Visit with Oma

Oma flew in from Victoria, BC Canada to visit for 2 weeks. We had a blast visiting St. Louis sites and hanging with Adli. Oma survived the heat and said she would return but maybe not in August again :) We look forward to your next visit - hopefully soon

We went to Grants Farm in St. Louis. It was a wonderful place owned by Anahieser-Busch. You get a tour of the land (over 250 acres), feed baby goats and chickens, see elephants, feed camels (as shown by Adli), and the beatiful horses. To end you get two free adult drinks. What could get better than that!

2nd Birthday

Adli celebrated his 2nd birthday this week. To start the festivities Adli woke to a kitchen and fruit/veggie stand. This is what it looked like when he started......

and this is what the kitchen looked like while the chef was in! We think he likes it. My favorite is the Elmo shoes - thanks Oma!


And this is the delivery option. Moe has just enjoyed a hamburger, hot dog and banana's.....oh but wait the delivery boy stole the hot dog bun!!!
After all the deliveries are complete the chef must rest!























Besides enjoying all his presents. Adli had cake at school with all his friend (pictures to come) and then we had dinner out with his friend Logan. A pretty busy day with lots of sugar for a little boy!

I think we have the cutiest child ever :)

For all those sleepless nights and numerous tanrums it all disapears when you see a face like this. Aldi is turning two in exactly 2 weeks and Moe and I can not believe how wonderful our lives have changed.

3 Months Later

Okay Okay so I know it has been forever since I have done a post.....so sorry.....
Lets update you all on the summer in St. Louis. Well it is HOT - Hotter than I thought a place could be, so we have been focusing on indoor activities. In fact we tell Adli it is too hot to play outside and now he says "To hot mommy - stay inside". Thank goodness the winters are mild to make up for it. Here are a couple pictures of us having fun. As you can see watermelon is even better with LARGE utensils

On Saturday morning we have started the tradition of having Moe made blueberry pancake and for Adli his special request is BACON (don't worry it is turkey:) - However Moe would prefer the other white meat. If you look closely in the photo you can see the cantaloupe - Adli like his is ball form....so fancy


















Adli is making great progress on toilet training - at school he used the toilet for peeing and we were told today that he woke up dry after nap. Home is a completely different story - no peeing in the potty. Anyhow I found Calvin Klein boxer-brief shorts and we used them for sleeping..but gosh isn't this cute! One day soon we hope he will be wearing them for real.

I promise to update more often - thanks for your patience and gentle reminders

Adli's first kiss!

Lessons from Dad on how to get a girl.
Number 1: Dress well and look cute
















Number 2: Complement on how great her outfit is.....wow that is a great G! Watch out where you touch - it might be considered as too quick of an advance


Number 3: Watch for a response and smile (works with all the girls!)
Number 4: Go in for the kiss (and aim for the lips - Adli still needs to work on this part). Dad is proud to see how fast Adli works with the laddies.

Special thanks to Sadie for being Adli's first kiss!

A true boy!

I think as true boy it is okay to have your shirt off and show your love for yogourt!

Look Zadie - when mom is not looking I like to sit on my train table and watch my Thomas go round and round!

2 months since our last post!

Wow life has been busy in the Jacobs' house. In March we went to the Maize Meetings in Chicago (okay outside Chicago in a subdivision called St. Charles). Fun meetings. The following week we all flew to Winnipeg for 10 days for Passover. Spent some great times with the Family.

Here is a photo of Jen and Adli at the airport - Jen looks calm but on this insides was screaming for a drink! Just Kidding Dad!


















One morning Cousin Jonah, Adli, Jen, Moe and Morley enjoyed the pool at the JCC - This pool rocks, zero clearance entrance and a slide.
























Adli loved running around Moe's parents house - here is Adli with his favorite shirt on (Cookies Monster) saying where are you to Moe's Dad....he loved being chased by him, however Adli still won't say Moishe......we are working hard on this :)

After the Winnipeg trip we got great news the Moe got a position with Monsanto. He is a functional Architect. Okay he is not building anything, he is the liaison between the scientist and the computer scientist. He started 1 week ago and seems to be enjoying things. In bad news the 91 dodge spirit was in a car accident with a H3 and the outcome was not good.......we put the spirit too rest in car heaven. However, the Jacobs' are the proud owner of TWO new cars!!!!! We got twins :) Faternal!
Moe has a black Mazda 5 and Jen has a silver PT Cruiser.
Life is good in St. Louis and we are finally getting into a routine.... I will try to keep up with blogging!!!

