Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Baby Jack just wants to nurse all the time, so that's what he's doing now.....while also watching TV! LOL!

Jayla is watching PBS cartoons.

The boys are playing with their new train set and other toys they got for Christmas. I can hear them choo-chooing in the play room. :)

It has been snowing for a while, so we'll go out and play after we eat something. I think hot chocolate will be perfect for afterward.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Right now Jacob is watching a show about trucks called "Real Wheels". Jonathan has always loved that show, but it's not on very often. We don't have cable, so they pretty much only watch PBS, DVDs or videos, but that still gives us lots of choices! He is also trying to share a car with Jayla and is getting upset because "Sissy won't share it." She doesn't want to play with it! I think he's really sleepy. LOL!

Jayla is also watching the show with Jacob, but she is concentrating more on the snowman she cut out. She is getting quite good at cutting! I really can't even tell the difference between her cutouts and Jonathan's now! She has also learned to ask before she cuts, because the other side had something on it that I was going to get. It was sort of a coupon, and now I don't have it. She is probably more disappointed than I am, so hopefully she'll ask next time. :)

Jack is also watching the show! LOL! He has been very content all morning so far. I've just nursed him a couple of times, but otherwise he has sat contently on the couch with Jayla. She is playing with and talking to him some. Earlier this morning Jonathan carried Jack around for a few minutes in his own pouch sling. It was really cute, and Jack seemed to like it!

Jonathan is doing the laundry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He recently learned how to work the washing machine (he could have learned it long ago, but I didn't want to teach him all of it at once, so I only taught him the dryer), so now that he knows it all, he is shuffling around the laundry for me! I told him last night how much it helps me and that I really, REALLY appreciate it! He did 2 or 3 loads yesterday and is on the 2nd one today! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, now he came through the house with a shovel so he can scrape the rest of the ice off the front porch! I'm not sure where this desire to work is coming from, but I hope it continues! LOL!

Now Jack is calling again. Another great "moment" in our house. :)

Friday, December 14, 2007

Jack just woke up, so Jayla is going to get her coat that he was laying on and go outside with Jonathan and ride bikes again. Jacob is watching cartoons. Their favorite, Curious George, just ended.
Jonathan (7) is watching Reading Rainbow and learning how to make costumes from the first sketches to the finished product. He is interested in watching that because he really wants to make costumes for his team of superheroes. :)

Jayla (5) and Jacob (3) are taking turns riding her bike. It still has training wheels and Jonathan's doesn't, so they really are learning how to take turns and be fair with the amount of time they spend on it. (Jonathan just learned how to ride, btw, and is getting quiet good! He is getting a new, bigger bike for Christmas, and Jacob will get his old one.)

Jack (5 mos) is sick again! :( He is sleeping beside me.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Jonathan is really into this group called "Sons of Tennessee". www.sonsoftennessee.com They sing some hymns as well as patriotic songs, and he just absolutely loves the CD! He is very patriotic! He is singing along with it right now. He actually has the first song on repeat. LOL

Jayla is playing with Jack right now. He is laughing at her. :)

Jacob is playing in the kitchen with a fire truck. He likes to roll it around on the hard floor because it goes farther. It is also louder in there because of the acoustics!

Now Jonathan is in here playing with Jayla and Jack. Jayla has connected her arm to Jack's arm via his sleeve. LOL Jonathan is smiling at Jack telling him how silly Sissy is.

Jacob just wrapped his fire truck in a jacket then unwrapped it and said "My new fire truck!" LOL He's been bringing me my Christmas present from him several times a day wanting me to open it.

Now Jonathan is climbing the wall in the doorway. Man, so much can happen in a couple of minutes!
Jayla is playing with Jack. He is sitting under the tree looking at the lights. :) She is also drawing.....we have been drawing different cats and dogs all morning.

Jonathan has been working on his comic book. (He has been building a whole team of superheros for a few months now and even has a few villains!) Now he says he will finish it later and is "helping" Jacob with a toy.

Jacob is having cute little conversations between the different truck drivers. LOL

It's another fun day! Gotta run. Jack needs me again!!!!! Jayla is bringing him to me. :)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The kids are eating gingerbread cookies that they just made a little while ago. They are actually premade Wilton gingerbread men that they put icing and candy on! They are also watching this cute little oppossum eating right outside the glass door. It is literally inches away from the kids as they watch him. I am sitting about 8 feet away.....he's so cute! Jacob was beating on the door and it didn't budge! I guess it's too hungry to be scared away! My mom and dad feed the wild animals, so they have all kinds come around for the food; turkeys, cats, armadillos, birds, squirrels, an EMU!!!!! They are all really unique in some way and so fascinating to watch.