He had a great birthday. Here's jake opening his present with his brother and sister:We're having a combined birthday for jake and Chloe in June. So, today after school I took Jake a a few boys to Laser tag. It was Jake, Wyatt, Jake best friend, Jaritt, Jaritt's little brother Dayven, Jake's Buddy Ellis and Jake and Wyatt's cousin, Tony.

I wanted to move to this neighborhood because I wanted the kids to have neighborhood friends they could play with. Biy did that work! They have so much fun and so do we. One set of neighbors has a second grader who has become one of Wyatt's best friends. They consider themselves betrothed. Here they are: Notice how much they resemble each other. Her mom and I keep joking that it's like, "I love me, I mean you." They also have a 4 year old who plays with Jake. Jake really looks out for Jack (who can be a bit anxious. Jake becomes very mad if anyone makes Jack cry. At first we thought he was just being protective of a younger child. Slowly we have realized that he finds the crying very annoying. But, he completely does not blame Jack. Here's a conversation we had recently:

At some point Chloe was given a Barbie and Ken. She misunderstood his name to be Kevin and so it is. Well, it's actually Beach Barbie and Kevin so of course they must join Chloe in the bath tub. So, last night Jake's getting ready to get in the shower when he yells out, "I can't get in the shower, something creepy is in my way." I know just what he's talking about because is is intensly creeped out by dolls of all kinds. So, I say, "Oh, Chloe. Your barbies are in there." Chloe imediatelty starts scampering after him and yelling, "That's my Barbie and Kevin." As you know, she is sure everyone is out to play with her stuff. She yells, "I'll get them, Jake. Not you." Jake replies, "Like would even touch those things."

The other day I walked into my room and Chloe was standing on my bed wearing nothing but a pair of princess panties. She was very seriously watching herself in the mirror with her right hand under her left arm pit. She was carefully flapping the arm up and down just as she'd seen the boys do. Sadly, there was no gas like sound effect like the boys can creat with their hand under their arm. It's hard to be a little girl trying to keep up with big brothers.

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Poor baby! She probably caught at the ER when we went for that darn toe. Her fever started Thursday. By Friday morning she was much better but that afternoon she started to seem even sicker than before. Then she got a rash. My friend Julie diagnosed her over the phone. That woman really deserves an honorary medical degree.

The other day he was taking forever to eat and I said (jokingly of course) "Eat or I'm going to start beating you." He looked at me and then said,