Birthday Party

Today we had Jacob's birthday party and he had a LOT of fun! For lunch Alan grilled pork tenderloin and we served it with a mustard bbq sauce. We also had grilled corn on the cob with a seasoned butter and mustardy cole slaw made with cabbage and carrots from our garden. Yum-O! After Jacob got up from his nap he came outdoors to play. His uncles always come up with some fun things to do.





When my mom came out with the bag-o-gifts, Jacob was very excited! Guess he figured out what presents are all about. :P
And how to open them.


He got some really fun stuff.
Golf


Soccer


Trying out the golf clubs


My dad and Alan trying to figure out the soccer net


Books - Jacob loves these My First board books. For his birthday he got Word, Number and Farm. He read them all evening and kept pointing and yelling at the pictures he saw.


Tearing into one of his gifts


His Uncle Mike got him a garden tool set. Alan has a little 3'x3' garden plot ready for Jacob to plant some of his own veggies since he loves to be in the garden so much. Now that he's got his tools, he can get planting!


My mom made a super delicious chocolate cake for Jacob and we made some homemade vanilla ice cream with toffee bits.

We were going to light the candle, but it was a little too breezy for that and we had a hard time getting Jacob to even stand by the cake. He just wanted to play! Alan sat him on the table so we could get a picture and right away Jacob grabbed that candle. Good thing it wasn't lit!

Where are my gifts, people??



We had such a fun day and tomorrow we plan to head out to the beach to celebrate some more!