Jack's 5th Birthday

My very brilliant sister-in-law lets her children have a "friends" birthday party on the years her children are turning an even number. I thought that was a great idea, so, this being an odd year, we decided in lieu of a party to let Jack choose an activity, and because we are softies, allowed him to take one friend. He decided on Kangaroo Zoo (this huge warehouse with about a dozen blow-up bounce-on/slide down toys) with his friend Kolby. We planned to go on Saturday the 19th- the day before his birthday, because then Jared could come (Jack, "Because Saturday is the day that Daddy stays home."). However, the playset construction project took Saturday precedence and so we decided to go on Thursday afternoon instead. When I informed Jack of the change in plans he was very upset. Finally, through the tears I discerned the blubbering phrase, "But I wanted Daddy to come!" Once I reassured him that Daddy would be coming, all was well.
On Sunday we had the Brown family over to celebrate with cake and ice cream. This has become a new tradition at our house as we have inadvertently celebrated both Henry and Jared's birthdays with the Browns, and so now we have decided to make it official.
Jack requested a Spiderman cake, to which I responded that I would try. He sweetly reassurred me that it was OK if it didn't look like Spiderman, he would still like it.
So I proceeded with my best attempt, which included making two 8" round cakes to eventually combine to make one oval cake. Jack saw the two cakes and said, "Good thing you made two, that way when you mess up on the first one, you still have the other one." Always thinking ahead.