Heigh-Ho!! Heigh-Ho!!

Gracie's friend Natalie had a birthday!! She is 3! Natalie wanted to celebrate with her favorite princess, Snow White, so her mommy Christine threw the cutest theme party. Natalie was Snow White and all the guests were to come as dwarfs! Gracie decided she wanted to be "Happy." I figured this is appropriate most of the time, so we did our research and checked out Happy's outfit. Well, at least what mommy could throw together in 15 minutes since she forgot it was a dress up party! Oops!! Anyway, Gracie looked cute and she even got to wear some of mommy's makeup! OOOOHHHH!! (Don't tell Gammy...she didn't let mommy wear makeup until she was 13!) The kiddos all had a great time, they made beards, decorated mirrors, played an apple game, and mined for jewels...just like the real dwarfs. Thanks, Natalie, for having such a great party!! We had a great time!! Happy Birthday!

Tortillas!!

So, not that I am anyway Martha Stewart, but in one of Gracie's books there was a recipe to make tortillas. It seemed easy enough, and looked pretty fun. So we tried it! And let me tell you, nothing tastes as good as a hot, fresh, homemade tortilla. Now, for those of you that have had tortillas in Mexico or in Old Town near San Diego, these are probably not quite the same, but compared to the cold ones in the grocery store, YUMMY!! And, only 4 ingredients that I can even pronounce. So relatively healthy. Anyway, she enjoyed them, I enjoyed letting go and letting her get messy, and the result was delicious!!

Gracie rolling out the dough...she really got into it.


cooking one in a pan...yum! Even Minnie was enjoying it!

Lunch, yum!!!

Awana Grand Prix

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So the past few weeks, Gracie and Brian have been making their Awana cars for the Awana Grand Prix that happened this past Wednesday. Gracie instantly knew she wanted to make a train like her favorite Emily of the Thomas the Tank Engine series. Emily is green with gold and red...as you can see from the slideshow, Gracie decided to use these colors plus so many others. It was beautiful!! She tied first place with her cousin Ephraim in design, and her super fast train took second in overall speed in her Cubbies category! But Gracie wasn't the only Jacobs in the house competing. Brian also constructed a car, like he has for so many years before. He was a little more excited than the kiddo, but I am told that is normal. Brian made a replica, almost exact, to the new 2008 Knight Rider car...known as the KITT3000! I am so proud of my husband, his car took first prize in speed! YEAH!! So, we brought home three trophies last night. And to make the night sweeter, Gracie's cousins won trophies (Hayden and Ephraim) as did her Aunt Becky and Uncle Mike! Good job family!! Way to go!!