. Seuss book Are You My Mother? He'll ask me in his same sweet lovey-dovey voice, "Are you my mother, Mommy?" "Mom, are you my mother?" Then if Patrick is home, he turns to him and says, "Daddy, are you my son?" Very cute to hear him trying to figure out the different words for Mom. Hopefully with all the terms for the name, I want him to always think of love.

A few more Pumpkin Patch Pictures...

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

Ahh, the group pic is my favorite...I actually have about 15 more that you can put together for an idea of what the motions were like when I tried to get just one picture with everyone looking at the camera...this is the closest I came! They're sporting their new tie dye shirts that Christine & Brian brought back for them from their honeymoon.

What is a zillion?

The boys always ask about high numbers and wonder what number is the biggest. They'll ask, "Mom, is 80-thousand-million-200, is that the biggest number?" and other variations of this question. I found a TV program called, "How Much is a Million?" & thought I'd let them watch it. It compares a million, billion, trillion, and zillion by telling how far that number of children would reach if they were stacked up, how much water would be necessary for that many goldfish, how long it takes to count to that number, etc. So they watched this on Saturday morning and after, Nathaniel asked, "Mom, what is a zillion? I have never heard of that. What is it?" I started to plan my explanation, when his Dora & Diego kicked in and he continued, "they must be trying to talk Spanish."

Cheerful Helper

I was emptying the dishwasher this morning and Nathaniel, Jacob, & Leyton were all helping. Nathaniel had a pile of about 6 multi-colored little Gerber bowls and he put the stack upside down on his head and said, "Caps, caps for sale, 50 cents a cap!"

Cute referral to his book called Caps for Sale, a story he enjoys very much, where a peddler walks through town with 17 caps stacked on his head trying to sell them. Enjoyable little story especially when the silly monkeys get involved.

The Sweetest Words

When I was laying by Leyton at bedtime, he said, "Mom, you're the best mom in the whole world."

Now who wouldn't love to hear that?! Goodnight my sweet boy, I love you more than you know.