Jayden is still my good little helper, the one who will do a job no one else wants to, or share something with his brothers, or help with whatever I need. He has such a sweetness that I truly appreciate. He loves to play with his friends. He loves to play Age of Empires on the computer. The Wii is also a favorite of his (Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Star Wars, Super Smash Bros., Madden NFL, Sonic's Olympics, Family Game Night, and Pacman Party are some of his favorites). Jayden is very good at getting his jobs done so he can pursue these great interests (jobs must be done before TV or computer). He also loves to watch Pokemon, Power Rangers, Beyblade, and Veggie Tales. He has now moved on to the Level 1 books for Piano. His teacher says he is just moving along quickly through the books. He really loves to play and is good at it. There are so many times that I have to tell him to not play the piano and go ___ (fill in the blank... get your shoes on, brush your teeth, etc). He just can't help but play it every time he walks past. He loves for me to massage his back when I tuck him in bed at night. He loves steak. Jayden is also beginning to love reading. It seems like this is the age Dylan got hooked. Jayden is seeming to follow the same pattern. At night he wants the light left on for a bit so he can read before he goes to sleep.
Jayden loves school. He also loves recess. I have learned that it just isn't worth having him buying him school lunch. I can't get him to eat much of anything, unless its pizza day. If he takes a lunch, he will take a few bites, then head out to recess. If he takes school lunch, he takes a few bites, then heads out to recess. If it is a home lunch, he brings it home and eats it when he gets home. If he eats school lunch... yeah, in the garbage it goes! Apparently he wants to play football with Dylan and his friends. Since Dylan is in 3rd grade, they finish recess earlier than Jayden. Jayden has found if he eats lunch, he misses them, so he has decided he will eat lunch later. Silly kid, but at least he and Dylan are great buddies.
Can you guess the theme Jayden picked for his birthday? I think I did pretty good with the "cake." Its actually ice cream topped with dream whip and a tube of black frosting - easy, peasy.
Well, if you didn't catch the theme, it was Pokemon. I found a few fun ideas for games online. We had target practice using "Team Rocket" pictures we taped on the outside of our windows and suction nerf darts. That was a lot of fun - an idea that would be fun other days too. We also played "pin the tail on Charmander" and hide/find Pikachu with a little figure we had.
We had a bit of drama with the candles. Austin got to them first here. Then we had one sad Jayden.
But we just did it over again and all was well.
