Our youngest son, Buddy Boy, has a magic hat. Not the kind where you find rabbits or that make snowmen come to life, but one that transforms him into a new person: Jacob. Every time Buddy Boy puts on his Power Ranger hat he declares, "I'm Jacob!" In fact, he even refers to his hat (or any hat, for that matter) as his "Jacob." He tells anyone else with a hat that they are wearing their "Jacob" as well.
Why Jacob? It all started when our oldest son, Wizard, began going to Cub Scouts. There is a boy in Wizard's den named Jacob. Buddy Boy initially declared that anyone wearing a Scout uniform (including the Cub Scout hat) was Jacob. This eventually progressed to just any ball cap, but especially his Power Ranger hat.
Whenever he wears it, and we call him by the name we gave him, he corrects us, "I'm Jacob." If we ask if he's cute, he responds, "I'm not cute; I'm Jacob." If he takes his hat off, however, he informs us that he is not Jacob. Well "Jacob," we think you're pretty stinkin' cute anyway!
This is "Jacob" saying "Wussup, yo!" Which he repeatedly shouted in the middle of church a while back. Did we mention shouted? And repeatedly?
We rarely find "Jacob" in bed at night without his "Jacob" on. Or his shoes. Or even in his own bed (he prefers Wizard's top bunk). Shoes in bed. His "Jacob" in bed. What's next?
1 comment:
He makes me laugh!
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