Today I asked Jacob several times to please clean up the toys in the living room. I said it nicely at least 5 times over the course of an hour. Finally, he picked up some of the toys and told me that he'd just leave the rest for tomorrow. I said fine, but I was going to throw away anything that wasn't cleaned up. When I proceeded to pick up toys for the trash, he began screaming, "You're throwing away thousands of your own dollars! You bought those toys! You're wasting money!" When that argument didn't work, he tried desperately to dissuade me with, " That's the one that completes my Incredible Hulk collection!" The argument continued, however. I didn't back down, even when he told me he was going to tell my mother...and she's a force to be reckoned with!
Then later, when I was getting him ready for his bath, he told me that I really should speak louder when I'm talking to him. He didn't hear me when I asked him 15 times to clean up his toys. I said. "Fine then. Next time, I'll save us both some time and just begin screaming right from the start." That stopped his argument.
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When we got to the beach area yesterday, Jacob said to Andrew, "Brother, keep your eyes open, because the beach is the best place to catch Sandman."
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About a week ago, Jacob was in the living room with Andrew while I was in the kitchen. I didn't hear Andrew making any sounds, but Jake came running into the kitchen, excitedly telling me that he heard Andrew say his first word. "He said GOOOOOOOO!"
At dinner tonight I told my in-laws this story, and my father-in-law then asked Jake what Andrew's first word was. He said, "I think it was crab cake." Hey, my kids are smart! Not many 3 month olds can say 'crab cake!'
Jake takes time out of his special day to bond with the dogs.
Sharing the burden of blowing out the candles.
Jake and Pap
Jelly Bellies and Tequila...the ultimate birthday gift for Pap!
Legos Mars Mission - the ultimate birthday gift!
Mimi's homemade birthday cake is very kind to Pap.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing the Jake and Andrew stories. It's like reading a sitcom! You have some great material. As for the toys, I remember asking kids to clean up, then I would begin to run the vacuum, and they would rush to the clean up. They would hear things getting grabbed into the vacuum. It worked. Dan told me he would ask his sons to pick up toys, if they didn't, he would put them in a clothes basket and put them outside for trash. His kids would run out and put them away. It took a few baskets out to the curb. I wonder if this was abusive or restrictive, and did we cause any long term damage to their psyche. Is that why they still leave things laying where they dropped?
Koelle,
Jake is too much!! Oh my goodness! I laugh everytime I read his stories. You do such a splendid job of writing and I am always inspired. You are much more faithful with your posts than I am but......oh well. I would love to try and connect sometime but I realize summer is almost over already. Craziness! We miss seeing you.
Becky
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