Hi! Most of you know who I am – Becca Grace Jensen. For weeks I’ve been waiting for a chance to use the computer without my parents noticing (pretty hard when you live in a one-bedroom apartment) and today I have my chance. I’ve watched my parents blog about our family every week, and I’ve been wanting to tell you all my perspective of our summer (and now fall!). So – here goes!

You’re probably wondering what we really did all summer here in Arlington, Texas. Let me tell you what we did: lots of eating, sleeping, and playing! And sitting at tables and staring at computer screens. I’m not really sure what my daddy and mommy find so interesting about sitting, reading, and typing, but they sure spent a lot of time doing it!

In the mornings during the summer after I would eat, Daddy would play with me and watch me while  Mommy looked intently into her computer screen. Then in the afternoons, Mommy would watch me while Daddy sat at his desk and read or typed. Like I said, I’m not too sure what’s so thrilling about the computer screen, unless of course we’re watching videos of me!

Now that it’s fall, Daddy doesn’t have as much time to watch me. But I found out that he’s going to be watching me more, so Mommy can do more work on her dissertation. I’m not sure what a dissertation is, but I’m pretty sure it’s something AWFUL! It takes both my mommy and my daddy away from me, and it doesn’t look like fun at all. My parents need to learn what true fun is . . . playing with shoes!

When Daddy is watching me, we get to check the mail, have cool airplane rides, wear funny clothes, and say things to make Mommy laugh. When Mommy watches me we get to cook in the kitchen and play with my cardboard blocks and do all sorts of crazy things together. (See me in the tower with Mommy? Daddy taught me how to make a “V” with my fingers and say “peace out”!)

Sometimes if no one is watching me I like to climb into the bathroom sink and brush my teeth! (And do other things that maybe we won’t tell Daddy and Mommy about!) Well, that’s a little bit of what my life is like. Here’s a picture to see how much I’ve grown since June! (But I still fit in the same clothes!)

Oh – Mommy would want me to add this: two things came in the mail this week. We finally ordered Daddy’s Father’s day present – a new hubcap! And a postcard came for Mommy from Daddy. When Daddy lived out here all by himself, before he married Mommy, he used to send a postcard to her at the BJU Music Library and a letter to her house, everyday. Well . . . it took over three years for one of those postcards to arrive. Sent on September 13, 2007, it arrived at BJU on September 23, 2010! WOW!