Our Growing Family: Jacob's 3rd Birthday

So, our baby is no longer a baby.....sniffle. Our lil' man turned 3 this past weekend. Seriously, I know that everyone says this, but, "Man, where has the time gone?". Seems like just yesterday I was changing his diaper. Oh wait, I was. LOL, yah, we're still potty training. Anyway, you know what I'm talking about. A co-worker said it best...."Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster is goes". Well, hopefully we're not that close to the end, but it's definitely moving at lightening speed.

To sum up the 3-day event......
Friday: I made cupcakes for him to take to daycare. He chose the cake and frosting, so it was funfetti cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting and sprinkles, of course. He had a fantastic day there and was given a Diego backpack by his teacher, Anna. He loves it, obviously..it's Diego.

Saturday: He woke up singing "happy birthday".....LOL. I'd say he definitely "gets it" this year. This was the day we held his party at our house. We had family and a few friends over to celebrate with appetizers, cake and ice cream. I say that he "got it" this year, but that also means that his friends did too. So, he had some help opening his presents and blowing out his candle. He actually did ok with that, much to my surprise. He is very into trains this year and got a very cool train table from his Mema and Papa, and a train set from momma and daddy. He got another train and some games. Overall, he had a ton of fun and behaved himself pretty well, even with no nap.

Sunday: This was the actual day of his birthday. We took him out to McDonalds for a chicken nugget happy meal. Hey, kids are easy. HA!

So, his BIG day was stretched out over 3 days. Not too shabby for a 3-yr old. Especially when you consider that he'll be doing this again next week for Christmas (he'll probably have 4 Christmas's with all of the family stuff we have to go to). Oh, what a fun time of year.

Here's a few pics from the party......