just bragging

Jacob is my cute little inventor. If he can't find something he is looking for, he just makes whatever he needs out of stuff he finds around the house. Baseball bats and baseballs are the most commonly substituted items (a toy hammer and a balloon...a wooden spoon and a pair of folded socks...once a toothbrush and a piece of a chip he found on the floor). I love seeing him use his imagination.

Yesterday, I couldn't help but take a picture of him using his latest homemade invention - a fishing pole. He climbed into Eddie's crib and began fishing out into "the lake". It was pretty cute. I took a picture of his fishing pole close up so I wouldn't forget how he put it all together. He was so proud to show me what he had made. I was impressed with his engineering skills. I can't think of a better use for a Halloween pencil, a straw from one of Dave's giant refillable mugs, some red rope thingy Jacob said he found in my room, and a plastic cell phone. It's actually quite well made and he could cast it over and over again and it stayed together.

Not to be outdone, Eddie said his first sentance..."Thank you Mom". Even if he doesn't smile much for pictures, he is a polite little genius, and looks a little like a cuter version of Zoolander.