Tuesday, May 24, 2011

J turns 5!

I like birthdays to drag out far longer than they should so here is a peek into Jackson's birthday marathon last year!

We started a few days early with a birthday dinner at Red Robin. My parents were gone for the actual day so we celebrated with them then. We were thrilled to have George and DeEtte visiting too! Such a treat!
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Paigie!

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The birthday boy.
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Nana and Grams.
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Birthday morning. Lots of presents to open! Who can wait until the evening?

Photobucket He got a new CD player. I can't remember what else. Good stuff, I am sure.

Photobucket Oh, a camera. Here he is practicing his still life shots with his awesome 1.5 megapixel camera. Quality pics.

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His first bday treat...calypso pie anyone??
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And on to the most exciting part of his birthday...a party at Pirate Island Pizza! What fun. What delicious food (not really)! That is one scary pirate...
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and his beautiful first mate.
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Grandma De and Grandpa George were great sports to help control the masses of children.
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Blackbeard and his little miss.
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my cake masterpiece. For all my creative abilities, I cannot decorate cakes, so I was pretty proud of this masterpiece. I won't tell you how many stores I went to in order to find rootbeer barrels. I had to have them for the cake. The kids really cared.
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Have you ever seen a cuter pirate cake?
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The crew.
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I love the blue frosting mouth.
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What a scary pair.
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1 comment:

jen said...

I love that last picture of you and Douglas! You guys are such fun parents. That cake is amazing! I remember you searching for those root beer barrels. It was totally worth it ;)