Waffles

On a typical morning, Jacob eats yogurt for breakfast. It's his favorite. He also enjoys cereal (Rice Krispies "blue cereal", Lucky Charms "red cereal" which is really Cheerios with a few LC's sprinkled on top - sneaky mommy!, and Honey Nut Cheerios "orange cereal" - see a trend here?) and baked goods. Yesterday morning, before he even yelled out his customary "Mommmmmy!!! Get up!!!!!" I heard him say, "Waffle?" Which was followed by "MOMMY!!" I taught him how to press down the lever on the toaster (mistake! - he likes to hover his hand close by - the day is near when he's going to burn himself. bad mommy!) so he likes to make his own waffles now.

Jason left for work early and Jacob had waffles with Elmo while I got ready for work.
They were watching an annoying phonics video called "Letter Factory." At least it's educational.

While I was getting ready in the bathroom, Jacob came running in with Elmo and thrust him at me and said, "Elmo eat waffle!" Sure enough, there was Elmo with a waffle in his mouth!

I think he liked it. There were crumbs left in his mouth afterward. HA!

strange sleep habits

I'm sure all babies/children are like this, but Jacob sure "gets around" in his bed! At any time of the night he can be on one end or the other, and in any of the four corners. He also breathes very loudly and sometimes mumbles in his sleep. He also insists on sleeping with 3 stuffed animals: elephant, pig & bear; and his blanket ("ghee bee"); and his quilt. He has to be covered up at night before he falls asleep and unfortunately, hasn't figured out how to move the covers with him when he moves. So, when he shifts and moves out from under the quilt, he shouts from his room, "Mommy!! Covers!!!" And I have to go cover him up again.

Many times when I go in to cover him up again, he'll give me a groggy re-cap of his day or evening. One night when we had burritos for dinner he said, "I eat burrito, salsa, chips, dip." This past weekend when we visited my parents he said, "I hug Zoey. I water plants." Of course I have to validate what he says or he'll repeat it over & over which would wake him up!

Last night Jason found him like this. These are his current favorite pajamas too. About 3 times a week he'll ask, "Monster jammas dirty?" The answer is usually yes, except for after laundry day. At least he was comfy ....

Learning to Ride a Bike

Jacob received this tricycle for his 1st birthday and has enjoyed it for a while now. But getting HIM to operate it ... well that's been a challenge. The tricycle is great for us because it has a long handle on the back that allows us to help manuvere him without throwing out our backs. But, Jacob has figured out that he can just kick back while we do all of the work!

It is my new personal quest to get him to pedal his OWN BIKE! He picked out this fine Thomas the Tank Engine helmet. Spiffy ...
Here he is scooting along - not using the pedals.

Oh, oh ... feet on the pedals! YES!!!

D'oh! That didn't last long. Well ... we're working on it ..... At least he enjoys trying!

Learning Personal Hygiene

Sometimes you can't tell by looking at him, but Jacob takes after Jason in the category of personal hygiene. He fusses about having his face washed, but really, he doesn't like having a dirty face, and if there is food he can feel on it, he whines until we wipe it off for him. He's pretty good with a napkin at the table too, wiping his own hands - seeing as they get covered in food easily!

Jason & I are both encouraging him to brush his teeth twice daily. He actually gets pretty excited for it because he likes to eat the toothpaste. Actual tooth brushing - well that's another story. He has an Elmo and Winnie the Pooh toothbrush (Pooh snuck his way into the shopping cart at Target a while back. Funny how those things happen!) but they don't seem quite enticing enough for actual brushing. WE have to be the ones to do that.

But he does have his own little stool in the bathroom where he likes to wash his hands and rinse his toothbrush. Here he is looking like he's actually brushing!
I think he's just eating the toothpaste though.

He also likes to brush his own hair, which is frightening. He brushes it only in one spot on the top of his head in a circular motion. What's bad (for me anyway) is he REFUSES to let me brush it after him. In this picture, he hadn't started brushing just yet ...

I only wish I had taken a photo of him at the end of the day. Or at least of his shirt. They had spaghetti for lunch at school, and let's just say his shirt didn't survive. :( So much for personal hygiene!