It's not for lack of material that I haven't been writing, just lack of time. Jackie is in rare form as we head into the Christmas season. Dennis dressed up as Santa for the pre-k holiday party yesterday. Jackie took one look at him and declared "That guy's not Santa - it's just my Dad" and stormed off in the direction of a holiday craft. She had me in stitches the other day while I was setting out lunch boxes. "What's for lunch?" I reply it's pb&j. "I don't like peanut butter" she declares. "Since when don't you like peanut butter?" says I. "I don't know" replies Jackie. " It's like one day I just snapped".

She has a new best friend, Jacob. Jacob is an adorable 4 year old boy - just as rough and tumble as she. While the other kids are playing, those two are climbing trees and pretending to be a pack of wild dogs. That's great unless they attack some unsuspecting preschoolers who happen to play near thier den. They spent all morning together, then were playing at the same birthday party for three hours. On the way home, she declared that she missed him already. Ahhhhh. Her first friend her own age! It's a wonderful thing!