Cook Boy Chronicles: Being 5 Rocks!

Yes, it is the third Jack Birthday post so cover your ears - or make that your eyes - if you've already seen enough. Our little man turned 5 so it's quite the big deal around here. We celebrated with multiple parties so I must share one more.

Anyway, back to business.......... JT is five! He had a very specific plan on how he wanted his Birthday morning to play out and began prepping us Friday night. He was going to stay in bed until everyone else was up and downstairs. We were all to gather in the kitchen - with ALL the lights on - and greet him with HAPPY BIRTHDAY just as he was walking down the stairs. His plan was executed without a hitch and seemed to play out just as he had imagined.

The family was coming over to celebrate so when Jack and Dad headed off to hockey, Mosh, Jamestown and I headed to Party City to get some balloons. We bought one large Buzz Lightyear balloon and 8 additional balloons of assorted colors. This wasn't exactly the easiest outing because I not only had to manage a 9 month old and a two year old, but also a whopping bouquet of balloons in what felt like hurricane force winds. After stuffing all the balloons into the back of the mini-van, we headed home excited to surprise Jack with our purchase. Joshi was begging to carry the balloons into the house so we made a deal that I would carry them just to the door and he could carry them inside. As Josh headed in with the bundle, I ran back to the car to get Jamison. Suddenly I heard Josh crying inside, a LOUD, panicky type of cry. We ran in to find Josh sitting on the floor with balloon carcass' all around him. He let go of the balloons and as soon as they hit the ceiling, they started popping like corn. Easy come, easy go. Joshi and I made a decision to look on the bright side - we still had Buzz, two white, one green, and one red balloon and will bid a fond farewell to our four fallen friends.

It was a small, relaxed shin-dig. A good time seemed to be had by all, especially our two little tornado's named Jack and Joshi. Someone forgot to tell them about the "relaxed" theme because they were anything but. You could say they were two little crazy peas-in-the-pod all day. But hey, why not, Birthday parties are fun stuff!?! Speaking of fun stuff, Grandpa even came all the way from Florida to join in on the celebration.

Hey, I want that!

We did all the usual birthday stuff including munching on good eats, opening lots of presents, dressing up Jamison and Evan in matching clothes, and singing to our newest little five year old. He wanted us to sing "happy birthday to you, you live in a zoo, you look like a monkey and smell like one too" but we went with the traditional version. Jack picked a hockey cake for the event and it was very cute - it was sure nice to have something other than Batman or Spiderman. Jamison and Evan even had their first bites of cake! J looks like the cat who ate the canary.

The grand finally of the day came in the form of projectile vomit. Joshua had something going on with his tummy and just as everyone was gathered to leave, he blessed them with a healthy dose of his insides. Boy, does he know how to clear a room. Poor kiddo. I wonder if he ate too many sweets?