1. What is your favorite color? teal (turquoise)
2. What is your favorite toy? red and blue army guys (Halo lego guys)
3. What is your favorite fruit? nectarine (oranges)
4. What is your favorite tv show? The Day My Butt Went Physico (Ben 10)
5. What is your favorite movie? Inside Out (Dijiman Digital Monsters)
6. What is your favorite thing to wear? hats (a hat)
7. What is your favorite animal? panther (leopard)
8. What is your favorite song? baseball tune CHARGE! (Let It Go)
9. What is your favorite book? Diary series (Diary of a Whimpy Kid series)
10. Who are some of your closest friends? Gunner, Gage, Mav, Jugey, Kaelyn, Jess, Jacob (Gunner, Johnny, Tyler)
11. What is your favorite snack? toast (bowl of cereal)
12. What is your favorite drink? I like a lot of drinks: diet coke (chocolate milk and Gatorade)
13. What is your favorite breakfast? crepes (crepes)
14. What is your favorite lunch? noodle soup (hamburger ketchup, pickle, fries)
15. What is your favorite dinner? hamburgers (grilled cheese with tomato soup)
16. What is your favorite game? Minecraft - even though I don't get to play it anymore (Sorry)
17. What is your favorite thing to play outside? putting green and basketball, oh and hockey, especially hockey (basketball)
18. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas (I don't have because they're all good holidays)
19. What do you sleep with at night? blanket and a lot of pillows (chilly and my dinosaur)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? famous sport player and a restaurant person (famous baseball or basketball player)
21. What do you love about dad? That he's fun and silly and let's us do a lot. "Sunday, Funday" (I like how he lets us have a lot of treats)
22. What do you love about mom? Because she scratches my back and she's fun to cuddle with. And she also looks out for me making sure I'm staying healthy and safe. (I like that she is nice and that she rewards us when we do something good. And that she is loving.)
The eve of Jackson's birthday I found these lollipop grams in Andi's and Ryan's backpack. I loved that as I prepared to celebrate this kid of mine, I was reminded how incredible he is - as if I needed a reminder. He used his own money, money he could have used on himself or on his friends, and paid for a gram for his siblings. It really doesn't get better than that!
Because I am getting tired of cleaning up the streamer mess, I opted for a balloon lined hallway instead. I like it.
The morning of his birthday I let him open one gift. This boys LOVES hats.
Ok, so maybe that one gift had a few items in there but when the boys asks for toy soldiers from the Dollar Tree, it's easy to fill up a gift bag.
Cole and I had to drop off the kids and then park to attend Jackson's 3rd grade play. He had been so excited for us to be there for this I love that about him.
I also love how he kept waving to Cole and Cole kept waving back. They have such a great friendship those two.
After school we headed over to In-N-Out for a birthday shake. Jackson's idea ;)
That night we had a family dinner at Mom Can Cook.
Tristan and Curtis were so cute to leave Jackson a gift at the house and he was stoked to see it when we got home.
The following day the kids had a minimum day because of Open House. I figured that was the perfect chance to have a party. So after 12:30pm pick up, we made our way over to the park to hang out and eat for a few hours before Open House. Loved it!
It's always something with the darn pinata but Andrew and Jake's team work made it all come together.
So Gunner and Jackson made a deal... Gunner would get Jackson a pocket knife for his birthday and Jackson would get Gunner Mr. Sketch markers for his birthday. They're nuts!
Great Aunt Jill & Great Uncle Ben are truly amazing. They have played such a present role in the lives of these kids and they love it - we love it!
At about 5pm I think Jackson was ready for bed. It didn't help that he sliced his hand at his first attempt to use his knife. oops.
Open House was fabulous - the three of them are all doing so well and so in love with their teachers, friends, classes. We feel so blessed to be where we are.
*Jackson's birthday questionnaire
