Jacob turns 5!!

Jacob had a great 5th birthday party. He was able to have a few friends from preschool over to help celebrate with us. Jacob surprised us all with his choice of party themes--BUGS! Yes, he chose a bug party. I was certain he'd choose some sort of superhero party, so it came as quite a surprise when he told me he wanted a bug party. For Christmas, he received a Disney/Pixar cd that has the greatest hits from several big Pixar films, such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Incrediblex, Bug's Life, etc. He became quite encamped with the music from A Bug's Life, particularly a some called Time of Your Life. He loves that song and we all know how much music speaks to Jacob and inspires him. So, from that point on, it was nothing but bugs for our soon to be 5 year old.

Jamison & Jacob

Paige & Jacob

Nolan & Jacob

So, I found lots of packages of plastic bugs at the dollar store. (The dollar store is a great source for birthday parties, by the way.). We also found little fabric bags there that I wrote the kids' names on in glitter glue (I love glitter glue!). We had an indoor bug hunt (the weather was not great for outside hunting in mid-Feb) using our dollar store bags. The catch, though, was that the kids couldn't use their hands to pick up the bugs. They had to use sticks! It was really comical to watch the kids try to pick up the bugs only using the sticks. They were quite inventive I must say. James hid all the bugs before the party. He his them in some odd places and we had to redirect him many times, so James was able to point a few kids in various directions to locate elusive bugs. In addition to the bug hunt, we played "pin the bug on the monster," and made bug antennae. I found all the game ideas online (I love the Internet!).

Jacob chose lemon cake, which surprised me ae bit. He usually doesn't like cake and the fact that he was so insistent on lemon struck me as odd. Especially since every time I asked him prior it was dirt cake (crushed Oreos with chocolate pudding). But, I switched gears and made him Len cupcakes with partial gummy. Worms attached to them to make the cupcakes look like a caterpillar. I even put a face on the front cupcake.

Everyone had a great time. Jacob received some very generous gifts from all who attended.

All the kids huddled around the presents.  So much so, that was very difficult for me to see what was being opened.  It's funny how they do that.  I guess they don't want to miss any of the action!

New Bike!!!

Jacob opened the box with the helmet before we brought out the bike.  He was so cute.  He asked quite simply, "Does this come with a bike?"