News from the Jacobs family in Saudi Arabia
The second day we were back in the States was the Spooner Rodeo Parade. Lea Ann, Steven and Nina joined us as we headed over with Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs’. We arrived just before things got crowded and had some great front row seats for a really wonderful parade. The best part for me was seeing Kai so flabergasted that they were throwing candy. Even near the end of the parade he would turn to me and say “Dad! They are throwing CANDY!”
Last Tuesday Crystal and I went into town for our annual eye appointments and then went on to talk with the cabinet maker and main contractor for our basement rennovation. Kai and Nora stayed with Grandma, Grandpa and the new puppies, Greta and Gabby.  Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs get photo credit for the pictures below.
This post was originally going to be made the day before we left for summer vacation but in the rush of wrapping up projects and packing I didn’t get a chance to hit the “publish” button. Here we are now several days into our vacation in Danbury Wisconsin and I’m only now getting around to posting it.
Stay tuned for more!
On a recent trip to Applebees the waiter gave the kids a soccer celebration kit. Inside was a facepaint stick that looked like a stick deoderant but had the three colors of the Italian flag to make it easy to paint flags on faces. We waited until just before bath time to break it out and they had a great (and messy) time with it.
Ben just got back from his 6 day trip to San Antonio for the National Educational Computing Conference which was a fantastic experience.
The pictures below were taken a couple weeks before I left and I took them on the road with me to tive me something to do during all of the travel time. Crystal was getting ready to start here job as curriculum coordinator and so Ben took Kai and Nora to the kiddie pool one morning to give here a little work time. There is nothing like heading to the pool on a hot and humid day and it was really hot and humid that day. The foggy first picture really captures what it felt like.
Kai and Nora have recently taken to playing “ghost” with Kai’s blankets. They have a really loose weave so they can see out pretty well when they have them on though Nora still runs into things quite a bit.
A few days ago Dad bought a webcam. Silliness ensues.
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Here is a quick set of pictures of Nora during a magic marker art time.
We’ve been making every Friday a “dough day.” We make a pound of bread dough in the bread machine and then have fun making different shapes before baking.
Summer is surely here. In the last week we topped 110 ((according to our backyard thermometer which is in the shade)) and we also had a dewpoint of 84 degrees–thankfully they weren’t on the same day. Still, it is getting harder to play outside unless it involves water.
