current favorites

Since Jacob's taste seems to change so often, I'll try to keep up with what's current ...

Foods:
Ketchup!, mac & cheese, chicken & rice (his school makes some kind of chicken & rice that he really likes - he will also eat chicken fried rice from PF Changs), spaghetti (Macaroni Grill is his favorite), Trix yogurt, bagels, Fiber One bars (he thinks they're candy or something), popsicles & fudgesicles, string cheese, pretzels, & other little crackers. He also loves going to Starbucks ("buck treat" is what he calls it) to have a milk & either a donut, bagel, muffin (cupcake, he thinks), or pumpkin loaf.

Music:
Still likes Raffi & the Wiggles. In fact we listened to "Ready to Wiggle", "Shaky Shaky" & "Fruit Salad" at least 5 times in a row this morning. He also really likes "Gimmie More" by Britney Spears (don't ask!), "Black Horse & a Cherry Tree" (he calls it "Hoo Hoo") and "Rock & Roll, Part 2" ("Hey!" song).

TV:
favorite shows are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Thomas & Friends and watches Sesame Street on occassion. He gets bored with the whole show though, as he prefers the Elmo's World segment & Count von Count skits. He doesn't watch The Wiggles too often anymore. He's too picky (he knows we have TiVo and shouts "No like that!" incessantly if it's a part he doesn't want to watch) to sit through a whole episode.

Movies:
He has so many & actually rotates through a lot of them so it would be difficult if I had to choose just one, or even two. But he does love: Finding Nemo, Cars, Monsters Inc., Bug's Life, Jungle Book, Toy Story ("Woody Buzz"), Toy Story 2, Dumbo, 101 Dalmations (he calls it "puppies"), & we recently got Curious George. He also watches some Elmo's World episodes, Thomas, the Wiggles, & most recently "Mickey's Treat" a Mickey Mouse Halloween show.

Toys:
Plays with his Little People sets (airport & garage w/cars), Duplos ("blocks") likes to build castles which are just towers, really, enjoys coloring, throwing balls around, playing outside, riding his bike, still likes sweeping & riding his rocking dog.

Books:
current favorites include - Go, Train, Go!; Blue Train, Green Train; Yummy Yucky; The Little Train; Curious George Rides; Curious George and the Rocket; Trucks; Baby Talk; Little Bunny Follows his Nose; Goodnight Moon. I'm sure there are more. He has so many books & LOVES to read. We're fortunate there.

Other randoms - loves his shark & dog pajamas; his Chargers jersey (YES!!!); refuses to wear this Small Paul zoo train shirt I bought him (I've tried 3 times now) calling it his "Curious George" shirt when he refused to take off his actual Curious George shirt for 2 days in a row. He also likes wearing this striped polo that has a grasshopper on it, but it barely fits. He is also picky about shoes. Getting him to try a new pair is almost impossible!! I have to put them on super quickly so he can see how fast they go on & how comfy they are. If there is a struggle in any way - it's over.