The first thing you need to know is that Jacob is extremely independent. He insists on opening doors and holding them open while Jason and I go through them, then he closes it... anyway.. if HE can do it, he WILL do it... This poses a slight problem and frustration for a mother who needs the morning routine to go quickly and smoothly... with that said:
This morning while doing our morning routine we were heating up some waffles in the microwave and after they were done I always tell Jake to open the microwave door. Sometimes he can get it himself, but sometimes it is just too hard for his tired muscles to do by himself, so I offer to help him "get it started". After a couple minutes standing at the microwave offering assistance, not getting any participation and reminding him that we need to hurry, Jacob got down from his step stool and said "I need get key". I didn't quite understand him at the time, because that isn't something he normally says, but when he went over to the carpet, bent over and acted like he was picking it up I understood. He turned around and said "I need unlock it". I about busted out laughing. WHERE DOES HE GET THIS FROM? So with his "key" he made several unlocking motions and declared he needed more keys. I looked on top of the microwave and there happen to be a skeleton key Brandy brought back from Nauvoo. In order to keep his game from going on and on... and to hurry him along, I handed him the Nauvoo key and said, "Here, use this one". He took it and "unlocked" the microwave. Then I offered to help him get it started again.. It worked. A few minutes later we were leaving the house and he was happily singing the "I Love You" Barney song...
Jacob is a crack up. He keeps everyone rolling, even his daycare teachers. I fear the day I get a call from his school teacher saying he is the class clown and distracting everyone... I don't want to discourage his sense of humor, because I love it so much. This age is so fun. Just about everyday he says something new and I just jump back in bewilderment at how big he is getting.
When I picked him up from daycare yesterday, he was so excited to see the kids. About half-way home, Emma starts complaining that Jake won't play with her. Jake only wanted to play with Paul. I told Emma to ask Jake nicely to play with her, and when she did he answered, "I too tired."
ReplyDeleteYa Tonya--expect the class clown phone calls!
He is soooo funny, it never amazes me what comes out of that boys mouth. He is funny and cute and all boy.He's going to be driving anything that has a key by the time he's 5. You already have to put the keys up cause he knows where they go and how to turn them on. Thanks Jason
ReplyDeleteBrandy, will you switch to elementary teacher so we can keep stuff off his school record??? I'd hate to hurt his chances of getting into BYU...
ReplyDeleteFunny. They just get more and more independent. And having a kid with a sense of humor, there is balance (that I wonder if we will ever achieve) of where being silly is appropriate. Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteNICE!
ReplyDeleteI was very impressed with his vocab...and yes, Jamie and I LOVE that age:-)
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