I have really enjoyed getting to know Jacob. He is a lot like Kristian, but not quite as loud. But we discussed the fact that he does not have to be. Cameron and Kaitlyn don't make a lot of noise compared to Mary Ann, Grandt, Julia, and Joseph.
Spending more time with Jacob has reminded me that a lot of these things are just typical boy-that-age behavior like the bringing up of random things out of nowhere. I went into Kaitlyn and Jacob's room to find out if they remembered the Owl City song from the Smurf movie and Jacob says, "I can actually tell what time it is! It's not midnight it's actually 10 o'clock! I'm not sure this is so typical of boys his age, but I love some of the big words that come out of his mouth. Aside from "actually" he has said a couple times today that Cameron was "antagonizing" him. Chris and Tonya tell me they will be watching a movie and he will ask if there is anything "inappropriate" in it.
We came home from church on Sunday and he asked me to read the story of Noah to him in his Beginner's Bible. I found out later they had talked about Noah in children's church that morning. We ended up reading it later out of The Big Picture Story Bible. He would start to get antsy and so I would ask him if he wanted me to stop, but he wanted me to keep reading. He's a smart kid and pretty cute too.
This morning we were playing hand and foot and Jacob was at the table, not playing and maybe trying to be quiet. Sometime after Cameron goes into his foot Jacob says, "I'm on my foot. I'm literally on my foot." I wish I could better capture the way he said it. That's part of what makes it so cute when little kids use big words. They don't say it quite right. It wasn't like a younger kid would say it "widow-whoa-wee", but somewhere in between.
ReplyDeleteJacob and I were talking about how much fun we had while you were here. I somehow mentioned that your full name is Kimberly, and Jacob said, "Hmm, I've never heard of the name Kimberly before, Hmm that's a pretty good name I think. But I like Funberly better!"
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Tonya
Tell Jacob he can call me 'Aunt Funberly' whenever he wants to!
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