Winter Fun!

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Yep - winter has arrived. When the first sight of snow hit us last Tuesday morning, the kids were so excited. Jake looked out the window and said, "wow" (that's his latest word). They got dressed and were out the door and making tracks by 7:15. Usually, we're dragging them out the door to make it to school on time. That day, we were dragging them out of the snow to make it to school on time!

It got really cold yesterday and Megan and Jake were discussing their coat options. This is what I overheard:

M: Jake - it's a puffy coat, not a puppy coat.
J: NOOOO. Mom said it's a puppy coat.
M: No she didn't. She said, "puffy coat".
J: I wanna get a puppy. Do you, Meg?

Here's Megan's first snow angel of the season:



Megan was going into the bathroom the other day and wanted to close the door to gain some privacy from her brother. Jake stood on the outside of the closed door and said, "I can still see you. With my laser eyes".

A while back, I had sent them upstairs to get ready for bed. Jake was complaining about being afraid of the dark. Megan said to him, "Jake, you sleep in the dark every night. Mom sneaks in and turns your light off after you fall asleep". Nice.

Here are their school pictures from this year:



Notice the skull tattoo on his arm. That tattoo had been through countless baths. I truly thought it was going to be a head shot, so I wasn't worried about his outfit. Had I thought about the fact that he's so small, I probably would have put him in a long-sleeved shirt. Oops.



When the photos were sent home, I showed it to Megan and she looked at it, frowned a little bit, and said, "I don't like my smile."

Jake had a play date with his best friend Sean the other day and they went to the basement to play. I heard him from upstairs saying, "That is where Jimmy sleeps. Do you have a Jimmy?" As if everyone has a "Jimmy". So funny.

We went to our December girl scout meeting on Wednesday. On the way there, Megan was talking about this being a meeting that kids can go to. Jake asked if it was only for girls. I said, "Yeah, it's for girls and boys who are Daisy brothers". He lit up and said, "I'm a Daisy Brother!" He has a good time when we're there. He does the crafts with the girls. When we first sat in our Daisy circle, Jake was standing behind me and whispered in my ear, "Mom, what about my vest?" (I had forgotten his makeshift Daisy vest- oops).

One last Jake story. His preschool class has been practicing for their Christmas program. She grabbed me when I dropped him off at school on Wednesday to tell me that Jake had not planned on being in the program. Here's how it went down:

Jake: I'm not gonna be in the program.
Miss Riley: Why not, Jake?
J: I don't want to.
MR: Okay, you don't have to.
(meanwhile all of the kids are sitting on the rug)
MR: Alright. If you're going to be in the Christmas program, stay right here on the rug. Is anyone planning on not being in the program?
(Jake raises hand)
MR: Okay, anyone who does not want to be in the Christmas program, please go sit over at the table.
(Jake goes happily)
MR: Okay, I've got a little something for my performers. Let's sing! (she handing out little suckers while saying this last line).

Jake jumps up from the table, singing loudly, "Baby.....Baby Jesus....Born on Christmas Day".

She said he's the only kid in the class who knows all of the words to all of the songs and she's planning on putting him right in the middle! Hopefully he actually sings.