I imagine they have been teaching him at school (daycare) or Kim's been practicing with him. But lately, Jack decided to learn how to count all the way up to one hundred! Pretty cool. He can actually go a little beyond. Jack, we are very proud of you.

In fact,, we are pround you one one hundred thousand million killion chillion kikian!!! (kikian is a word Jack made up to signify a very very large number...perhaps similar in magnitude to a Google)!!!

Jack woke up this morning feeling pretty sick. Although his tummy was pretty empty, he's been puking all morning. Poor little guy. He and mommy had planned to pick up some donuts for 'breakfast'. Some days just don't turn out the way you planned.

Dear Santa,

I have been a good boy. I have also been a little naughty. I like to cook in my kitchen. I share toys

with Katie most days. I would like to ask for a pink kitchen for Katie. I want a toy coffeemaker and I

have a toaster now. I would like more toy dishes because I need more. I also want more things

for my kitchen. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

From Jack

It's sometimes hard to get a good picture of Jack because he often makes silly faces. Today, however, when Mommy took the kids to "Picture People" at the Lancaster mall, Jack was the perfect little model. He listened and posed very well for the camera resulting in some great photos we'll enjoy for years to some. Thanks Jack!

This past weekend, we got to visit Matt and Carin Kaag at their New York City apartment (Check out some of our photos). For dinner, we had yummy Indina food delivered from a local place. Shortly after starting the meal David suggested that someone should say grace. After some back and forth, we all decided David should lead, and so he did. He did a great job. After the group said "Amen", Jack followed it by saying: "OH MAN!!!" Everybody busted out laughing, which of course, resulted in Jack saying "Oh man" another 20 or so times.

Also, after visiting the Museum of Natural History located adjacent to Central Park, the kids were asked about what their favorite part was. David said he liked all the dinosaurs. Talie liked the Discovery Room (her favorite). When our little Jack was asked, he said that his favorite part was "the pizza!", how cultured!

Today was another one of Jack's Favorite days of the week. Wednesdays are knows as "Pizza Days" around here. That is because all the kids get to have pizza for lunch at Chesterbrook Acacemy (daycare). In addition to that, mommy often times has to stay late at work which means that the kids and daddy need to feed themselves. Which often times, like today, means that we make a short trip up the Lititz Pike to get to Little Caesar's, Jack's and Daddy's farovite.

Yesterday, Jack and Mommy were spending time together in the basement. Mommy was busy cleaning and Jack was feeling a little neglected, as always! All of a sudden, Jack told mommy: "Mommy, you should stop all that cleaning and we should just love each other". After that, mommy had no alternative but to stop what she was doing to play and spend some quality time together with jack.