Why Mess with Perfection?

Jake's had several people ask him if he wants to "try for that boy."  Jake's response perfectly captures his attitude on the subject: "Why mess with perfection?"

Jake is just such a wonderful dad and he loves his little girls.  I think that some dads might be wary of sharing their "manly" hobbies with their little daughters, but not Jake.  He includes his girls in his adventures and is always teaching them new things.  When I was growing up my dad made us all mow the lawn, change our car's oil, and help out in the garage.  Didn't matter our gender, we had to all learn how to do everything (and I attribute a lot of that to my being a mechanical engineer).  Jake's the same way, he's already pricing out child sized dirt bikes (he's still trying to convince me on that one...)

During December and the long holiday break our girls got a lot of time hanging out with dad.  Even now that he's back at work, he comes home and takes them down to the basement to play basketball and jump on the trampoline.  Jake does such a great job at playing and being fun - something that I admire in him.

We have this stomp rocket that Jake thought would be fun to use with his air compressor.

One day Jake thought it would be fun to take the girls to the park (since we're having a weird warmish no-snow winter).  We set our lunch up on a table and it started blowing everywhere, so we ate in the safety of the car (Stow 'n Go!) then went and played afterward.

Jake bought this HUGE tent so we can go camping (still trying to accept the fact that I might have to sleep outdoors... bleh).  Anyways, Scarlett kept asking to go camping and since it's winter we decided to set it up in our living room.  We weren't even able to extend it the full size - it's enormous!  I think Jake said it should fit two queen sized air mattresses (he knows how to sell this camping thing to me).

It has a little "closet" off to the side to store things, the girls thought that was the best little hiding place.  They were so excited to be in there, they went and got ALL their nighttime items.  We thought about letting them sleep in there overnight but it was just too exciting for them to calm down.

We had our FHE lesson inside the tent - the nativity story (complete with freaky baby).

Jake was flying his quadcopter in the house and literally 2 minutes after I told him to be careful around the chandelier this happened:

So now he mostly practices his aerial stunts outside.

The girls just love their new jackets.  They were being so cute that I kept taking videos.  I couldn't decide which one to post, so I picked three for you to enjoy!  :-)

Scarlett took this photo when Jake got home from work one day...

The girls helped Jake assemble his Bottle Rocket.

Jake handed Scarlett his phone to film the bottle rocket when they were outside, just watch what happens.... 

Playing with their little trebuchet.

Trebuchet in action:

The girls helping Jake stretch his back.

We had a surprise snow storm one day but forgot to put the window scraper back in the van after Jake vacuumed it out.  So Jake used the next best thing: a little plastic flute.  Unfortunately the plastic wasn't made for the extreme temperatures and stress, it didn't make it home in one piece...

Scarlett kept asking to watch YouTube tutorials to learn how to do balloon animals.  haha!  I took a nap one day then woke up to an entire room COVERED in balloon puppies, headbands, flowers, swords, etc.

Siena was being cute with her balloon puppies:

You can see some of the balloon animals in the background.  Have you heard of GoldieBlox?  They are engineering toys marketed toward girls.  Love!  The girls got the Dunk Tank this year for Christmas.  Jake help them set it up...

Then they all took a turn dunking the puppy.

Scarlett kept saying "I want to be an engineer!".... *pride*

During nap time Jake and Scarlett put together this puzzle.

Jake took this video of the girls, they just love their yee haw hats!

Jake worked from home for a few days when we were all pretty sick.  Scarlett went down to the kitchen, pushed the chair to the fridge, climbed up to get his lunch box, filled it with items from the fridge and pantry, then put in some ice packs from the freezer.  She carried it up the stairs.  I didn't know what she was doing but I kept hearing her say things like "man, this is so heavy" and "almost there!"  Then she went in the office with Jake and they shared his special lunch she packed just for him.  So sweet!!!!!!