On March 28th Jacob turned 5 years old!
Jacob started counting down to his 5th birthday about one month into turning 4 years old. He could hardly wait to be a big 5 year old! Though we hate to see him grow up so fast our family sure loves this little boy and we were excited to celebrate him and his firsts five years of life!
After our cruise earlier this year, Jacob has become interested in pirates. Nowadays, it seems like every birthday needs a theme to go along with the celebration. So a pirate theme was a perfect choice for him. Jacob was especially fascinated with Captain Hook from "Peter Pan". He had asked for a cake with Captain Hook on it. Due to lack of time and creativity, he got a hook cake instead. He loved it!
Jacob's birthday is one week after Grandma McKinney's birthday. Since Grandma and Grandpa were going to be out of town over his birthday we had a family party the Sunday before to celebrate both of them.
The day before his birthday, he wanted to take birthday treats to his friends at preschool. He loves Rice Krispy Treats so these cone treats were perfect for the his special day.
On Jacob's birthday he woke up bright and early and wanted everyone to know it was his birthday. He opened the front door and yelled at our neighbors: "It's my birthday and I am 5 today"
As a total coincidence, our family scripture study that morning happened to be in Jacob chapter 5.
And a few times trough out the day I would hear Jacob singing "Happy Birthday" to himself.
He was one very happy birthday boy!
Jacob also had a birthday party with his friends on his actual birthday.
He had lots of fun and loved every minute of it.
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We started the party making pirate pictures with stickers.
Perfect for a party of friends that ranged from 2-6 year olds
Other activities included: A balloon stomp where the kids had to attack (pop) the balloons to find a treasure inside (candy).
Digging for buried treasure: In the sand table in the garage the kids dug to find buried jewels. They each were able to collect several jewels along with some sand for their little sacks. The jewels were so shiny that many of the kids thought they had struck it rich!
Pin the Hook on Captain Hook & Walking the Plank
were also lots of fun!
Then it was cup cakes and ice cream!
We ended the party with a treasure hunt through the house (due to the rain). The kids had lots of fun looking high and low for clues. In the end they finished by finding chocolate coin favors just in time for the party to be over.
That evening Jacob got to pick a restaurant to celebrate with his family. His first choice was McDonald's and his second choice was Red Robin (we went with his 2nd). He sat across the table from Zeke and I and just seemed so much bigger all of the sudden. He enjoyed being sung too and he especially enjoyed his free sundae. He ate it slowly savoring every single bite, as if to realize that birthdays only come around once a year. Happy Birthday Jacob! We sure love you!
5 comments:
What a cute, cute party. Mitchell is also obsessed with pirates, and was so excited to go to the party. But I do notice that he was the only one not wearing his pirate gear in the picture- I'm guessing he refused to wear it (little stinker). Typical Mitchell. He gets embarrassed like that for pictures. But he wears it all the time at home- he was so excited to show me all of the party favors and even came home and hid the pirate treasure and shared his chocolate coins with everyone . All of the pirate gear is so cute.
We love Jacob too. My babies talk about him all the time, and of course Mitch counts him among his closest friends. Happy Birthday to an awesome 5 year old!
Love the picture of Jacob next to his birthday banner. So cute! And that's so cute that he would sing to himself. Watching our kids enjoy their birthdays has got to be one of my favorite simple pleasures of motherhood. :)
Jacob's party looks great. I love the digging for buried treasure. Fun, fun!
Happy Birthday to Jacob! Abby is really into pirates also, it must be the age. I'm impressed he likes Captain Hook though; neither Carson or Abby wanted to have anything to do with him at Disneyland!
Jacob is such a fun little guy! What a great party. It's so cute to see little Austin in that picture of all the kids in their pirate gear. Thanks for including him. It meant so much to him, he LOVED it!
So. Cute. My favorite was that he sang Happy Birthday to himself throughout the day. That's just what a five-year-old should be doing!
What a fun party. Maybe I'll call you for ideas for Ivy in a month or two.
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