Jake must have the touch. Two weekends ago he put Jonathan’s Scooby Doo pole in the water and caught a fish his first time! He was so excited. He caught 5 more after that. The down side is, now he thinks every time you put your pole in you catch a fish!
Jake went down a waterslide for the first time at the Animal Kingdom Lodge . He cracked up the whole way down. Once he hit the water he immediately said, “again!” I think he must have gone down the slide about 20 times. When it was time to dry off he cried the whole way out of the pool. He is such a daredevil, he’ll try anything!
We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge again. There were several new animals that we didn’t see in August. Pictured here is cattle that had enormous horns. We really can’t explain how they can hold their heads up!
Here are the ostriches. It is really amazing to see them all running across the savannah together. There were also these little pigs running around but they were too fast for us to get a picture.
You can see the zebras grazing in this photo.
Jakes was obsessed (and still is) with choo-choo trains and buses throughout our vacation. He didn’t care that we were going to the Magic Kingdom he was more excited about the bus ride we took to get there!
As a souvenir we bought him diecast replicas of the Disney buses that transport you to the parks, the cruises and to and from the airport. He literally fell asleep with them in his hands at night. Now that we are home he takes them everywhere with him.
Jake was beside himself when he saw Mater and Lightening McQueen! He checked them both out thoroughly. The Disney worker kept telling him to look into the headlight (there’s a camera placed there so the driver can see where he’s going). Every time Jake did, the driver revved the engine real loud!
Matt had a meeting in Florida a couple of weeks ago, so the kids and I and Aunt Pam went along too! The resort had a rock wall and Jonathan met the safety requirements exactly (42 in. tall and 40 lbs.)! He was determined to make it to the top. There was one set of rocks that was really difficult for him. You could just see him staring at it and trying to think of a way to do it! In our home video you can hear Matt yelling up to him that he doesn’t have to reach the top. Jonathan just ignored him and he eventually made it all the way up!
The boys went to see the Easter bunny this week. Jake gave him a good once over. After he saw Jonathan climb up on his lap, he figured he most be okay and he climbed up too.
My niece, Kaylee found the newest commercial for Sports Time Ohio, an Ohio cable station that broadcasts the Indians baseball games along with other Ohio sports, on You Tube. She did a double take when she recognized a certain 5 year old boy getting Chief Wahoo painted on his cheek! Press play below and see if you can pick Jonathan out.
Jonathan likes to watch America’s Funniest Home Videos. We found his favorite video on the web and he’s watched it 100 times, and laughs every time! If you want a quick laugh click here!
“Jake, someday I see our name in lights. Jonathan (first of course) and Jake.”
While visiting my sister Pam in Chicago this weekend we started looking at this picture and trying to come up with what we thought Jonathan was saying to Jake. I thought it would be fun to have everyone come up with their own caption. You can post it as a comment. Don’t get alarmed if your comments don’t post immediately because the software makes you approve them first.
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Jonathan got DDR for his birthday. He can’t do it without Jake wanting to do it too! Little does Jake know, his dance pad doesn’t work! It probably won’t be long before he figures it out.