Jason Turns 6 Years Old

Jason turned 6 years old! For his birthday he wanted Pokemon cards. We celebrated his birthday with friends and cousins at Jungle Jim's Playland. The kids had a lot of fun riding on rides, particularly the roller coaster. 

This is Jason opening his presents from mom and dad first thing after waking up. 

We made pokeball cupcakes for the party at Jungle Jim's.

 

  

Everybody knew that Jason wanted Pokemon cards for his birthday, and so his wish came true! He got 300+ new Pokemon cards. Insane!!

Dear Jason,

How exciting it is to be six-years-old. You are so excited to start first grade soon, and you are more than ready for it. Over the summer you have kept up on your reading, and I am always amazed at all the big words you can read now. Noah, Levi, and I will sure miss you when you are gone all day at school.

You continue being an awesome big brother to Levi. You help me out by putting the pacifier back in Levi's mouth at home, and especially in the car. Although that started out as a fun activity, it eventually lost its fun and is now a paid job. We pay you $2 each Sunday if you help me out all week long with Levi. You still like to hold Levi when we are home.

Noah is your friend sometimes, and your foe other times. He mirrors his interests after yours and this gives you an automatic friend to play with, but also causes fights over which toys he is allowed to play with. Overall you two seem to enjoy each others' company. 

Although you still like to play with Angry Birds, they are no longer your obsession. Pokemon Trading Cards are your new obsession. You like to trade cards at school, at the library, and with your friends. You were thrilled with the 300+ new Pokemon cards you got from your birthday. And then after opening all your cards, you talked about buying more. What?! I think you have plenty, but you think you need more.

We finally started reading from the children's Book of Mormon each night as a family. You have been so happy for us to do this. Sometimes when we're getting to bed late and we are tempted to skip reading from the Book of Mormon, you remind us that it is the most important book and should not be skipped. I can tell that your spiritual attentiveness is increasing in Primary as well. You are well-behaved, and you're even starting to sing the songs.

Bike riding has become a new favorite hobby. You love to ride it everywhere, even if it is just across the street to your friend Ashton's house. Dad will sometimes ride bikes with you on longer rides around the neighborhood. 

We signed you up for coach pitch this spring after you enjoyed playing t-ball. You did a great job! You were able to get at least one hit in each of the games you played. This was no small feat, considering your coach would throw overhand to everyone and you only got to hit twice per game. You are also still willing to practice with Dad and your getting better at throwing the ball. 

You love to swim. So far this summer we have been boating twice and both times you had much more fun jumping in the water and swimming than you did riding the tubes. You have been taking swim lessons this summer at the Draper pool and you just graduated to stroke school and you were very excited.