The Jake Chronicles 9 – Present Hunting with the Gang

 


           I want to earn some extra money to buy a special Christmas gift, so mom lets me babysit the gang. Well, not really. She only leaves me alone with them for a few minutes but she still pays me for the hour. Dad asked us to write our Christmas lists this morning.  I know it’s just busy work.  He doesn’t want us poking around the house for presents. Continue reading

The Jake Chronicles 8 – Babysitting Avery and Wyatt

 


             

          Cousin Avery and Wyatt are taking us to the mall today.  She needs to pick out a present for Uncle Robert and Aunt Alicia’s anniversary.  They’ve been married for about a hundred years.  Dad and my uncles always tell us to keep an eye on Wyatt when we’re out with them but we like him.  He’s cool.  He makes a mean PB & J and he lets us do whatever we want.  We even made him a member of our tree house club.  Continue reading

The Jake Chronicles 7 – Tree House Follies with Uncle Jared

 

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      Mom and Dad had an orientation meeting at our new school, so Uncle Jared is looking after us today.  We love it when he visits.  He likes to talk about building things.  He’s even designing a scale model doll house for Mackenzie that looks like ours.  

     The boys and I are having a club meeting in my tree house.  Jack and Matt spent the night so we could get an early start.  Mom and dad said we should include Mackenzie, so we thought it would be a good idea for her to attend.  Continue reading