Cooking fun

Jacob loves to cook!  He likes to help me in the kitchen, but if I'm stirring something on the stove, I don't let him get close.  So what's the next best thing?  Cooking himself!  

He helps himself to the utensils in our drawer, drags out a pot or two, and gets cooking.  His "food" are his duplo blocks.  

Here is his food .... 

Sampling his cooking ...  

By the looks of the above photo, it looks like he had a couple of different dishes going.  Must be breakfast.  He's still in his pajamas! 

Realizing he has bitten off more than he can chew ... 

Conversations with Jacob ...

Jacob likes to talk. A lot. He also asks A LOT of questions. I'll be the first to admit ... it really wears me down sometimes! But sometimes he says some funny things. I haven't been good about remembering them or writing them down, but I'm trying!

His FAVORITE thing to talk about is Disneyland.
J: Let's talk about what we do at Disneyland. What's your favorite ride?
M: Woody Buzz
J: Mine is Dumbo. What else we do at Disneyland?
M: Hmmm, we get treats.
J: What color treats?

(This can go on for a loooooong time.)

Lately he has this thing about sleeping in our bed. He'll even wait up for me (2+ hours at times - sigh) so he can come get in my bed & talk my ear off :D Here's a sampling of our "talks."


J: Remember I went to Disneyland with Mackenzie and rode the carousel? Then we went on a boat. A tall boat. And there were crocodiles! (This was noteworthy to me because Mackenzie is a girl from school & they have NOT been to Disneyland together. haha.)

J: What do you do at work?
M: (thinking, how do I answer this in a way he'll understand?) Well, I write letters, answer the phone, work on the computer.
J: What color are the letters?
M: White
J: No. You have all the colors.


J: Remember I went on Dumbo with Mackenzie? What are all the Dumbo colors, Mommy?
M & J: (naming colors)
J: You need a ticket to ride Dumbo. I hold Mackenzie's ticket and I gave the conductor the ticket.

J: Remember I went on a Rocket Ship? It was scary! Remember I pushed the button and scared Will? (Will is another friend from school.)

J: Remember I drove the police car? Then I crashed into the mountain and rocks fell. And then I made sandcastles. Big ones!!

J: What's that noise?
M: (thinking silently, "You!" He's a really loud breather.)
J: It's my nose!
M: Yes, it is. Use quiet voice. It's night night time.

J: (stroking my face) It's okay, Mama.
M: Thanks J.
J: It's okay, Mama. There's no dragons here.

What we did while Daddy was working ...

Ok, it wasn't nearly as devious as it sounds. I suppose we could have trashed the house, or I could have dressed up Jacob like a girl or something Jason would be horrified by my doing :/

Instead, we took the train down to San Diego to hang out with my parents. Jacob talks a TON and asks a TON of questions. Allofthetime! So he about drove me crazy on the train ride down, and other people around us moved. sigh. But he had fun & was pretty good. He did throw a fit at every station (fortunately there are only 2 between us and my parents!) thinking it was "our" stop, and freaked out when we didn't get off the train.

But we finally arrived! (Whoops, sans stroller. That got left in the car back at the SJC train station. Sigh again.)

We headed over to Seaport Village with Papa. Jacob instantly spotted the carousel, but I instantly insisted on lunch first. After eating pizza and yelling at birds, "Go away bird! This is not your pizza!" we rode the carousel.


I felt a little lonely waiting for him. I waved every time he went around & he didn't even look at me! (Just the first time.) How insulting!

After paying $21 (!!!!!! Yes, that's not a typo) for 1 shake & 2 cones at Ben & Jerry's (WTF Ben & Jerry?!) we headed home.

Nana & Papa got this very cool water table for their house. Now Jacob says he has a circle water table & a square one. (We'll work on spotting the differerence between a square & a rectangle.)

It has a working faucet & came with lots of dishes. Jacob made us lots of food.

Here he is drinking that gross hose water again :/