Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Jack...

One of the TV shows we watch is the Goodnight Show on Sprout. They're always having promos about "Send in your birthday card. We'll read it on the air."

They stressed that creativity is important if you want to get your card chosen. So we put together a birthday card, and I put together this poem about the birthday boy, who happens to be 4 today. My little man isn't so much a cake person, as the poem explains. (The picture here is Jack pretending to be angry in his birthday crown from school. It cracks him up.)

TODAY IS JACK’S BIRTHDAY,
SO WHY IS HE SAD?
“WE CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT!”
SAID HIS MOM AND HIS DAD.

“I KNOW THE REASON,”
SAID HIS SISTER NAMED ANNA.
“I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT,
AFTER I FINISH THIS BANANA.”

SHE SAID, “TODAY IS JACK’S BIRTHDAY,
BUT HE DOESN’T LIKE CAKE.”
“A CHERRY PIE IS REALLY
THE DESSERT YOU SHOULD BAKE.”

SO JACK’S MOM GOT TO WORK
AND MADE THE PIE OF HIS DREAMS.
“YUMMY! YUMMY!” JACK SAID.
“I AM THE BIRTHDAY KING!”