Jacob

Watching cartoons at Daddy's work :)

Jacob's last day of Kindergarden in next week! Crazy! He is excited for Summer Break...mostly because he seems to think that it means going to the pool, Disneyland, Seven Peaks, the Zoo, visiting family...most of which are not on the schedule......a new baby is on the schedule. Yikes...I'm in for it! Hopefully we'll have a fun enough summer for this kiddo.

We've started a wall calendar for the kids to keep track of their schedules. It helps Jacob to see what days he has things scheduled. We also add things like when Grandma comes to visit, FHE, dad out of town, TBall...etc. Its so helpful for him. He has finally stopped asking me when events are and he simply says to me, "So, when is TBall again, I'll go check the calendar". I love that.

He just finished his 2nd session of gymnastics and he loved it! What boy wouldn't love jumping and bouncing around!? He is so proud of the metals he received and loves that they are his very first metals! Spring swim lessons end next week and he is so excited to be learning "to be a real swimmer"! We'll pick up on more swim lessons in July and fingers crossed I'll have 2 little fishes in the family by the end of August!

TBall starts this week and his first practice is tomorrow! This kid is so stinkin excited. He has had this obsession for baseball for about 2 years now...and he can't even catch a ball. Poor kiddo...but its just TBall....he has plenty of time to learn ;) His first game is Saturday on a little team I think with only like 6 kids. I pray that he loves TBall, has a blast, and feels like a huge success after his first game. I will just be crushed if he doesn't love it! Yesterday he asked me to make hooks on his wall for all his baseball hats. Cutie. He doesn't ever ask for anything decor related in his room...but his hats are getting important to him. :) Heath gave him a hat with Heath's work logo on it last week and this week Heath gave Jacob a grey hat that makes my son look 5 years older! (take it back! my baby is growing up!) Jacob also has a Dogers hat and a Texas Rangers hat that reminds him of CA and TX. He loves his hats.

Jacob has his first Teddy Bear picnic tomorrow. His guest of honor will be his grey kitty. Which he informed me (for the very first time) that his kitty doesn't have a name. I asked him if he wanted to name his kitty, he said no. Alrighty. :) The kitty sleeps with him every night and was a gift from his Grandma Rose (Avery) his first Christmas. It has been washed a zillion times and is still holding strong.

Jacob participated in his first Fun Run at school last week and they did 3 miles. Crazy! He walked/ran and loved it! It was fun to him to be like his uncle Paul and run a real race! Jacob recently attended a race Paul did in Provo and thinks Paul is the coolest. Jacob...who refuses to walk to school anymore...is very interested in walking and running now...but mommy is 37 weeks pregnant...no thank you sweetheart. So Jacob and Lexi run around the backyard, good enough!

Jacob and my dad walked around the temple when he was here for Paul's graduation from BYU. Jacob still talks about how much fun he and Grandpa had. Its the little thinks like going on a walk with someone you love, that makes a kid feel special and loved. My son lights up when he talks about his grandparents.

Jacob loves to read and is learning so much. He also loves to help us read from the BOM. We are in Ether and Jacob is so excited...he seems to think that after we finish the next 25 pages then we will be all done and won't have to read the BOM ever again. Oh goodness....still trying to teach him that he'll read it over and over and over and over for the rest of his life. That's a hard concept to teach a 6 year old. Have you tried it?!!!!  In the past year I've really felt like he can grasp more of the stories from the scriptures. He loves to come home from church and tell us all about what he learned that day. Heath was just called to team teach a primary class and I think its so amazing to have him in primary with Jacob and Lexi watching him fulfill his calling. Heath doesn't teach Jacob or Lexi...but I think that's good. The kids see him a sharing time and Heath gets to tell me all the funny things Lexi does or the cute little answers from Jacob. Its great. (I lead the music in Relief Society and I LOVE IT!)

Jacob is excited to start 1st grade next year and thinks it's so cool that he will be attending the same school! (My poor kid is so scared from moving so much...) Jacob loves his new house (rental house across the street from the Provo temple) and he loves to tell everyone "we have stairs!" haha. We're moving up in the world. lol. His bedtime is 7pm and he sleeps until 7am! Crazy right? My little boy needs his rest. He's such a good sleeper...he has always been that way. I'm blessed. (Lexi on the other hand...no so much..she sleeps at 7 but wakes between 6 and 7, good i guess:)

Jacob is a sweetheart and is so obedient. He sets such a good example for his sister Lexi and soon to be little brother. We are so blessed to have such a good example heading up the kiddos in the family.

 Fun Run

Sleeping with Kitty 

Hanging with cousin Caden.