Mayne family

Jackson Turns 5

Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Jana

Jackson’s 5th birthday was while we were in Boise. We had told him this year that he wasn’t going to get a friend party, but that he would be in Boise with his Grandparents, Aunt and Uncle, and cousins who he doesn’t get to see much. Needless to say he was pretty excited. He told me that for his birthday he wanted everyone to go bowling. So I let all the family know that that was his request and if they could come it would be great. We ended up having 19 people bowling on two lanes the night before Jackson’s birthday. It was a lot of fun! After bowling we went to my parents house and had cake and ice cream. It really meant a lot to Jackson to have so much family there for his birthday. He still tells his friends about bowling for his birthday. We did have another little family party when we got back from Boise with Paul and his family.

I can’t believe my little boy is 5!! Just like with Eli, I put together a list of things about Jackson. Here is the list along with some pictures from his birthday.

He loves Legos, creatively building towers and spaceships of his own design.
Says he wants to be a “builder of towers” when he is older.
He loves to make up games that involve “fighting dudes” including points systems for each move and “damage”.
He is such a sweetheart. He loves to give hugs and tells people how much he loves them.
He gives fish face kisses and they are the sweetest.
His reward for being good is playing Xbox with his dad and brother. Favorite games include, Sonic Unleashed, Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, and Tennis.
When mad at us he often threatens to “sell our stuff on eBay”. We let him think he could actually do it.
His favorite songs are “Funk Soul Brother” by Fatboy Slim and “Just a Friend” by Biz Marke. He sings these songs to himself often.
He navigates kid sites on the Internet better than his Grandma.
He recently figured out how to do a front-flip on the trampoline, which typically consists of him bouncing on his head and over.
He loves numbers, counting and generating random large numbers.
He does not like it when we are out in public and I make him use the ladies room so I can keep him in my line of sight, “mom, I am not a girl!”
He is a little fish. He loves to swim and be in the water.
He loves to play card games especially Memory and Uno.
He is very into Transformers and Bionicles right now.
He is very good and patient with little kids and is a great big brother.
He loves to be around other kids. He gets so excited when he sees them play outside.
He for some reason loves to put things in his mouth. He will suck on the ends of pillows, etc when he is just sitting around.
He has had 4 outpatient surgeries in his 5 years.
His favorite movie (as of today) is Night at the Museum. And loves to quite the Easter Island statue “Give me gum gum dum dum”.
He loves to ride his scooter and his bike (now sans the training wheels).
He loves to play games on his dad’s iPhone.
He loves to do mazes and color pictures.
He’s a big fan of anything related to Star Wars.
He likes to eat sushi.
His favorite color is yellow.
He loves to wrestle.