Our baby turned 5 years old on March 1! It was so "awesome" (as Ben would say) that an amazing water playground opened at the wakeboarding park on March 1. The kids (and even some of the adults) had a blast climbing all over the floating playground. Some close friends from Cebu (another island in the Philippines) were here for the week, and the Buchanan family from the wakeboard park joined us as well as Bufords and Megan.
The slide was a favorite for everyone. Ben loved it, and he also enjoyed the giant floating trampoline.
Ben wasn't so into climbing onto the iceberg and jumping off, but the older kids enjoyed it immensely. This pic is of Mikayla and one of the boys visiting from Cebu (the family has 2 boys ages 10 and 11).
Go, Ben!
This giant see saw intimidated Ben a little too, but the older kids had fun rocking back and forth (or being catapulted when one of the adults joined in).
We also got some wakeboarding in - Ben did great!
Time for presents! Here are the kids that helped us celebrate - from the left: Jamin and Jesse from Cebu, Mikayla, Takiah and Zeph from the wakeboard park, and Zach and Ben.
He is growing up! He picked out this cake himself and was very proud of it. He added Spiderman and Batman himself. Grandma Jackson sent some "Cars" birthday decorations to help us celebrate - Ben loved the tablecloth.
We had been teasing him all week that he would be getting onions for his birthday present. Well, Mikayla made sure that his first present was exactly that. Thankfully, Ben enjoyed the joke.
It helped I think that he knew there were lots of other presents there as well - and he LOVED everything else. He got some transformers from us and my parents, a helicopter and small rubix cube from Steve's parents, a water gun from Bufords, a Clifford cartoon from Megan, a build-your-own car from Murphys, and lots of fun little gifts from Takiah.
Time for presents! Here are the kids that helped us celebrate - from the left: Jamin and Jesse from Cebu, Mikayla, Takiah and Zeph from the wakeboard park, and Zach and Ben.He is growing up! He picked out this cake himself and was very proud of it. He added Spiderman and Batman himself. Grandma Jackson sent some "Cars" birthday decorations to help us celebrate - Ben loved the tablecloth.We had been teasing him all week that he would be getting onions for his birthday present. Well, Mikayla made sure that his first present was exactly that. Thankfully, Ben enjoyed the joke. It helped I think that he knew there were lots of other presents there as well - and he LOVED everything else. He got some transformers from us and my parents, a helicopter and small rubix cube from Steve's parents, a water gun from Bufords, a Clifford cartoon from Megan, a build-your-own car from Murphys, and lots of fun little gifts from Takiah. Thought I would leave you with this great shot that my friend Connie took. Ben has a hard time keeping his pants up (which seems to fit right in with the wakeboarding culture!), and we even have to put sunscreen on his little tush! It's cute now, but we are going to have to figure out how to keep his pants up before he gets much older! :)
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Happy Birthday Ben!!! Wow, 5 years old...you are growing up so fast! We're so glad you had such a fun birthday and Levi thinks you're brave to slide down that big, tall slide! Have fun with all your birthday presents! Sending 4 big hugs from the 4 of us! :-)
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