UNTI FAMILY

To celebrate Jake's birthday we had a few of Jake's friends over and we had pizza, SpongeBob cup cakes, hats and balloons. Jake loves SpongeBob. He often will be wandering around the house muttering lines from the show. Our favorite is when he imates Mr. Crabs yelling "SPONGE BOB!" Sometimes when he gets angry with his older brother he will use the same tone of voice and yell "MAX!" At the party we decorated giant cookies, had an egg hunt, played pin the tail on the donkey and had a pinata shaped like a worm. Vangie wanted to put a big picture of my face over the donkey and have it be pin the tail on Mr. Unti. The kids all cheated at Pin the tail on the donkey. They could see through the mask and also refused to let us spin them around. The pinata was a slightly painful experience. Each child got three swings at it with an aluminum bat. A few years ago I took shot to the groin at a new year's eve party with the kids. I somehow got put in charge of holding the pinata up with my hand while the children swang. This time I had it all figured out, I got a broom and tied it to the pinata with some rope and then stood on a chair. On the third swing Jake took me off the little chair with a blow to my legs. (Note to self, no more pinatas at parties). Jake had his friend Nicholas spend the night last night. All Jake talks about is Nicholas. They seemed to have a good time together but refused to sleep last night. They said it was too scary in his room and that there was a giant eye on the ceiling. After investigating further I was able to identify the eye as their flashlights.

I have also posted a picture of Jake's art. When we first went into parent teacher conferences his teacher advised us that Jake is a "whatever crayon is on the top of the pile type of kid" His pictures lacked detail and effort. I think he has come along way since the begining of the year.