Somehow Daniel and I have been parents for 8 years now. 8 YEARS. crazy. Anyhow, a few weeks ago we saw that the MonsterJam (monster truck show) would be in town on Jacob's birthday and we thought it would be something really fun that he'd enjoy. We took the kids 4 years ago and Daniel's dad, DeeDaw, went with us...so we thought it'd be great to invite him to go with us again (& an excuse to get him up here to visit!!). Daniel wanted the whole thing to be a surprise for all 3 kids so I kept my mouth shut and made sure anyone I told knew that it was a surprise. :) DeeDaw arrived Saturday morning and walked into the living room like it was no big deal--the kids were all surprised and very excited to see him! He told Jacob he forgot to put his card in the mail so he had to hand deliver it to ensure it made it on his birthday. :) Then we told the boys about the monster truck show--let the fun begin! We all had a great time at the show--even Emily. Here's some pictures from our day....
Jacob wanted to open his presents from Zach first thing...(or maybe it was that Zach wanted him to open them......)
Then it was off to MosnterJam!
(yes, he was pouting. He said he was hungry even though we had eaten lunch in the car right before we got to the arena....and it was a hunger only cotton candy could fix. ha. Add to it that Emily wanted a turn sitting next to DeeDaw so I asked him to move for a few minutes. Luckily Jacob saw how upset Zach was and gave up his seat so Emily could sit in it next to DeeDaw and Zach could go back to his original seat. Plus we got popcorn at intermission.)
Jacob chose Cracker Barrel for dinner and then we got to finish opening presents at home before having cake!
Emily got him a bag to carry his baseball stuff in (and an electric toothbrush).
Pretty sure he told her she was the best sister ever.
He really wanted a wooden baseball bat. Lucky boy.
Who wouldn't love a spirograph?
He's been wanting to play Monopoly lately...I can barely sit still long enough for a game of monopoly so I thought getting him the junior version would be great. (And he was so excited to play it that as soon as he and Zach were up this morning, they raced downstairs and convinced DeeDaw to help them open it up and play a game before church!)
Emily really thought she needed to help him open a present too. Another game! He got a fun puzzle too that didn't make its way into any pictures!
He requested a german chocolate cake. YUM.
Here's to another great year!
We finished off our fun weekend with DeeDaw with a trip to the orchard to pick some apples and get some cider. Let's see if I get around to posting those pictures before the end of this month! ;)
