Jacob's birthday

Happy Birthday to Jacob. He had a good day - topped off with cake (the yellow is supposed to be the bat symbol - fortunately I think he's still young enough that cake is simply cake - even if it's lopsided and poorly decorated). Also - Allison created the "candle blow-out challenge" by placing the candles all around the outside of the cake.



Jacob is in his soccer garb because he had a game tonight. He enjoyed his gifts, a few of them he got a little early, but it's a little more fun to be with someone when you open a gift from them rather than saving them until the proper date.



Here are a few pictures from Jacob's birthday party. We had it at the YMCA - the first party that we've had not at our house. I'm very sold on this plan.



We had two inflatables - the caterpillar and an obstacle course. The grand plan was to have the kids play, then eat cake, and then play some more. It worked pretty well. Notably - I lost EVERY obstacle course race I did - to Dominic, Cyndi, and Brian.



Here are the party-goers (so that some of you can put names to the faces Jacob is always talking about). Front row: Allison, Dominic, Jacob, Sam, Matt, and Kaden. Back row: Josh and Andy.