The Famous Recylceable Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula!

Jacob had his first science project due this week. His class is studying the rain forest and they were to choose an animal in the rainforest to research and build a life size model of. I'll spare the drama of rushing around get it done at the last minute. :) He chose to make the Goliath Bird Eating Tarantula out of all recycled materials - challenging but very fun!
Here's the final result!

You never know what Jacob is going to say next...

So Jacob and I are playing Wheel of Fortune (board game) last night and the puzzle was "Case Dismissed".... I was giving him a chance to solve it and was trying to help the little guy out so I asked him - look at it, think about it and take a guess this is your last turn because I know the answer... so he says - serious as ever "Case Demon-Possessed"! I about died laughing!! So then I asked him - what does a judge say when court is over... and he busts out with "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!!!! " I lost it!!!!! I had to grab the video camera and ask him to repeat it - so this video is the aftermath of course - but still hilarious!! So later I asked him how he knew Judge Judy says that - because let me tell you - he doesn't watch that stuff in our house... yes, thank you grandma and granddad!!! Who else???

Our little genius on the piano...

Jacob's piano teacher gave him an assignment to learn the first measure of Silent Night. He was so inspired after learning it by reading the music all by himself, he was determined to learn the whole song and surprise her at his next lesson. Without ANY help from us, he sat down at the piano and learned the entire song in a matter of hours perfecting it each time. He continues to blow me away with his God-given musical talent. He's an amazing kid - check this out! I'm so proud!!!

The "Most Favoritist"

Thank you Grandpa Dom for the cool new toy you got me for my birthday! I love it!!! It's my favorite toy to play with and I love dancing to the music! Thank you so much!

I was looking for a toybox for all of Gracie's fabulous new toys - keep them off the floor contained, for a minute... So I looked at Toys R Us and Walmart - they wanted like $60-75 for a Little Tykes toybox! What??? No way... Craigslist for a quarter of the cost and just as good! She loves it too. I put all her toys in and let her play with opening and closing the lid - so funny. She grabbed her "I Feel Good" button and put it in there - would open the lid, push the button, close it, dance, then do it all over again for like 20 minutes! This girl has some attention span! :) Check out the video.

One Year...and our first tantrum!

I fixed the kids cheese crisps tonight for dinner and we're eating peacefully when I notice Grace very cleverly placing piece by piece over the side of the table watching to see if I was looking! Little stinker! Then I told her in a very stern voice "NO", she did it again with the defiant look in her eye so I smacked her little hand and said "NO". She had a little fit, not bad and we continue our dinner. I glanced up again and saw her sneaking the pieces now under the tray on to the table! It was like she was looking to see if I noticed! HA HA!! I told her "NO" again and she lost it! I could hardly stand from laughing while trying to keep a straight face! Wish I had that on video! Going to do my best to stop these behaviors before she gets any older! Wish me luck! :)

Four small steps for Grace...

We were over Antionette's house this afternoon in her beautiful newly planted winter lawn with Gracie being totally enchanted with her dogs! She was standing by herself just watching them run by. We were encouraging her to walk and she bravely took 2 steps then another 4 steps! Fell down, and lost all confidence... we'll try again tomorrow and I'll keep you posted! :)