this guy

rocks. he really does. he can def give you a run for your money, but man is he a good helper!

jake LOVES watching out for his sister and mommy and is well on his

way to being a "firefighter just like my daddy".

some fun pics i came across of the boy...

this is a clothespin game we got for a random white elephant gift...he loves it!

this guy's imagination+his love to create=some fun projects...

the robot. all him. has become a staple in our daily play. good job jake!

always a new tower, garage, castle, etc, etc or here-a light house...

notice there is actually a light in there!

early spring came the phenomenon of getting himself dressed. such a big help in the morning!

usually i just set him out clothes the night before but every now and again he will pick out his own attire and i must admit-he has pretty good taste.....

played his first season of soccer this spring. he was pretty"shy" to begin with, but what do yo expect for a kid whose first game he has ever seen or heard of was his own? (oops! little more prior exposure helps-note to self for lucy's first season:)) by the end of the season he was really getting into it! so fun to watch

 he could eat s'mores for breakfast, lunch and dinner and be a happy camper.

he loves them so much we started just roasting mallows over 

a candle so we wouldn't 

have to build a fire every time he had a hankerin:)

seriously has to be one of the hardest workers i know. mix that with his crafty imagination

and he can come up with any contraption to get the job done!

even if it is just a "castle for his princess(lucy)"

no matter is going on, you can always count on one thing for sure...

there is NEVER a dull moment when jake is 

around. and we sure love him for that!

what tha what tha.

it has been way too long. i cringe every time i think of all of the moments i may be forgetting about these insanely cute kids all because i am just too lazy to blog it. don't really know if i should try to back track all of it or just start fresh, dunno. either way, here goes nothin...

mia may

first of all, i haven't even announced the kick-off of the Mia Challenge 2012. Same thing, just a new year. just a few weeks left, so get ready to share!:)

next, halloween.

gotta love pumpkins. carving, painting, the smell of them lit up....mmm, 

or especially when lucy gets a hold of them....

she would go and gather all the little pumpkins from around the porch (good sized task for a wee one)

and line them up in a row.

we usually put them back around the porch (for the decor) just to find them back in a lucy row. 

or fancy design like this one....

i am so mad at myself for not taking a pic of every time it happened. easily half a dozen. 

 it was real fun to come out the front door to find a new 

(hard) work of art by the goose.

jake changed his mind about 14,000 times on what he wanted to be this year. that is, all the week of.

 at one point i had cut up some of my sheets because he was positive he just had to be a ghost. after much careful contiplating, he decided that for the ward party, he needed to be spiderman....

and lucy just had to be boo...

 for the day of, we went to slc to trick-or treat with the fam.

love trick-or-treating! these kids are sooo cute!!

i just can't help but gush over how cute it is to see little munchkins

toddling around from house to house and giggling over their loot...

pretty sure we stopped in between every other house so they could admire it.