10/19/10: Jacob and Julia pass notes, see blog post for photos of the exchange.
8/11/12 Logan: “What’s your favorite assault rifle, Mom?”
(Oh, he’s playing a video game. Phew!)
8/11/12 Jacob: “Is it ok if I paint my monkeys in the kitchen?”
(craft project, ceramic monkeys)
8/12/12 Jacob: “I thought BeBe was your sister. You’re telling me she’s my grandmother ?!?!””
(I guess we forgot to mention BeBe is our word for grandmother, haha! OOPS!)
2/4/13 Me: “Jacob you didn’t finish scooping the kitty litter, go back and get the rest”
Jacob: “I scooped all the poop, Mom. Those other things are just rocks”
2/4/13 Jacob (AGAIN): “I thought BeBe was your sister.”
3/23/13 Jacob: “I have to go fishing early tomorrow morning because the fish go to bed at 9am”.
5/28/13 On the way to school this morning Jacob sends me a text from the back seat, “I love you all the way to the moon and back”. Sweetest kid ever.
7/16/13 I’m in Oklahoma on business for Spartan College, and I call Jacob.
Me: “I miss you, Jacob.”
Jacob: “Already?? It’s only been 2 days!”
Me: “Well don’t you miss me?”
Jacob: “No, but I probably will tomorrow.”
7/17/13 I’m still in Tulsa; Jacob’s at his weekly board game meet.
Me: “Do you miss me today?”
Jacob: “Yeah. And mom, I have a game I want to bring home. It’s pretty cool and it’s easy enough that you could play it.”
8/10/13 In the back seat of the car, misreading a coupon that advertises seafood.
Jacob: “Do you know if catfish legs taste good?”
9/2013, Random
Logan called the Chick-fil-A grilled chicken sandwich a “Love Burger” (because he loves it so much)
Jacob eats ketchup and mustard on any kind of sandwich (ham, turkey, etc.)
10/14/2013, Jacob was pissed because he was craving Publix fried chicken and I refused to go get it. He was having a bad day for sure.
12/29/13, Jacob calls his big toe is “thumb toe”. So cute.
12/30/13, Jacob informs me that when he get sweaty his armpits sometimes smell like onions. He follows that by spraying his pits with Axe body spray and shouting “AAAAAAAGH! MY ONIONS!”
3/16/14, On our walk back to the car after snow skiing at Massanutten, “Mom, I think my legs are about to pass out”.
8/7/14, We have one cat (Casper) that is… um… not very sharp. He doesn’t even know his name. Bless his heart.
Last night Jacob was naming his new Mexican Jumping Beans and decided to rename poor dumb Casper while he was at it. So after living with us for 3 years now, Casper is now referred to as “Neutron”. It’s actually a cool name – way better than Casper (a name he came with from the rescue organization).
8/8/14, I encourage him to dress a little nicer for Meet the Teacher at his new school today.
Jacob [whining]: But whyyyyy?
Me: Because you want to impress the girls, don’t you?
Jacob: NO. When I grow up I’m going to marry my laptop.
Me: Your laptop?! (he doesn’t have a laptop yet)
Jacob: Yes. Her name will be Karen.
8/9/14 Jacob’s term for fart: “bust a stinky”.
8/18/14 Jacob gets a laptop for his birthday. Names it Karen.
9/4/14 Jacob says, in a very serious tone, “Mom, I would like a little alone time with my wife, please.”
(ref: “Karen”, above)
10/4/15 Jacob and I have a conversation about death and religion (where do we go when we die). I explained that it’s different for different people, based on what they believe in. I told him I don’t believe we go anywhere, I believe when we die that’s it – it’s over. He said “So you don’t believe in anything that’s not based on logic???” I told him that’s correct. He was shocked, so I asked what he believed in that wasn’t based on logic, he said “God and zombies”.
3/14/18 Jacob said on the way to school today, “I haven’t decided if I want to be an Engineer, an Architect, or a Chef when I grow up.” I assured him he still has plenty of time to decide.
8/14/18 Second day of high school. Jacob tells me he figured out how he can take enough classes over the summer to skip 12th grade completely. I asked him why he would want to skip 12th grade, he said so he can work a full time job while still living with his parents and therefore save all the money he makes (not having to pay rent/mortgage), then buy his own house boat to move onto when he turns 18! :-O I asked if he would park it next to mine at the marina, he said “Sure!” – haha! 🙂 This kid.
8/15/18 Third day of high school, Jacob says, “I’m the youngest one in my math class, yet I am the smartest”. [insert proud mom smile here]