We now have a 4 year old!!

Yesterday was an awesome day!! Jackson's 4th birthday was a success! Jon took the day off so it was even more special. We have a tradition of waking him up with a special treat. This year, it was a baseball cupcake. We had everything planned out...had the cupcake up and ready to go and then Kenzi needed to eat. Well, all of the sudden, we could hear Jack in the bathroom. (He's been getting up, going to the bathroom, getting dressed and then coming to wake me up lately) All of the sudden, a fully dressed Jack comes into our bedroom. Jon was lighting the candles and Jack asked what he was doing. I told him we had a surprise for him so he needed to go back to bed. He immediately drops his blanket and Mickey in it's place and ran back to his room. We look in and he is laying as stiff as a board...it was cute!

So we sang happy birthday and told Jack he could eat his cupcake. His response: "Maybe I should go eat it at the table so I don't get crumbs in my bed." Nice, Jack!

We got ready and then headed out for our day. We went up to the Children's museum in Brookings and had an awesome time!! They had so many fun things to do and Jack thought it was great. His favorite activities were climbing up to the clouds and the Wii in the fit room! He also had a great time outside, although was soaking wet when he was done! Good thing someone warned us to bring a change of clothes!!



After lots of fun at the kid's museum, we headed back to Sioux Falls for one of Jack's favorite activities...Mini-Golfing!! He, of course, wanted to play the water hole about 10 times and laughed every time that it came down the river and out the hole.



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Probably the most exciting thing for Jackson was that he was FINALLY tall enough to ride the go-carts...with Daddy, of course! (He and Jon went mini-golfing for Father's Day and he wasn't tall enough yet!) So off they went with lots of excitement!

We ended our wonderful day with supper with the Mortensen clan at...wait for it...Pizza Ranch, of course!

We all had an awesome day and can't believe that our tiny Jackson is now 4 years old!! Jackson has blessed us with so many things, but most of all, we feel blessed to be his parents. He has brought so much happiness to our lives with his bubbly personality, sparkling blue eyes and contagious laugh! We love you, Jackson Conrad Burns, and can't wait to watch you grow up!!