Pump-It-Up!

Jackson had his 5 year old birthday party at Pump It Up!  If you have never been, you should.  This place is every kids dream.  Tons of indoor inflatables, cool loud music, balls galore and you end with pizza & cake.  They also have great workers that do everything for you, every mothers dream.  And Wednesdays are half off birthday parties!  I am not getting paid for this post, fyi, but maybe they should…

Birthday boy and his biggest fan/enemy.

Theo had a blast!

The best 'action' shot I could get.

The best 'group' shot I could get.  Notably missing, his brothers and cousins, oh well.

Handsome birthday boy!

He's 5!

Going on 15.

Big bros stats

Last week we celebrated Theo's actual birthday by going to the doctor for a 1 year check up and lots of shots.  I promised him his birthdays will only get better from here.  Jackson and Nash also joined for their yearly check-up.  Nothing like taking your sweet boy to get shots and bringing along his ever so quiet and well-behaved big brothers.  And really everyone did great, they acted like 1, 3, and 5 year old boys, what else did I expect?  I reminded Charlie at least 16 times that the appointment was at 4:00 and he better be there, I mean he would hate to miss it.  :) He made it just in time and got stickers too.

Jackson Arthur Farris 5 year check up stats -
Height - 3ft. 9in. - 85%
Weight - 47lb. 5oz. - 87%

Nash William Farris 3 year check up (better late than never) -
Height - 3ft. 4in. - 89%
Weight- 38lb. 4oz. - 91%

They also got their blood pressure checked and argued about whose was higher.  I didn't make the effort to explain why this is not a good thing.  Maybe next time.

Five!

Happy 5th Birthday to the sweetest, ever so practical, lover of life, goof troop Jackson!  You are my sunshine!

Jackson's 5 year old Favorites

TV Show - Blaze and the Monster Machines, Paw Patrol, Octonauts

Song - Kidz Bop 28!  The new CD that he got for his birthday & Uptown Funk

Foods - Waffles, cinnamon toast, Jersey Mike's turkey wrap with pickles and honey mustard,  pb&j, yogurt, dinosaur chicken, pizza, blueberries, watermelon...

Candy -chocolate, skittles, swedish fish

Toys - Legos, transformer!, baseball stadium game

Book - Shel Silverstein, Dinos love Baseball, Dragons Love Tacos

Activity - baseball, scooter, pool, cards, football

May is a big celebration month for us.  It's like Christmas around here!...

Birthday boys breakfast choice, cinnamon rolls, popped right out of the Pillsbury can.  They can't be beat.

Birthday boys celebration spot, Kanki!  I have trained him well.

Tat & Will came to eat, I mean celebrate.  And Jackson caught the chicken bite in his mouth on the first try.  Yes, we have trained him well.  So proud of that boy.  ;)

The Graduate

Fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Jackson learned about the Fruit of the Spirit this year in pre-school.  He memorized the verse and talks about it often.  At 'graduation' every child received an award with the fruit that exemplifies them.  Jackson received faithfulness.  How perfect for my precious boy.  He is so faithful to his friends and family and in everything he does.  Jackson is always watching out for others, making sure things are done correctly, making sure we (his mom) is acting in a loving manner.  Jackson, you are such a blessing to me.  Every day I try and be more like you.  You bring all the fruits of the Spirit to so many people's life.  Keep up the Godly work.

Pre-school graduates!

Some of the dudes.

Celebration time, complete with lunch from Jersey Mike's!

The sweetest 4 year old (2 days to go…) goof troop around!

The Grad and Grand-mama!

He's One!

Even the third time around, I forget.  I forget how quickly it goes by.  I forget how quickly they grow and learn.  I forget just how much you can love something.  Thanks sweet Theodore Joseph Farris for all of the love and laughter you bring to our family.  You are my sunshine.

May 19, 2014

9lbs. 4oz.;  21 3/4in

A big head full of jet black hair and swollen shut eyes.

May 19, 2015

24lbs. -87%

30in. - 70%

19in. head - 97%

Dirty blonde hair and sparkly blue eyes.

Theo's First Birthday Party!

Sunday we celebrated Theo's 1st birthday with a family cookout at our house.  We cooked out hotdogs, threw some water balloons, went fishing, had slushies, opened presents and demolished some cake! Ahhh the life of the third kid, maybe not as glamorous as the first, but my boy had the best time.  That is all that counts.  I cannot believe he will actually be one years old tomorrow.

So… no one cares if I just eat this cake?

You better hurry Theo… got some creepers...

Oh yeah, face first.

That's good ya'll!

I mean, it is real good!

I'm all jacked up on cake, let's play ball!

The slushy truck came by, perfect timing.  I mean I totally planned it...

Loving my Cozy Coupe! Thanks for the push Brooklyn.

It's the freaking weekend baby...

Gonna have us some fun!

Ninja Warriors go camping.  They didn't actually spend the night out there.  Charlie had to go in to work super early so he made them come home really late and sleep in their own bed.  They will appreciate this one day.

Morning feeding of the turtles is serious business.  Nash dressed the part.  

Kindergarten transition day at Jackson's new school.  We stopped by for a few.  It looks like he is going to be just fine...

My baseball obsessed boys.  The Tarheels have not fared to well for them lately.

Saturday night picnic in our front yard.  We were going to go hear some music and eat on the lawn.  But after a big day and 37 different melt downs trying to get in the car we decided to call it a night in.  

  Theo had 2 pretty stellar naps on Saturday.  An early bedtime wasn't going to cut it for him.  So we smothered our face in food, rolled in dirt, poured drink all over ourselves and went for a stroll.  He was excited about his ONE year old birthday lunch on Sunday!

Preschool Picnic

Today was the boys end of the year picnic for preschool.  I (I mean we) are going to miss this place over the summer!  It has been an awesome year for both Jackson and Nash.  I am not even going to get started on the fact that J-man is going to Kindergarten next year.  Not up for a self-pitty, what happened to my baby boy fest just yet.

His first face paint, guess he decided to go all out.  I didn't even see him do it or know they were doing it until he shyly walked up to me.  I busted a gut. 

This stud has had a nasty little cold and didn't go to school yesterday.  But he was all about the school picnic and feeling good this afternoon.  And when asked if he wanted to do his face like Jacksy's 'a hmm no way.'

This guy did a lot of walking around and ate a lot of bubbles and dirt.  They were playing Kidz Bop.  He was getting his groove on.