Jacob's 4th Birthday

It's hard to believe my littlest baby is already 4 years old! Jacob is the comedian of the family, always smiling, always making us laugh. He is silly most of the time and rarely gets upset, except maybe when he gets hurt. He is super smart-- he knows all his letters and can count up to 20. He constantly rhymes words-- even if they are nonsensical. He is stubborn when it comes to potty training, and I'm honestly not sure what his hesitation is in that area-- he is almost afraid of using the potty. He enjoys going to preschool and looks forward to seeing his friends at church.

He gets excited about anything his brother and sisters are excited about. He still loves lining his toys up and "organ-zizing"  things (in his words). He loves Paw Patrol, even though he really hasn't seen many episodes, and cars and marbles. He is still a little picky when it comes to food, and will only drink apple juice, but is venturing out more and more. He is my constant shadow around the house-- he loves to follow me around and narrate everything he's doing. He loves to watch videos on the IPad but really doesn't get into TV. He loves coloring his school pages. I really can't imagine our family without him in it!

We had a small party with just our family for Jacob's birthday. I put a lot of work into this Paw Patrol Lookout tower cake and it's one of my favorites yet! The tower part is inedible-- just paper around a soda bottle. 

He had been asking for Rocky and Zuma for weeks, in order to complete his collection of Paw Patrol characters. Every time he played with them he would say, "I'm going to get Rocky and Zuma for my birthday." So he was sure he knew exactly what was inside his gifts before he even opened them! He was a birthday pro-- he knew just what to do.