Like all of our kids, Jacob is very intelligent and shows signs of being a very wise person. He asks the most thought provoking questions and really wants to understand things. He's trusting of the answers we give him, but will always follow up with more questions until it makes sense in his mind. He's great at figuring things out and just gets things.
Jacob is very determined. He will make up his mind about something and stick with it no matter what (good or bad). If he decides he's going to take a stand about something, he will take that stand and not waver. When he's decided to disobey, and we attempt to correct him, he'll simply close his eyes and pretend we're not there until we tire of trying to talk to him. Fortunately for us, most of the time he decides to take a stand on the good side of things.
One of Jake's quirks is that he believes (or at least likes to pretend enough to convince me that he believes) that he was once a grownup. He constantly tells us stories about "when I was a grownup". Like me, he used to work at John Deere when he was a grown up, his last mom was also named Tammy, but it was a different Tammy. He had several children and he'll tell you lots about each one. If you ask him (and sometimes even if you don't), he'll describe in great detail and with a straight face many aspects of his life as a grown up (such as the time one of his kids died on the way to seminary - he tripped on a rock). The funniest part of this is that he brings it up all the time. The other day we were going to visit the Living History Farms here in Des Moines and out of the blue he says, "Oh, I went to the Living History Farms once when I was a grownup." Then he starts describing all about his visit there (which turned out to be surprisingly accurate). This has been going on for several months now. I finally decided he must be reincarnated, so I asked him about it. "No, I never died, after my son died, I just shrunk back down to a baby and moved in with you guys."
His latest thing is that everything happens as a result of rules. Everytime I take him to the bathroom, he describes to me the rules of going potty. Somewhere along the line he's gotten mixed up about needing to wash his hands after going and has told me very firmly that the rules of going potty say that you should NOT wash your hands when you're done. "But it says in the potty rules that you should NOT wash your hands!" He's very determined and I've not yet talked him around on that one. There are rules for going to bed, rules for eating dinner, rules for playing, and even rules for reading a book.
Here's Jacob moonlighting as a vampire.
SMILE!
SMILE AGAIN!
And eat some spaghetti (this is a very rare sight ... Jacob is actually VERY clean and organized and does a great job of keeping himself clean - unlike our other boys)!
And smile some more!
Easter egg hunt!
Jake and Anna!
Super Jake with his big muscles and cape!
Jake and Lizzy have a special bond.
3 comments:
That is too funny about his stories of when he was adult. I hope I'll get to hear some this week. Sounds like he's a true Benjamin Button!
He reminds me a bit of Mark. Mark had invisible friends and lots of rules. He still lives by many rules of his own making.
I've never met Jacob, but I was laughing about all the stories!
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