Hanging Out With Jack

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that my friends’ son Jack wanted to spend some time with Uncle Corey and Aunt Jenni all by himself.  He got that chance today! While Tyler was at the BYU vs. Wyoming game today and Ali was shopping with Sheridan, Jack came over to our house for a few hours to hang out.

Whenever Jack comes over to our house, he likes to play with our computers, my Mr. Potato Heads, and our blocks.  He also loves to spend some time with our kitties–Cassie, Tigger, and Dax–even if they don’t want to spend time with him.

He loves to take pictures on our computers because of all the fun filters.  He likes to use any of the filters that turn him green because green is his favorite color.

Even though he loves to take pictures, his favorite thing to do on my computer is to go to YetiSports and play the “penguin game.”  I showed him these games about two years ago because he wanted to see what we could do on the computer.  He was instantly hooked!  His favorite game is the “Seal Bounce” because he can play that one without my help, although he does laugh at all the other games too.

After we played the “penguin game,” he wanted to play Mario Party and Mario Golf.  He’s never asked to play them before; he’s always looked at our games and asked what they were, but that’s it.  This time, however, he kept saying, “These are my favorite games.  I’ve never played them, but remember they’re my favorite.” Uncle Corey spent some time with him on the GameCube.  They tried Mario Party, Bomberman, Mario Kart, and Mario Sunshine.  Jack really liked Mario Sunshine because he could fly and squirt the water.  He did a pretty good job at controlling Mario.

After that, we went outside and kicked the soccer ball around for a little bit.  Jack also found a “wand” in the backyard and turned Uncle Corey into a monster and alligator a few times by saying the magic words, “Bibidi bobidi boo” or “Ala kazam.”  Once Uncle Corey was vanquished, Jack and I had a wand fight.  That was a lot of fun and Jack came out as the victor because his wand broke mine.

After we were done with our wands, Jack wanted to walk by his old house.  He and I went on a little walk around the neighborhood.  We took lots of shortcuts through the fences into the common areas on the way back.  We even walked by a couple of his friends’ houses.

Before Ali came to pick him up, he told us he wanted to stay for a really long time and he wanted to sleep in our bed. We told him he had to go home to sleep, but he could come hang out with us by himself another time.  He liked that idea.