Mom's Highlights for Jackson's Big Day

Yes, today my little boy turned 5 years old. Five years ago I didn't know if we'd make it to today, and here we are! Today was such a fun day. Jackson woke up and began singing, "Happy Birthday to MEEEE!" I began working on his cupcakes before school, and all he could think about today was getting one of those cupcakes. All day he asked for one, and when Uncle Ken and Aunt Aimee showed up for dinner, Jackson immediately began setting the table so we could eat dinner and then move on to the Mike cupcakes.

Since we took so many pictures (too many!), here are my favorite highlights of the day.

Every year I watch the slide show Matt and I put together for Jackson's first birthday. It has a whole year in pictures of Jackson set to music. I cry every year I watch it. This year, I watched it before Jackson went to school. In this picture he is looking at the picture in the frame that just went by on the TV screen (the one on the screen is the one right after, but looks very similar to the one in the frame).

Since Jackson requested Mike Wazowski cupcakes, I decided to decorate (just a little) in the Monsters, Inc. theme. I had him pose for a picture, and it wasn't until afterwards that I noticed that he is posing just like Randall in the poster above his head.Matt's cool shot of the cupcakes:

Jackson was too excited to blow out the candles. He was laughing so much that he had a hard time getting enough breath to blow them out. By the third try, I decided to help him out.This year he carefully opened all of his gifts and then inspected them. He was so interested in each gift -- that was so great!
It's always great to see your child enjoying the gifts you gave them.


Finally getting that cupcake:

Finally, my FAVORITE one of all! I had some noisemakers for him, and he loved playing with them, but they were just a little too loud.