Mr. Popular
So lately my son Jacob has become a little social butterfly. He is in first grade this year, and he really enjoys playing with his friends. He has some neighbor/ward friends that he likes to play with and there are two boys from his primary class, Joseph and Nathan, that he plays with regularly. When I say regularly I mean they want to play every day and they will show up at our house all the time wanting to play. They even call and want to come over on Saturdays. That would be enough you'd think. But not for Jacob. Now he has started playing with other kids from his class who he will call on the phone and arrange to play with after school. Now these kids aren't down the street, so I actually have to drive him to their house or they will be dropped off at our house. There are three boys from his class that he started playing with, and whenever he goes to these boys houses, Joseph and Nathan will call or come by and want Jacob to play. When I tell them he's playing with so and so, they are very disappointed. Joseph and Nathan also play together, but they like having Jacob there too. And the 3 of them get along pretty well together. So these other boys from class, it's funny because Jacob will come home from school with this new friend's phone number, and he'll say I'm playing with Quinn today, or McCade, or Matthew, or whoever he talked to at school about playing that day. The list is growing larger all the time. And when my phone rings after school, I know it's not for me, it's for Jacob! These boys just crack me up on the phone. They will call and if we don't pick up they'll either leave a message or keep calling until Jacob calls them back. So my phone has been overrun by 6 year olds.
Another thing Jacob did the other day which I thought was kind of cute was when it was his friend Quinn's birthday, he decided to make him a birthday card. He wrote it himself and drew a picture and everything. And then he put some candy inside. He even put a dollar in the card. I asked him if he was sure he wanted to give a dollar to him because after all, it is one week's allowance. He assured me he did. The next day was his friend Cameron's birthday and he made a card for him, dollar bill and all. Now all the kids in Jacob's class want him to make them a card with candy and money in it. He told me he wasn't giving one to everyone, just his friends. But at this point, I think that's most of the boys in his class. There is one girl that he sits next to that he said he will make a card for on her birthday.
So I just had to share this new personality I'm seeing in Jacob. It's fun to watch them change and mature socially. I've been letting him play with these friends after school, but he still has to do his chores, which he tries to get done in the mornings before school. And of course his homework is first before the friends.

Twilight

Okay, so how many of you out there went to see the movie "Twilight" this weekend? Well I saw it on Saturday and I loved it! I knew that it wasn't going to be as good as the book, but I think they did a good job and I thought it followed the book pretty well. I really really liked the character of Edward. Of course we all had our perfect pictures of him in our heads, but this character in the movie was a lot like what I pictured. Now Jacob on the other hand, not even close. He was not attractive to me at all. I liked all of the Cullens. I think they could've found a more attractive Rosalee, but she played the part well. Jasper cracked me up and Emmett could've been more attractive. I had fun seeing all the characters on the big screen, and the scene of Bella and Edward in the tree was amazing. Okay, so I don't think I'm ruining anything for any of you who haven't seen the movie since most everyone has read the books and knows what happens. But I won't say anymore. I just can't wait to see the rest of the movies and really really hope they hurry and film them so I can go see the rest.

Halloween Fun

Here are some pictures from Halloween night. The kids had a lot of fun dressing up in their costumes. As you can see, Jacob was Ironman, and Kera was Barbie Mariposa. Little Michael was dressed as a pea in a pod. That costume has gotten a lot of use. We've dressed each kid in that costume on their first halloween. It's become sort of a tradition now.

We got Papa Murphy's pizza for dinner, and the kids loved the jack-o-lantern pepporoni pizza. Then when it was just starting to get dark, I took the kids out trick or treating while dad stayed home with Michael and passed out candy. They made it through one street, then Kera was done. I took her back home, then dad took Jacob back out to get some more candy. Halloween was fun, yet quiet this year. Carrie and Travis usually spend halloween with us, but aunt Carrie was in Texas for halloween this year. It also started sprinkling while we were out trick or treating, but that didn't stop the neighborhood kids from getting as much candy as possible. Hope everyone had a fun halloween!

Goodbye baby teeth

Jacob has been waiting and waiting to get a loose tooth. Most of his friends have lost at least one of their teeth, and finally his two bottom teeth were loose. One of the permanent teeth was actually growing in already, so that one came out first, and a few days later the other one came out. Jacob was very excited. I was happy for him, but I found myself feeling a little sad after seeing those two little teeth come out. I remember when he got those first teeth as a little baby. I know, I need to get over it. My first child is growing up.

Kera's favorite pasttime

I enrolled Kera in a dance class for 3 year olds that started in September. She goes every Thursday and she loves it. She wants to wear her dance clothes everyday, and often is wearing her tutu and leotard around the house. Their dance class had a halloween party on Thursday. For halloween Kera wanted to be a ballerina (of course). They were supposed to dress up in their halloween costumes at the party. I tried explaining to Kera that if she came to dance class dressed as a ballerina, it wouldn't look like she dressed up. So she decided to go as her second favorite thing, a princess. Princess Aurora to be exact.

Random shots of Michael

Here are some pics I took of Michael one morning. He really is filling out quickly! I wish they didn't grow so fast. That little newborn stage is too short.

The "Baby Catcher"

It only took 6 weeks, but I finally remembered to get a picture of Michael with the doctor who delivered him. I always have so much on my mind during that time that I forget to get a picture of our baby and the doctor. I think I remembered to get one when Kera was born, but it was just the doctor, not her and the doc. Anyway, here's Dr. Spencer with Michael at my 6 week post pardum check-up.