Jack {6 Years!)

Jack is 6! This one is a little harder to swallow since he's our baby. When working furiously on our 2017 photobook awhile back and now the 2018 book, it was and continues to be so fun seeing Jack at such a young age. He was a precious toddler and is still as sweet as can be with a big dose of goofy too. He's certainly a handful since he seems hungry all.the.time. and that can lead to some hangry behaviors - don't we all do that on occasion? I can only imagine how he gets through the day at school or daycare but we've had mostly good reports from his teachers. 

Jack completed kindergarten back in May 2021 and I am so proud of all he accomplished. He started out with one teacher but switched to a different one when the school went to fully in-person. I welcomed the switch and it seemed to be a great fit for him. Jack is such a good helper at school and plays well with others as his teachers have reported during conferences. I see this at home too and it warms my heart that this also translates well at school. 

Jack loves to draw and color, play with his friends, and work on legos. I'd say he also loved getting his own room once we moved into our new house in May 2020. Jack is a lover of sleep and often wants to stay in bed a little while longer in the mornings. 

GROWTH

Weight: 43.7 pounds, up 6 pounds from last year (I'm not surprised)

Height: 3'8" (24%), up 2.5 inches from last year

Clothing size: 5

Shoe size: 11-11.5

# of teeth lost: 2 - bottom front

 

INTERVIEW

Who is your favorite person in the whole world? my friends

What is your favorite color? Red

What is your favorite television show? Art for Kids Hub on youtube

What is your favorite outfit? Athletic shorts/pants, sweatshirt

What sport do you like best? Baseball and all the sports

What song do you love?  MyHouse by Flo Rida, What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction, and You’ll Be Back from Hamilton

Who is your best friend? Chloe, Jonah, Wade, Greyson, Jack

What do you want to be when you grow up?  firefighter

What are you really good at?  Throwing a baseball, hitting a baseball

Where do you wish you go could on vacation?  Decorah to go on the big slide at the pool, Great Wolf Lodge

What would you buy if you had $1000?  Buy a skateboard, Nintendo switch, ninja clothes for Halloween, squishies, Spongebob

What vegetable do you love the most?  carrots

What fruit do you love the most?  clementine

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? ALL OF THEM

Who is your biggest hero? Batman

What do you like to do with friends?  Play kickball, Prodigy

What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday? Play prodigy

What is your favorite toy?  Pokemon cards

What is your favorite stuffed animal?  Pikachu

What is your favorite thing to sleep with?  Pillow and stuffed animals

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  Waffles and syrup

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Pizza and hamburgers

What is your favorite dessert?  Cake, mommy’s popsicle (I blend up random fruit we have)

What is your favorite drink?  Water

What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner?  Tacos, cake

What is your favorite game?  Prodigy, Sleeping Queens

What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with my neighbors

Pictures of Jack throughout the year!

Holiday Cheer 2020 {3} - Homemade Treats!

I am not a baker. I rarely make cookies, cakes, or pies. I don't know if it's because I have to follow directions to a T or just because I am not always a "sweets" kind of girl. I love my chocolate but I can easily buy that! Also, our kitchen is a straight up hot mess so there was no way I was going to clean it to then have to wash up all the dishes we really hate having to clean - bakeware!

When I saw an Instagram post about buying a box of homemade treats, I immediately hopped on that train. I definitely wanted to have some but didn't want to bake nor did we need a lot of goodies. This was a perfect fit for us and only cost us $12! My intention was to go pick them up myself but the person I bought them from must have been in my area so was able to drop them off. Made my day AND my holiday season!

Special thanks to @kenzinthekitchen_ and @greysgoodeats for the delightful goodies! Don't they look amazing??

Holiday Cheer 2020 {2} - Homemade Decor

Let's talk decor. I've never been one to do much holiday decorating and this year is no different. In fact, we put up our tree on Christmas Eve. This has more to do with a brand new puppy who likes to chew on things but I did have an itch to do one rather big decor project. I teased about it earlier this month...

Want to know what I made???? GLITTER CHRISTMAS TREE CONES! I saw these on Pinterest and knew I needed these in my life. If you know me, I love color so these fit right in. I had hoped to find a few colors and sizes of cones already made. Sadly, I only found one. Can you guess which one that is? 

Personally, I think it's fairly obvious but I don't think I did too bad here. The taller blue cone was bought from the store and the rest I made using a similar method as The How To Mom with one big difference. Instead of buying the paint and painting plain paper, I opted to use colored paper.

If you are interested in making these yourselves, be warned. There is a ton of glitter but overall, it was a fun project. I first traced the cone shapes and cut them out. It took a bit for me to figure out the best way to roll them up because it was a thicker paper but I just taped them up (a lot!). After sorting all of my glitter and sequence, I had to spread glue all over. If you move quickly, you can smooth all of the glue and pour the sequence and glitter all over. I used a smaller/medium sequence and two sizes of glitter. The smartest thing I did was put down a piece of cardboard that I just folded up at the end. I practically had no glitter issues after that!

I'm pretty happy with the outcome and I might just leave them up all year round! I'm sure Gspice will make me put them away but for real, I think my next project will be a couple of the colorful bulb wreaths!

Did anyone else decide to make some homemade decor this year? 

Holiday Cheer 2020 {1} - North Liberty Holiday Lights

Without a lot of options to do more traditional holiday activities, this was one thing I love seeing at night. We are lucky to live on a street where people like to do fun things with their outdoor decor and their holiday lights do not disappoint. We have yet to put up any lights but Gspice has almost convinced me to use green and red bulbs for our garage door lights. I'm not quite there yet though...

A few weeks ago, we took the boys out on the town to view some fun holiday displays in North Liberty. We came across a couple we didn't have on the route but they ended up being our favorites! Of course, we went to the best light show in the town too. I wonder how much it costs them during the holiday season...

Below are a few of the houses we saw!