Our Trip to Minneapolis

We spent the last couple of day in Minneapolis. My mom had her Ph.D. defence, which she told me she passed....never got to go, but Yeah Mom! Instead I spent the day with Gregory, Amanda, Aaron and Tobi....much more fun. On Saturday Gregory, Amanda, Dadda, Brent, Debbie and Max all went to the childrens museum... So much fun. I spent Sunday morning with Jenni, Jim, Evie and Annalise. Breakfast was great, Jenni is a fabulous cook. We stayed with Debbie, Brent and Max - It was fabulous and they had great hospitality and yummy food. Staying with Max I learnt one thing.....my parents are holding out on me, Max has fun toys! Come on Mom and Dadda!!!

Here are some pictures with Max in the tub!

Having Fun with Floor

All this flour and no one to share it with.....






















Just kidding! I am having fun with my classmates at the JCC. These are my friends Richard, Kalie and Owen.





















So do you like the flour in my hair........ it makes me look older right?

Life in St. Louis - Jan 2007

Mom and Dad already have me pulling all nighters, working on the computer, answering calls and writing......gosh I don't even know my numbers yet!!
I think I look pretty good shirtless....watch out ladies!

We took this picture in the middle of the night. He sure looks happy on his pillow and two favorite blankets and one spare (you never know when you need an extra blanket!)
About a week ago we actually got lots of snow - I will report exactly 1 week later we have none. Anyhow, Adli is not a big fan of snow. Looks like he missed the "Canadian - snow genes"




We signed Adli up for swim class and he loves it. The pool is a walk in and there is a vortex pool - so cool. I like because it is warm!

Summary of the last few weeks

We seem to go to Sam's club a lot! Enough that Adli knows the sign from the outside no matter which location...eliciting the following, "Cookie, cookie, cookie" then "Hot dog, hot dog, hot dog".



















We are learning our body parts...which can be a hazard sometimes...like pointing out eyes without having a finger put into your own eye... so Adli now knows "Eye brow" which is much safer. Here Adli is checking out if his tongue is bigger.



















At the mall, again! Here is a picture just for Uncle Sam on a trike. Practicing so we can double, I'll be back to collect that Harley! Do my feet need to touch? Better get some training wheels.

Botanical Garden

We went to see the Chihuly exhibit before it is removed. The Botanical gardens cover a few hundred acres, so get your walking shoes on!
Like our travels to the zoo we could start another blog with all of the pictures of the Chihuly.


















Inside the Climatron Adli discovered his calling...future rice farmer.






















We took some time out to smell the roses...sorry had to say it. We did not show the next sequence of photos of Adli eating the rose...that should be an interesting diaper change at child care tomorrow!

The Zoo...Again!

We were the first people in the zoo (easy when you get up at 5am), the animals were hungry and Aldi wanted to help...he should like rice cake!











Okay so we only had one rice cake and now there are three peacocks... this was a good idea when there was one but they are scary when there is a flock...Do they bite?










Adli and the Hippo...not the same ring to it as Jonah and the Whale but it might catch on.

First night of Channuka

I opened my first Channuka gift...after much encouragment from Mom and Dad...they seemed
to be more excited about this event then I was! I'm still not sure what Channuka is but after we light some candles and sing some strange songs, I get to open a gift...good deal!

December 2006

Hi everyone. Look at me shirtless and proud!


















So we have these great windows in our house and I love looking into our forest. Today we saw a falcon!

Adli why are you under the sink? Who me under the sink???? I just went to get another roll of toilet paper honest!














This is for Zaida Z. I know this is fuzzy but it was the only picture we got with the hat on!

Adli Goes to the Zoo!

We went to St. Louis zoo. Had a great time. Here is a picture of an ant eatter....pretty cool

This is Adli's favorite way to travel!

New Chair and Bathroom fun!

Mom and Dad got me a new chair that is just my size......it even reclines.....this is the life!

Today I was really busy.....Dad and Mom left me alone for alittle to long. I found the best room ever. It has water and paper, best of all you can take the water out of the bowl! To muh fun!

Happy Halloween Everyone - Adli is a frog and can even say the sound that a frog makes....rrrrribbiiit!

Jen and Moe after Halloween!
Note: Pencils and erasers for halloween does NOT score points with the new neighbours :)