Our crazy maniac, Jacob Maurice, turned five this month. He was really looking forward to being older. Unfortunately, Matt and I have ruined that. We keep reminding him to behave by saying, "You are a big five year old now, so we can't do that...." and in frustration he responds, "No, I'm still four."
Despite the wild boy in Jake, he is growing out of some of the trouble he has given us the past few years. He is eternally cheerful and plays well with all the kids. We love him so.
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| Birthday breakfast: waffles, whipped cream, berries & bacon |
The kids anxiously anticipate opening the birthday bags that Grandma Hunsaker sends ALL the kids for each birthday. It is a special treat.
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| Presents! |
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| Ice cream sandwich cake |
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| Celebrating with our friend Spencer and family |
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| Slip n'slide courtesy of our kind friends Mary & Jim |
Jake had a birthday party that was held outside. We had this fun slip n'slide set up to play on. They also did an obstacle course and had water fights. Matt was the target for one of the water games. The kids lined up and threw water balloons at him. If he caught the balloon, he got to throw it back. They all loved it. Then it was a water gun fight with the girls and Matt against the boys. Matt's thrives on getting people wet, so this was heaven for him.
Next up was a pinata! Nothing like lots of sugar to top off a birthday party.
Some videos of Jake lately.
They always play that well together! :)
Our favorite family night activity is the "scarf game" where you try to grab each person's scarf. Jake is usually a wild animal when we play this game. The video here doesn't quite capture it, but it's fun to see him strutting around in his underwear just the same.
