The other day, Ella spent several hours in her room during naptime--but we could hear her the entire time, playing quite loudly.

Eventually, she came out, approached Jessica, and said with a big satisfied grin on her face "Looks like I had a great nap!" Then immediately she grew a little more serious: "But I didn't really."

My Apologies

Since November, my brain has malfunctioned and I've quit doing stuff. Now that it's January, my brain has turned back on and I've noticed some pretty huge gaps in the ol' family blog. I'm going to be working on amending that, but it'll take a while to catch up.

Things I Missed:

Thanksgiving
Christmas
Grandad's Birthday
Kids Being Crazy
Trips About Town
Ella's Busted Lip

In the meantime, pictures are posted on our Flickr account: www.flickr.com/nofundingsale
but you will need to be added as family to be able to see the kids.

Jake and some girl

Today at Dance Class, Jessica went in toward the end of class. Jake was doing the kind of thing Jake does, which was in this case rolling onto his back over and over again in order to kick himself in the forehead.

Jessica noticed that this time, there was a girl Jake's age rolling back and forth next to him, also in order to kick herself in the forehead.

And after several rounds of this, as Jake came up from a kick, the girl leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek.

Jake appeared momentarily confused, but then accepted things quite cheerfully.

Things the kids have said recently:

Ella, while Jacob and I were trying to have a conversation about numbers or science or something:

"Shuuuuush. Uuuuuup. Shuuuuuuush. Uuuuuuuup. Shuuuuush. Uuuuuuup."

And so on.

The tone was kind of like as though she were suffering from a hangover or something. It was hilarious.

Meanwhile, this evening Jacob said, apropos of nothing: "It's so frustrating!"

"What is?" asked Jessica.

"The whole world is!"

"Why?" We asked.

"Because the whole world is so beautiful!"

No idea what he meant by that, but it sounded cool.

-Kris

Jacob's Class

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Tonght, Jacob's dance class had practice and then a Christmas party following. He's getting a lot better, though is still very obviously the only four-year-old in his class. As long as he's happy, we're happy.

Ole'!

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This is Jacob the Bed Time Warrior, or as he prefers to be called "Super Mario Snoopy Link Smash Brothers Galaxy." He's been wearing the full set of armour every night this week.

Overheard...

Now that Jacob is starting to read, every time we pass a strip mall we hear a voice from the backseat saying, "Open. Open. Open. Open. Open..." as he reads the neon signs in their windows.

Ella has become quite the accomplished singer, her favorites being Electric Car and The Blood Mobile from Here Comes Science. Does she understand what she's singing? No, but she does it with such heart...