Happy Birthday Jacob!

Our 10 year old!

Not so easy to give this tough guy birthday spankings. 

Opening presents

He was really hoping to get a cot

Silly Adam

Home from school 

Poppers

This little orange kitten has a really hard time holding his head straight.  He's much smaller than the other two.

Daddy giving Jacob some drawing tips.  

Playing in the sand after a bike ride through the puddles

More drawing

Eli gave Jacob 10 birthday spanking

Eli's drawing.  There are a lot of "Jack-o-lantern" bees (yellow jackets). 

Jacob's drawing

Playing  a hand clapping game, tic tac toe

Jared and I were up around 5:30 to blow up some light up balloons.  At around 6:30 we woke the boys.  Today we celebrate Jacob turning 10 years old!  He was so excited! Adam didn’t want to get out of bed and was acting grouchy.  Jacob loved his minecraft birthday cake. Daddy tried to give him birthday spankings but only got to about six.  Jacob opened his birthday presents and was able to guessed some of them before opening.  He got gum, colored pens, a sketch book, a clipboard container, minecraft legos, a water rocket,  and a cot. He can't wait to sleep on his cot tonight like his brothers have been doing.  Adam help us shoot the party poppers and that cheered him up. The boys ate breakfast while I took care of the animals. We took Jacob cupcakes to his class.  At home Eli helped me plant grass seed in some bare spots.  We water it using the water rockets.  Then we took a walk in the woods. Eli had fun playing in the big box and drew on the inside of it.   At lunchtime we headed to school to take Jacob a McDonalds meal.  Jared picked the boys up from school early.  Jacob got right to building his minecraft legos.  Daddy and Adam played a game on the computer.  Then we sat on the deck and held the kittens.  Jacob shared a box of his poppers with all of us. We asked Jacob what he wanted to do this evening and he decided he wanted to stay home.  He said, "I like just hanging out at home and playing with legos."  He spent a long time sitting on the glider and drawing with his new pens.  Daddy gave him some drawing tips.  Nik came over to play for an hour.  We had pizza and breadsticks for dinner and watched Marmaduke.  Then we sang to the birthday boy and had cake/ice cream.  I made milkshakes.  Jacob lit the candles on his cake but kept blowing them out when he blew out the match.  It was really funny!  After the movie was over Jacob wanted to do some drawing.  It rained hard this evening.  Adam and I took a bike ride.  Then Adam played in the sandbox for a little while. Jacob is really loving his new pens and was still drawing when we came inside.  The boys are sleeping on their cots tonight and we put the light up balloons on their beds.  It was such a fun day celebrating with our 10 year old! 

Here is a video of Eli talking about frogs