5 years old

ok, so while we're on a birthday kick here, i should start at the beginning of the year with jagger's bday. i can't believe he turned 5 this year! he will start kindergarden! and looking at these pictures just blows my mind at how big he is getting and how old he is.

he is a very very smart kid.
he loves to draw.
he loves stories.
he likes to wrestle and play robot with dad.
he started taking piano lessons from mama.
he is still so ticklish.
he loves ella.
he's a great helper in the kitchen.
he is good at cleaning up the many messes he makes.
his favorite song is jingle bells.
he still has a really hard time being obedient.
his favorite movies are toy story(s), megamind, rango, and cars'.
he says sincere prayers.
he has a great imagination.
he loves to play board games.
he loves to go on walks and go to the park.
he likes getting his picture taken and likes to take pictures.
he loves clothes. he picks out what he wears and really cares what he looks like.
his favorite foods are enchiladas and tortellini.
he loves to play pretend (lava, bad guys, submarine, baby, etc).
he has a good heart.

for his birthday, we stayed up til midnight (new years eve) and did some fireworks. played nintendo (old school), and watched rio. his birthday fell on a sunday this year, so we did some presents before church and spent the day relaxing. he requested enchiladas and brownies. later on in the week, we told him he could pick 2 friends to take to OMSI (oregon museum of science and industry). he picked his girl friends he goes to school with (go figure). we had a really fun time and everybody was really good.

and as an ode to jaggy, here's one of his stories he came up with a couple months ago:

once upon a time, there was a little frog with big eyes. and he had a friend named katcho. katcho was a lizard. they wanted to go for a walk. on their walk they found a tiger. the tiger was nice and he wanted to be their friend. all of them, the frog with big eyes, katcho the lizard (who happened to be red) and the tiger went to go play at the park. katcho turned himself green, because that's what lizards do. and then katcho started to turn into lots of different colors, because that's what lizards do. it started to get dark and the rains came from the dark clouds. then they all raced home. the big eyed frog hopped and katcho and the tiger ran fast. katcho got tired of running in the rain so he climbed on the tiger's back and opened his umbrella. when they got home, it stopped raining and the sun came out. they wanted to go outside and play, but they decided to never go to the rainy park again. so they went inside and had lunch.
the end. :)

this is a drawing of blackie the horse who went up this really long sidewalk and jumped off into the pond..alma tells this story in the 'pinkie and blackie' series and jagger just loves it.

happy birthday jagger. you are one special kid. 

love you so,

mama