Happy Birthday Jake!

Yesterday was Jake's 9th birthday. We started out his day by making chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. At school he got to do show-n-teach. He was in charge of coming up with a craft and teaching it to the kids in his class. It was too hectic for me to take any pictures but he made a cute butterfly out of fishy crackers and grapes.

After school we went to Trafalga. Jake played laser tag 3 times in a row and loved it. After that we went out to dinner. The birthday kid always gets to pick the place we go. He picked McDonalds. I don't know if he always picks McDonalds because of the food or because he wants to play the video games there.

We had a great time there! We were the only ones in the play place so the kids just played and goofed off together.

That night Jake, Kyson and Katie had a sleepover in Kierra's bed. All 4 of them slept in her bed and watched a movie in her room.

Tonight we went out to dinner at Golden Corral to celebrate my mom's birthday. Jake is lucky to share his birthday with such a wonderful person! I'm so glad that Jake is in our family! He is a really sweet kid. He is super smart! He loves computers and video games. He has really enjoyed being in scouts. He likes a schedule. He always reminds me when it is scout day or basketball practice or whatever he has going on that day. He likes to look at the calendar on our fridge while he eats breakfast so he knows what's going on that day. He always does his homework right when he gets home from school. He spends most of his time playing with Kyson.

The other day he asked me what his best physical feature was. I told him it was his dimples for sure. I love them! He has a great smile! Happy Birthday Jake!