Jake's Favorite Things

Jake's favorite things are Bentley's things. As I mentioned earlier this week, he snitches Bentley's underwear and pull-ups. He adores the little Matchbox cars, most of which are technically Bentley's. As long as Jake doesn't take B's current favorite(s), they share well.

Jake still likes silky blankets, but lately he hasn't felt the need to carry them downstairs. In fact, he hasn't even felt the need to sleep with them. He throws them out of the crib most nap-times and bed-times in a fit of temper over being put to bed. It's an odd little ritual that gives him a quick spurt of satisfaction, but in the long run his actions have to hurt since when he finally gives up and lays down, the blankets are out of reach.

Jake loves the Pixar-Disney book that was Bentley's favorite book when he was Jake's age. It features stories from the Cars movie and the Nemo movie as well as other movies. It's a very heavy book, but Jake hauls it around and spends long stretches of time turning the pages. I loathe this book since it has way too many words per page. I refuse to read it to Jake or Bentley. It's a daddy book. Matt bought it and he enjoys reading it to the children. Jake also favors car and truck books. Oh joy, more hours of identifying excavators, back hoes, and tractors.

Jake is fascinated with Bentley's puzzles. This is unfortunate since they are off limits to him. He throws a fit when I redirect his attention to the puzzles for 2 year olds. He's not old enough to do 45 piece puzzles no matter how loud he screams. One day I let him hold the box for the puzzle and that made him happy for quite a while.

Yup, Jake's favorite things are Bentley's things. Jake adores Bentley and Bentley's stuff.