Life with Jaybob

Monday, January 5, 2015

I will get caught up, I will get caught up, I will, I will, I will...

I think this was one of their last games? Sheesh, I am behind. But whatever, that's a cute #14 standing there if I do say so myself.

End of the season pizza party!

Jacob is on the right side toward the very back.

One of the moms actually makes cakes. So yea, here is this beauty.

Morgan's birthday party at mom's. Mom couldn't find the candles...

About a year ago I bought a map of the US, a cork board and some pins so that Jacob and I could pin everywhere we go. It has been really fun, he has enjoyed it a lot. Every time Michael and Morgan come over, Michael makes fun of it. But Morgan stares at it. So, naturally I got her one for her birthday, along with a magnifying glass and pins. When she opened it, it occured to me that I hadn't bought any kind of pin cushion or case for the pins to go in, and I immediately had visions of her dropping them and stepping on them (although she probably would immediately find the pin she dropped, but this is how I have to think with Jacob because after dropping it he would just shrug his shoulders and get another). Anyway, we drove up to Walmart to get something and couldn't find anything. What?! I mean, no pin cushion, no small little box...craziness. So then we went across the street to the dollar store AND STILL COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. What the heck. Then as we were leaving I saw a little boy bouncing a ball and a lightbulb went off in my head. I looked for a solid rubber ball, found one, and viola!! A homemade pin cushion. I think I am going to start selling them on Etsy.

*p.s. I had bought green pins because that is her fave color, and look at the color of the ball!!

Michael is an excellent gift giver. He always comes up with great ideas that normally you would think a mother would think of. He, Morgan, Jacob, & I all went to see The Giver when it came out. Jacob promptly declared it stupid (I still have hope, don't worry-it took him a while to come around to Harry Potter), while Morgan declared she must read the book. So I let her borrow my old copy. She of course devoured it. Then, somehow, I'm not even sure how exactly, Michael found out that if you send Lowry a copy she will autograph it for you. What. So he did and it actually came in on her birthday. He had figured it wasn't going to make it and had wrapped up a random Christmas gift instead.

*p.s. it didn't occur to him to get a stand so we also picked that up at Walmart while searching in vein for a pin cushion

Mav. In his highchair at my house. Needing a little assistance, but enjoying it all the same.

I agreed to be in the fantasy league the family does with Jacob only because this year it ended up being uneven. Jacob told me he would help me switch players around, bench people, etc, and one morning I found this note on the desk. Sweetness.

Chubs.

I still make cookies/fudge for the people at our office. There are eight bosses/receptionists/maintenance men so yea, a lot of cookies and fudge. Plus I send Keith some every year.

Cuteness.

Just checking out the fantasy stats. In the fantasy stat newspaper. Yes, that is a real thing.

I have no idea what is going on here. No shirt, an arm sleeve warmer thingy on his leg. Headband. Eating some muffins. Yep.

Bozo.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Thanksgiving + misc

I brought cupcakes to Jon's family's thanksgiving dinner. Yep.

Playing Clue.

Mom gives Jacob, Morgan, & me an early gift. Jacob and I get nutcrackers and Morgan used to get snowglobes. The problem was that the water in snowglobes evaporates over time, so Mom had to start something else. Luckily, one of our assistant managers also works at Mr. Christmas, a company that sells Christmas deco and collectibles to other businesses. So we got this for Morgie Porgie.

Holiday family bonding is very important to Michael.

Cuteness by Mav

Never too old to play in/with a box.

Jacob had to do a book report, and of course he picked a football player's biography (Brett Favre). He also had to make a stand up representation of the person and include 3 items from his/her life that were important. Brett is wearing his uniform and holding his Super Bowl ring in one hand, his 3 MVP awards in the other. I didn't help Jacob with this at all. Take that stupid dwelling project teachers.

They don't have homework on Wednesdays, which means there will always be at least one friend invited over after school. So I come home with free food!!

This is Jaylan. He was a cook for a long time, then we were shorthanded on carhops so we put him in that spot. He. Is. A. Mess. I constantly have to tell him to stop counting his money, tuck his shirt back in, not to wear his own jacket/hat over Sonic ones, etc. So I googled the Spanish word for "mess." Google told me "lio." Thus his new nametag.

*I have learned since that google was WRONG. But whatever. It served the purpose at the time.

I am CONSTANTLY nagging the boys to take their shoes off before they enter carpeted areas (I hate carpet). One day they did without me telling them. It was exciting.

When you have a boy, this is what birthday presents look like. $20 dollar bill stuck in a random envelope, with no card.

The sign up sheet for the store Christmas party. I make them sign up to bring something in order to be entered into the drawings. This serves 2 purposes: #1 We get a certain amount to spend of the store's money on the party, and if employees bring food, I don't have to spend any of it on food and can instead use it all in give aways. #2 It keeps them from being spoiled brats.

Josh flew to England and got this for Hallie, but it was too small. So now Jacob has a hoodie that makes him look really smart. Well, until he adds his own personal touch.

Mav's baby dedication.

An employee that was cutting onions came up to me with this and said, "Look, it's a pregnant onion."

So Jacob won the class round of the spelling bee and advance to the next round. We were shocked. Not that we don't think the boy is brilliant, but you know. Anyway, here is the proof.

And here is a pic of him at the podium:

and here he is spelling kiln in the first round:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al_hif09sl8

How did he know how to spell the word kiln, you may be asking yourself? (Because I can tell you that the boy did not want to practice at all for this event). Well, you see Brett Favre was raised there: