Jack Turns 6

Our handsome Jack My Man turned 6 on December 26th. I have always wanted to feel sorry for the boy having a birthday the day after Christmas, but he actually loves it. There's so much excitement going on anyway during this time, and then there's an entire day devoted just to him right after the holidays. He thinks it's great! When we lived in the States I had birthday parties for him in the summer on his half birthday, but he has always been confused about this. He says "but Mom, it's not my birthday". So, we're switching it back to when his real birthday is. It may drive me crazy having all of that going on at one time, but my boy is worth it. We always let him pick whatever he wants to do on the day of his birthday, and then we had a little party with some friends a few weeks later. This is all about his fun day he picked out.


We went to see "Wreck-It Ralph" at the movie theater. It was a really cute movie! All cartoons are dubbed in Spanish here, so that was a bit challenging but we got most of it. And at one point Ally woke up and just sat in my lap and watched the rest of the movie. It was really funny!

Then we went to the Zapote fair that was next door to the mall. During the month of December, we have a fair and nightly bull fights down the street complete with fireworks and lots of traffic. The kids begged to go last year but we never did, so we offered that to Jack for his birthday and he was pumped! It's definitely a whole lot cheaper than the fair in the States. First of all, it's free to get in. They had police checking everyone's bags as we walked in though, so of course the women's line was super long.

Can you find me? And no, I'm not the girl with the cell phone in her pants.

Yep, I'm the glowing white girl completely disgusted with how long I had to stand there...and I didn't even have a purse with me

Here's my birthday boy!

Typical fair...with stray dogs and port-a-potties you had to pay to use. At least that keeps them clean though!

Fair food...quite different

You could pay to have your picture taken with random characters...there was even Barney the dinosaur walking around. Does anyone even watch that anymore?

Will talked Emma into riding her first upside down roller coaster

Will made her ride in the last seat because that's the fastest...poor girl

She did come off with a headache, but she loved it

Sweet kids

Jack wanted to ride a roller coaster too, but something a little smaller.

They had fun

Old-school bumper cars

The kids loved this random spinny fun house thingy. There was a ticket booth at each individual ride you chose. At least that keeps you from having to buy tons of tickets for no reason. And each ride was about a dollar or less. Like I said, WAY cheaper than the fair in the States.

Worn out after fun fair time

Jack's favorite thing in the world

And he wanted to go to dinner at Denny's after because they sing to you. They actually forgot to sing, but I don't think he remembered. He got the huge baseball pancakes and coke. He was a happy guy.

Then Will made him baseball cupcakes at home

And we sang really loud to him

But he really loved it. Haha see Will's mouth in the corner?

Happy 6th Birthday Jack!

Jack, you are such a joy in our lives. I love that I have one special boy that's my middle child who molds everything in our lives together perfectly. You are a kind-hearted boy who cares about others and loves to make others happy. You have a giving heart and I love to see you making things for your friends and family. You are a natural leader and everyone enjoys being around you and being your friend. You are very serious about rules and order and safety (you even opted out of New Year's Eve fireworks because you said they were too dangerous). You are very smart and eager to learn which has been fun to watch. You are such a kind and gentle spirit with your baby sister and she loves to just look at you and smile. Ally always looks for you when she hears you in the room. I love the kisses you blow to me at night and the sweet way you randomly tell me you love me. We have challenges as we strive to be the best parents we can be for you and help mold you into a strong man of God one day. Jack, we love you with all of our heart. There's only one Jack-my-man.