Our Boy (the chatterbox)

This boy constantly AMAZES us! He has a memory like we can't believe and the things that come out of his mouth make us laugh and drop our jaws. He seems much older than his 21 months :) He is newly into insects and the spiders that inhabit his sandbox. Here is a typical converstaion about spiders. Jacob "I see spider, he's lookin at me, he's eatin somfin, what's he doin?" Me "what is that"? Jacob "its a spider" Me "how many legs does it have" Jacob (without hesitation) "eight" Me "what kind of animal is a spider?" Jacob "aracnid" Me "what other animal has eight legs?" Jacob "octopus, octopus lives in ocean, at aquarium"... Jacob is most happy to be outside running down the block or picking dandelions and putting them in the yard waste bin. He always wants to garden with Minga (my mom). He NEEDS the garden tools and uses the same ones every time. We take lots of walks looking for pinwheels and he remembers every house that has them in their yard. Jacob still loves books. Truck and construction books are still at the top of the pile but so are Rosemary Wells books, especially Max. He sits and reads by himself if I am busy and makes up the words to go with the pictures. He is super sweet and wild at the same time.

We LOVE our boy!!