Christian turned THREE last Saturday! He had a fun-filled day--Cubby and Harvey took Emily and Christian to "How to Train Your Dragon" after lunch and then we got down to some serious partying with a dinosaur-themed party. It was a hot day and so the kiddos all came in their swimsuits and had soooo much fun playing in our pools. 
We did a couple of games, but, to be honest, they were so busy with the swimming, eating and present-opening, my cutsie games took second place :-).
However, for anyone interested (and for posterity), here's what we did:
Usually, we make our cakes (well, my mom does--her frosting is awesome!), but Emily went to a birthday party where there was this dinosaur cake and I knew Christian would FLIP over it. He did. It comes out of the cake and literally ROARS. So cool.
Usually, we make our cakes (well, my mom does--her frosting is awesome!), but Emily went to a birthday party where there was this dinosaur cake and I knew Christian would FLIP over it. He did. It comes out of the cake and literally ROARS. So cool. 
We also did some party games--we had have some dino-games to go with our dollar store dino-hats! In the pools, we dissolved "dino eggs" (capsules); in our sandbox, we went digging for dinosaurs; we threw felt dino-bean bags (also a party favor) into a "volcano" (an up-side-down tomato cage with a black plastic trash bag on it and red and orange streamers for the lava effect).
I also included some dinosaur foamy-stickers in their dino-egg paper-mache goody bags, courtesy of my mom b/c my house is all torn up from everything else going on and I had no space to do them! (Thanks, Mom!)
We had a terrific dinner as well--for both the carnivore and herbivore, and filled our bellies with grilled chicken, hot dogs, watermelon, summer salad, carrots, cucumbers, and chips--yummy! The kids, of course, love the cake and had to take another dip in the pool before heading home to wash off all of the frosting! (And yes, you're seeing it right, Christian wanted to invite only girls to his party--"Girls like Christian"--such a ladies man :-)!) His friends, Julia, Maren and Maddie, are sure cute and seriously could pound down the food--after our own picky eaters, we were so impressed at what these tiny little girls could put down!By the end of the day, we were all exhausted but very happy at having had such a fun day! We love our big boy so much and can't believe that Christian is THREE. ROAR!!!
6 comments:
Wow! What a fun cake and birthday party. How fun to have nice weather to play outside and swim. I can't believe Christian is 3!!! Wow time really flies. He is such a darling boy!
Happy Birthday Christian! Wow, he's really looking a lot more grown up these days. I am dreading my girls turning three--that seems to be the age they stop being babies, at least to me. I only have a few more months!
What a great day! The dinosaur cake was super! Glad you all had fun. Christian, have fun being three.
What a big boy, Congrats Christian on turning 3!! ( I love that he is already a ladies man)
He looks so much more mature than when you guys were here a year ago! How funny that he had an all girls party, he just wants to increase his odds! Sounds like a fun party you planned, wish we could have come.
Maddison had so much fun. Now you know what I mean when I say that I have no clue how she stays so small with her gigantic appetite. she loves her food.
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