It's Been Awhile

Hello All,
   It's only been forever since I've posted. A lot has changed, and then again a lot hasn't changed. Jacob is growing like a weed and says some of the craziest things. He's doing well at "school" and will be transferring to a preschool in the summer. Brownsburg Baptist follows a stricter discipline and academic program. Little man needs both of these.
    As you all know, he started soccer four weeks ago. We weren't sure how it would go seeing as Jacob isn't always the most aggressive. He is very athletic, but has never been in an organized sport before. He proved he can kick the snot out of that ball. We all couldn't be prouder. Jacob has three more games and we can't wait to see how they go. Go Cougars!!
   School ends for me on May 18. It's hard to believe. We have adopted the balanced schedule. I report back the end of the July and the kids come August 2. It will make for a short summer, but the two week breaks will be nice.
    Racing season is in full force and the Welch clan is busy. They've been traveling to different places and they are all having fun. I will try to be better about posting. Time, and life, just got away from us.

Sesame Street

What a great weekend. We spent it in Chicago with the Trame and Ryan clan. We celebrated Mother's Day, Anieta's Birthday and went to see Sesame Street Live. The kids and adults loved it all. The looks on the kids' faces were priceless. Below are a few pictures.

You can just see the excitement in their little faces!

Big Bird's new biggest fan!!!

Close your eyes and now imagine you are there.

Let's Go Racin'

Josh kept Jake home from school on Friday and had a great day with Grammie and Poppie. They spent a majority of the time with the race cars. As you can see, I think we may have a racer on our hands!

I think he's gaining on him!

Look at that smile. He's in heaven!

How do I make this thing go FAST??

Bumpa then came over to play for the weekend. We spent the entire day outside on Saturday and fun was had by all. Sunday it rained, so we went to the Children's Museum. He, of course, needed his rain jacket and umbrella.


All he needed was a puddle to jump in.



He's better than his mom!

   

Just me and my dad!

                                

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Jake was excited to sport his green attire today and take cookies to his "Best Buds" at school.  I have to say, he looks pretty darn cute.

Dora and Diego

The Children's Museum has a new exhibit featuring Dora and Diego. Josh and I don't know much about the characters, but had fun watching Jake play with everything. We went on Sunday and enjoyed a lazy morning going through the exhibits. As Josh said, it's more enjoyable each time we go now that Jake is getting older and is more adventuresome. His favorite spots this time were the sand table, trains and dinosaurs.

OH MY!

Josh had to work today, so Jake and I had a day to ourselves. We started out at Dunkin Donuts and then came home for a day of rest and relaxation...or so I thought. I decided it would be fun to get out the paint set GUS and Aunt Sally gave Jake for Christmas. Finger painting soon became body painting. Needless to say, we went straight to the bath after. As a friend said to me today, "I'm sure Picasso's mother cleaned up many similar messes."



Step One: Get a little paint



Step Two: Add a little more paint

Step Three: Paint your arms

Step Four: Add as many colors as possible and make as big of a mess as you can before Mommy catches you.

Josh says, "Jake, one of those looks like peanut butter and Jelly."
Jake responds, "Daddy, don't eat it."

One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind



Jacob had a BIG day. He went #2 in the potty for the first time and is sleeping in a big boy bed tonight. He is now the proud owner of a race car bed (thanks to Grammie and Poppie).  He slept in it at their house last weekend and loved it. I may just shed a tear when the crib gets taken apart. He sure is getting big. The next thing is to have him stop sucking his middle finger. He went to the dentist yesterday and he wasn't too concerned with him doing it, but we would like to stop it soon. I bought the nasty tasting polish for his nails, but haven't had the heart to do it yet. We'll get him settled in his bed first and then start next week....hopefully.  

We went shopping for linens. Jacob insisted on green sheets and a blue blanket for his new bed. A man who knows what he wants!