Daylights savings time means back to our walks and lots of ball playing without hitting any furniture.

We love walks with our friends and neighbors. TJ is now one and learning the ropes from Alix and Jake. His nickname is Mr. Smiley. Jake loves his sunglasses. He would say to us in the car, "my eyes hurt sun, sun, sun" he finally kept them on his face. No more sun in his eyes.

Jake has finally mastered his truck. He now gives it the gas and is stearing pretty well. M & D have to jump in to keep him off the grass but not nearly as much as before.
All Jake's Uncles and Cousins should be proud of these shots. Back to the basics with lots of great swings.

Basketball is played outside too. Hee hee Jake still has his slam and jam in the living room. Cold and lots of snow this winter meant lots of indoor sports.

He was happy to be back in Daddy's truck to shoot some hoops.

"Thomas the Train is here, train come back"

Jake got to visit his friend Thomas the Train. Of course George came to and he wanted to make sure he saw Thomas too.

Jake sat and watch the train pull up and leave. He didn't even ask to ride it. Lucky for us since it was sold out. He sat there for over 25 minutes talking about Thomas. Just so sweet.
Next year we will be ready and get the tickets in ahead of time.

What does a 2 1/2 year old eat named Jake?

To answer the question "what does a 2 1/2 year eat", it definately changes from week to week, day to day. Jake's favorite foods are pizza, hamburgers, sandwiches, chicken nuggets,

waffles, stawberries, ice cream, apple sauce, pop pops and milk.

When we drive by the local Ci Ci's Pizza Jake will yell out "pizza is closed". When we say lets go for pizza he gets very excited and explains he needs "money for a ball". He loves to get a large gum ball from the life size machine in the restaurant. Most of the time he holds it shows it to us and keeps it on his tray. Sometimes he licks it but mostly he is excited to show it off.

Breakfast is hilarious when he states he wants waffles. He can now open the freezer door and is very proud. He then tells us he will have 2 waffles using his fingers. He gets them out of the box and quickly gives them to us saying "too cold". We then put them in the toaster so they can cook. He is ready with the syrup and loves to spread it on.

When he announces he is having a sandwich, he makes sure he tells us 2 sandwiches. Translation two pieces of bread.

Jake's 1st dentist appointment - March 1st

Jake, Mommy and Daddy headed to the dentist on Monday afternoon. When we got there he had a great time playing with all the toys. Of course we didn't say the doctor word. He gets very timid and shy with the doctors. Usually by the end of the appointment he will give a "high five" and say thank you. The dentist was very sweet and gave us lots of information. Daddy sat on the chair and Jake sat with him. He played with the trucks and the minute the dentist touched his mouth he cried. He was so funny. We told her to keep going he will stop when she does. Everything looks great and he got a prize when we left.

Jake loves TRUCKS!

When we drive in the car Jake will yell out trucks he sees. Dave and I can't believe how he spots them so far away. Now he will say the color of the truck too. His favorite is the Garbage Truck. He hears it in the neighborhood and looks out the window to see if it has passed the house. When it goes down the alley he says its going to Alix's house. When we are walking on Saturday mornings he gets so excited because we will see and hear the trucks most of the walk.
The other day a Fire Truck passed as we were leaving school. Jake says "Mommy catch the truck, go that way", of course I did and we follow them. Not too closely but enough that Jake could see it.

February = More Snow, and our new camera man!

Max, Jake, Jenna for Max's 3rd Birthday party! Its all about CARS and Cake!

The sun has finally come out so we can go to the park. Jake has always liked the swings, but now he yells "high in the sky", push me!
Jake got a camera from Max at Christmas. He was watching, "monkey" and during the show monkey was taking pictures. We got the camera out and Jake had it around his neck for an entire weekend. It even went into bed with him.

The most snow in over 80 years hits Dallas. Jake would like the snow off his house. We had over 8 inches in one day.

Jake doesn't care much for the snow. Gee I wonder why. . . . . Daddy's little boy.

February at school. These kids are growing up too fast!

Alix told their new teacher that Jake Jake, was her husband. The next week a new boy started at school and how quickly Jake was replaced.
Ms. Heather wrote us this email:
Ok...I cannot resist telling you guys this story about your kids! We have a new little boy in Ms. Allison's class that started today. Alix and the little boy were playing together...Jake came over and Alix put her hands on her hips and said "This is my new boyfriend!" Jake said "NO!" Alix said "Find something else!". Jake ran to Ms. Allison and 'told' on her! They eventually all played together. As we were all watching this unravel...we were uncontrollably laughing! Oh...you guys are in for it when they are teenagers! :)

That night she told her mommy that Jake was still her boyfriend. I can't believe she knew the words boyfriend and husband.

Jake is back to be interested in potty training. Ms. Allison sent this note home with us:
I wanted to update ou on Jake's sweet potty adventure! He is doing so great, and am sure he will get this very soon. After being wet on Wednesday he hasn't gone pee pee anywhere but in and on and around the potty. He pooped early this morning, so I arrived we were in the clear to wear his elmo underwear. Its funny how kids amaze you. He stayed dry almost the whole day. He tried to pee in the potty... he just moved and his the floor and his clothes. I was so proud of him. We washed his clothes and put them back in underwear. . . oops until he pooped. It is so good that he is feeling the feeling of "this is yucky"! We are still working and he is accomplishing great things. I am so proud of him. Now I have him in a pull up and underwear over it. Thanks for being involved. Love Ms. Allison.

That same week he came home with a sticker. He was able to get it out of the "treasure chest" because he was being a good listener at school.

Nana's 70th Birthday in Lake Tahoe. . . .SNOW

Our whole family together!

Nana and the grandkids!
The George Family, and we do me George "the Monkey" too.

The two youngest up to trouble.

Auntie, Daddy and Jake on a sled ride.

Nana's birthday party. Lots of candles and cake.

Jake and George found a slide and had a great time.

Daddy, Uncle Brad, Uncle Kim built a mean Snowman. Daddy taught everyone the secret to the roll and built our snowman. That was Jake's favorite part of the trip. He told everyone at school how Daddy built a biggggggg snowman.

Jake's plane ride to and from California. Daddy downloaded two Buzz movies for Jake to keep busy on the plane.