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Jacob is not our most observant child. This was clearly pointed out today when he came home from school. His bus dropped him off about 15 minutes later than usual, I was starting to make calls as to where his bus was. He got off and handed me a slip that said his bus had been in an "accident" and that he'd been checked out, but was fine. I asked him if his bus was in an accident and he had no idea what I was talking about and didn't remember anyone looking him over to see if he was OK. After further prodding and questioning he did recall a time when he fell out of his seat (didn't really know why), but he was too busy talking to take notice of anything else. Sigh. My mom tells me this is karma for how much I shared with my family when I was younger - they have since trained me to be a better observer and reporter (but I am sure they'd still say I'm not very good).

In other news.

*I had my first mid-term today in Calc 1. I think I did pretty well. I was stumped by the first question for a little while, which made me very scared. But after I went through the rest of the test with no big challenges I returned to the first question and did my best guess, which turns out was right. Yeah!

*Wyatt finally got a full sized mattress for his crib that has now been converted to a full-size bed. He thinks its a big trampoline and still ends up sleeping on the floor. I think he thinks its unfair that the other two boys get to sleep in the same room. Maybe one of these nights we'll try him out in the other room and let Jacob or Gavin have a room to themselves for the night - though I am not sure either of them want to sleep alone either.

*Wyatt calls Jacob 'Jay-bop', I know soon enough he'll figure out how to say Jacob and I don't want to forget that.

Pumpkin Patch

We finally made our annual pumpkin patch visit today. We have gone to Peter's Pumpkins with the Silvestains for 4 of the last 5 years, that one year it was raining (and Wyatt was a baby) and we just picked up pumpkins from a pre-picked stand. We made it to the far ends of the pumpkin patch this year, as we are late in the season and a lot of the good pumpkins have been picked and there were lots of rotten pumpkins out there. The kids always like the hunt for their pumpkin, though Gavin's criteria this year was that the pumpkin be clean. Finding a pumpking without dirt on it in the field was tricky. Wyatt loved just running through the field. Jacob and Kyle enjoyed the challenge of pulling the wagons along the field roads/trails.

 



Wyatt getting a ride out of the field with the pumpkins. 

 

Kyle and Avery helped get the boys laughing for this photo.

Jacob and Kyle - Jacob not so happy to be the "girl".

 

Caught a smile from Avery and a goofy grin from Gavin.

Football Season

Jacob is trying out football this fall. This is his first football team and they are the "Packers". It's flag football and they get a chance to try out all the positions. Jacob really wants to be a quarterback, but he hasn't had much opportunity to pass the ball. He's on a winning team thanks to the "Atteberry Twins" - mini sport phenoms, as brothers they have lots of practice together and they are often throwing deep passes to each other or making interceptions. We've played against them in soccer and basketball and I can say its much better to play with them than against them. Jacob has been on enough losing teams to appreciate the ability to win games, but he's also realizing that then you might not get as much action. He has made one touchdown - rushing the full length of the field. Of course, it was a cold morning and I stayed home with Gavin and Wyatt and missed this amazing run. I have seen many great blocks on his part and I try to remind him that its a team sport and it takes the whole team to score a touchdown or win the game.

 



Jacob (in maroon sweatshirt) with his team.

Jacob running with the ball.

The footballer.

2 Years Old!

We celebrated Wyatt turning 2 over the weekend. After watching Jacob's football game on Saturday morning, we had a family birthday party at our house. 

 

This is how it is for a 3rd, your brothers are just so "helpful".

Wyatt's brothers thought he would like an ice cream cake and his mother couldn't agree more.

Wyatt taste tested and approved.

Wyatt with Auntie Drea.

Wyatt goofing with Dad.

Wyatt with Uncle Joel and family.

Wyatt with the Rosenbergers.

Wyatt with Grandma and Grandpa Jeske.

Wyatt (and Gavin) with Grandma and Grandpa Middendorf.

 

On Sunday we continued the tradition of going to MOA for rides at Nickelodeon Universe. Better yet, this year we had gotten free passes from Gavin's preschool.

Wyatt riding the carousel.

Gavin and Jacob riding Swiper's Sweeper.

Fred and Wyatt riding the balloons.