Fingers and Sweetness And Love for Baby

Most mornings, I get Jake out of bed. Then he goes into Poppy's study to give him a hug and say "good morning." I sit on the stairs until Jake comes out so we can go down and get breakfast.

This morning, Jake was asking Poppy about some of the stuff on the bookshelves:

J: "What is that?"
P: "That's a book I bought when I was 14. That was 30 years ago. Do you know how long ago that is?"
J: "Why no! I don't have that many fingers!"

Much laughter coming from the stairs at that point...

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Later in the morning, Jake and I got ready to leave for school. We walked out into the garage and Poppy had left the door up for us.

J: "Hey! Poppy left the door up for us!"
M: "Yeah, he did."
J: "That is so sweet!"

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Jake gives the baby a hug and kiss every morning. We went to have pictures done and he was so sweet, posing with the baby. He likes to say that "It will be Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Year's Eve, and then the baby will come and I will be so happy!"

Random Jake Stories

Tonight, I met some friends for dinner so Poppy and Jake got "manly bonding time" alone together.

They were watching Bruce Springsteen videos. Poppy showed Jake one where Bruce runs across the stage and does a cartwheel and sort of bounces up at the end. Jake thought he should do it too, except he doesn't know how to do a cartwheel. He would run across the room, then throw himself down on the floor. Then he'd bounced up and ask, "Do you think could Bruce could do that?" Um...

I didn't get home in time for Jake's bedtime, which is rare. I told Jake that if I didn't, I would be sure to come in and give him a kiss (which, of course I did). About 2:00 am, I hear "Mommy! Mommy!" I go in, and Jake (mostly asleep) says "Did you have good? Did you have good?" I think he meant did I have a good time. I said, "Yes, I did, but I missed you." I gave him a kiss, tucked him back in and he was out. Such a sweetie.

Happy Halloween from the Dark Side

Happy Halloween!

Jake had a great Halloween. When we asked him earlier, he said he wanted to be "Eddie" from the movie "Eddie and the Cruisers" or Elvis, specifically young (hot) Elvis from the '68 comeback special. Eventually it was just Eddie. One of his favorite songs for a long time was "On the Dark Side" from the "Eddie and the Cruisers" movie. He's seen the clip on YouTube dozens of times. Poppy will also show him the music numbers from the movie, including the sequel (how many of you have seen that particular tribute to 80s hair?). Jake also loves watching the DVD of the Elvis Comeback Special -- the one where Elvis was in great shape and wore black leather. Seeing Jake do "Jailhouse Rock" along with Elvis is quite the treat.

When we went out to a Halloween superstore earlier this month, we showed Jake a bunch of costumes. He fell in love with the "50s rebel leather jacket" and that was that.

It was funny, they had a party at his daycare on Wednesday and parents were invited. It was fun to see the kids all dressed up. There wre princesses, Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spiderman, Superman, a fireman, Brett Farve (it is Packer country) -- all the normal things you expect kids to dress up as. And then there was Eddie from "Eddie and the Cruisers." That's my Jake, always the individual.

Jake loves Halloween. We decorated the house inside and out with all of our many light-up pumpkins, talking skulls, ghosts and snow globes, etc. It's been orange and black here for a month now. Party City finally put up their giant, inflatable rooftop pumpkin a few weeks ago, and Jake waves "hi" to "Big Pumpkin" every morning on the way to school and on the way home. It was a sad day yesterday when Big Pumpkin was taken down...

Trick or treating went well this year. Jake went to a bunch of neighborhood houses and came bag with a giant bag of candy. He was polite and sweet, and played his guitar for anyone who asked. :-) He loved seeing all of the many decorations. Of course, all he wants to eat now is candy, but that's a whole different story...