Jefferson's 6th Birthday

I can't believe my little 8lb 2oz baby boy is now 6 years old!

 Tuesday, May 22nd was Jefferson's birthday.  The Saturday before we had a pirate party for him.

Eight of his friends came and we had a fun afternoon.  The weather was perfect too.

First we made treasure maps.

 Then they did an obstacle course.  First they had to 'walk the plank' 

 Then they had to disarm the cannon balls (they had to jump on black balloons and pop them).

Then they had to hook the pretzels with a pirate hook and eat it.

 And last they had to pin the peg leg on the pirate.

 After the obstacle coarse we went on a treasure hunt.  We had a map with different points we had to go to, but each point had a clue to where the next one was.  The X ended up being in the sandbox.  Everyone had their shovels and started digging for the treasure.

 They found the treasure chest and it was filled with gold coins (chocolate ones of course).

 After the treasure hunt we had cake and ice cream.  Originally I was going to make a treasure chest cake and was quite worried about my decorative cake skills, but luckily he switched to cupcakes with skulls on them at the last minute.  I was more than happy to switch to cupcakes!

 Then we opened presents!  He got so many neat things.  K'Nex, Pokemon, water guns, etc.  He was one happy kid!

On his real birthday he had a field trip at school to the zoo.  Tom surprised him and went on the field trip with him and his class.  That afternoon we gave him our present, a K'Nex MarioKart racing track.  That night he went with Grandpa Kent on his birthday date, Artic Circle and a trip to Target to buy more Pokemon cards.  That night he stayed up late with Tom putting together his Mario Kart track.

Jefferson is an amazing kid!  He is very smart, loves school, prefers to be around people and is always asking to play with friends.  He loves doing structured things such as board games, Legos or Pokemon challenges.  Jeff loves, to ride his bike, to sing, and loves babies (particularly Sophie).  He's a tough kid with a soft heart.  I'm so grateful Jeff is a part of our family.

Happy Birthday Buddy!