Happy 6th Birthday, Freckles!

My youngest kiddo freckles is 6 years old as of January 22nd! Time absolutely flies. The night before his birthday, I went through photos of the day he was born, when he was a baby, and then when he was a toddler. It's all so bittersweet at how fast children grow, I feel infinitely grateful to have watched all that he has learned, discovered and experienced so far. He is a laid back, scratchy voiced freckle faced comedian. He has his own style, his own way of doing everything, and a great big heart that shows how kind and gentle he is. Happy Birthday, Freckles!

Birthday cupcakes chosen for his classmates. This was the first time he has been in school on a birthday, and he was SO excited about sharing a sweet treat with his friends

Before I realized that I was only able to bring store bought goodies to his school, I had baked 2 dozen cupcakes. So, we've been eating them and giving them to people who have stopped by our house (cousins, Aunts).

I had also baked a cake for his birthday night. He has always requested a specific cake the past few years. This year he wanted 'a Cars cake (again) with chocolate cake, and Chips Ahoy cookies and NO grass because they were in the desert in the movie'.

"I'm SIX today!"

My boys never express wanting a birthday party. We've always given them the decision to decide what they want to do to celebrate. DramaTween always chooses a pool party/backyard party. My boys always just want to do something with the family. The past two years, Freckles has wanted to go bowling. Since his birthday was on a Tuesday, we expected to take him bowling, grab some pizza, and head home since it was a school night. When we got there, my MIL had 'pulled strings' and their host at the casino had set up a party-with free bowling, pizza and drinks! Jake's favorite part about the whole thing? He got a big bunch of balloons attached to a bowling pin, and he was SO excited about keeping the bowling pin.

Freckles, DramaTween and Bambino bowled many games with their two Aunts, and more family and friends had a fun time watching them and cheering them on.
Freckles is into WWE right now. We gave him gifts a few days before his birthday and told him that he wasn't going to have anything to open on his birthday. He graciously said thank you. Little did he know, the WWE Monday Night Raw event that he thought was sold out, was his last birthday surprise. He's been counting down the days to January 28th! His friend is going as well, and even made signs for both of them to take. They're both so excited, and so are the Dads that are taking the boys.

Happy Birthday, dude! We love you more than all the sand in the land...

Jacob Parker Makoa, 6 years old. 80 lbs, 50 inches tall as of January 28th, 2013.