Happy Halloween!

Well...it's going to be an interesting Halloween this year. I got Jake to try on his blue monster costume for a whole 60 seconds before he decided that he hates it. He runs away and hides every time I even bring it out of the closet now. So....we'll see what in the world I can put together for tonight if we actually want to walk around the neighborhood. He is telling me that he wants to be a pumpkin...hmmm...I'll see what I can do! Here is Jake in the monster costume that he will never wear again:

Jake's Store

Inspired by the toll booth at the Discovery Museum, I came home on Saturday and made Jake a storefront out of an old diaper box. We cut up paper for money and coins. Jake LOVES his little store, begging anyone who visits to come see it. Here Tessa and Dan were over to play, and Jake was teaching Tessa to hand him the money...pretty cute!

Jake and Ben Driving

Here is a cute video I caught of Jake and Ben on a ride at Gilroy Gardens:

Gilroy Gardens!

After hearing for months and months how fantastic Gilroy Gardens is, we finally headed down there for a day of fun with the Bolgers. The park really is quite impressive. We didn't nearly see all of it, after spending several hours there. It's basically a mini Disneyland for kids from 2-8ish maybe? Lots of kiddie rides, animals, trains, etc. Jake was SOO excited to hang out with Benny Bolger again, and they had a ball running after each other all day long. I got some adorable videos which I'll be sure to put up tomorrow, but here are the few pics I got. It was a great day!

Tea Time!

One morning Jakey decided to gather all of his animals together for breakfast and tea time. He put them all in a circle around him, and made playdoh ball pancakes and toast. It was incredibly sweet to watch him call out each of their names, and tell each of them what they were being given to eat. I really love this play pretend stuff!!

Block City

I picked up Jake from school last week to find him involved in quite a project. He had taken over a corner of the room and built an entire city out of blocks. The funniest part was that he kept instructing this little girl in his class to keep playing the drums for him while he built, as he wanted the music. Just a funny encounter that I happened to catch:

Museum Time Again!

Today we decided to take a much needed break from house hunting and spend the morning as a family actually doing something fun together. So, we headed over to our much loved Discovery Museum in Sausalito. We discovered a room that Grandma Lee Lee had told us about, but that neither Josh nor I can ever seen...it was an amazing "discovery" room about San Francisco. It had an enormous train set, all set to the shape of San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge, ferry boats, hills, etc. There was a fishing boat to climb on, with fake fish to catch. There was even a toll booth which we spent a good 20 minutes playing in (Jake turned the booth into a restaurant of course, and began selling his cooking talents). It was a great morning, and perfect time before Josh had to head off to the Cal Game.

Class Picture Time!

It was time again to document another year of "school" for Jakey. I was cheap this year and didn't get the class picture, and now of course, I totally regret it, as it turned out darling. But here it is...goofy as ever!Classroom: Bay Homebase

Class Mascot: Jellyfish

Number of kids: 18

Number of teachers: 4

Jake best buddies currently: Shey, Makoa, Natalie, Maya, Emily, Marshall

Chef Jake!

Recently Jake's new favorite activity is to cook everyone food. The first thing he tells any visitor is "sit down, let me cook for you". He has quite a kitchen set up at school, and I bought him a little wooden stove with some fake food awhile back for home. He now comes up with lots of concoctions, insisting that we eat or drink it all. This past weekend Josh and I went house hunting all day on Sunday. While we were house shopping, Jakey played at my parents house, as they live right next to our realtor. Well...my Mom converted my sister's old room into a dream playroom for Jake. She pulled out my old kitchen set, with all of our old plastic food, pots/pans, cups and plates. I think he played in that kitchen for 3 hours straight, stuffing Nana and Granddaddy with his creations. Who knows how long this phase will last, but for now his teachers at school are calling him "Chef Jake" when he enters the room!