Jack Q. Izatt turned six at the beginning of January:
Jack decided to throw himself a little early birthday shindig once it became obvious that I wasn't going to do it for him haha. I did agree to send the invitation texts so I feel like that was pretty supportive of me ;). Clark and Keylee arrived, and once the girls were properly accessorized an enthusiastic round of 'Spot It' commenced. I love when Jack can play this game with friends his age instead of 'no holds barred' older brothers ;).
The next activity was frosting, sprinkling, and eating cupcakes. It will never cease to amaze me how much joy children derive from being able to complete these tasks themselves, with minimal cautioning from adults:
The party continued with several rounds of hide and seek, some lego playing, and finally a quick photo shoot which Keylee was the obvious MVP of - how do I get a kid that stands still, smiles, AND looks at the camera? I'm 0/4 over here (insert alllll the cryyyyyying emojiiiiiis)
Jack's actual birthday fell on Cookie Wednesday, which did NOT go unnoticed. Jack and Will and Sister Hyer discussed it on Sunday after church and because Janell is the BEST, she let Jack pick whatever kind of cookie he wanted for a candle to go in that day - he requested chocolate chip snickerdoodle. I know, what? But Janell found a recipe, whipped up a batch, and had a candle ready when we stopped by.
I don't know if our kids know how lucky they are to have Janell in their lives. This was an absolute highlight of Jackers' special day.
Back at home we put Jackers to work making, baking, and decorating his cake:
which he had to wait quite a while to delve into - but once dinner was over and Chuck was home from work and cousins came over, it was time!
Jack's birthday was also the first day back at school after the winter break, which also pleased Jack to no end. A day all about him AND his one true love, school? Perfect combination. He came home proudly wearing his birthday hat and was sure it was necessary as he opened gifts haha:
Jack continues to be our least predictable child: quiet, then wild. Sweet, then, um, sour? haha. We've loved watching him grow up and become his own little person. He continues to love Star Wars and Nerf and legos and prefers undivided attention and is the sweetest brother to Carma and requires one book be read to him every night and love him some snuggles. Mostly with Mom. He has the brightest blue eyes and the most expressive face and we sure love him.
And here's his official fb/insta birthday post haha:
Jack turned six this last week and continues to drive us all absolutely batty while also being the cutest thing ever 😍😑😂😭. Today he sneaked 'his' iPod into church and timed the testimonies 😳⏳⌛️. Tonight he insisted I take the picture of the stopwatch at 20 seconds and "post it on instagwam because that's willy ware" 📸📲✅. And please enjoy his response when I asked my kids to all smile for a picture after church 👀... although it's not like the other children cooperated either 🤦🏻♀️🙄. Bottom line, repeated year after year: Jack is a scallywag to the extreme and we can't imagine life without him 😍.
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