Wow, how time flies.
On December 15, 2018, our little superhero turned three years old.
We asked if he wanted a dinosaur party or a Spiderman party, and he did not hesitate in choosing Spiderman.
We started the morning with a single present, sent from Uncle Ryan and Aunt Mary. We did not even ask that he brush his teeth (or hair....) before beginning the birthday fun.
He may have chosen Spiderman, but his love of dinos is still strong, and his excitement over a dinosaur egg that hatches into a dinosaur puzzle is clear.
To complete our Spiderman theme, I reached out to my friend and coworker, Erica, to make a cake/ cupcakes. She crushed it. Alexander is still talking about his Spiderman cake!
We had his party at Bounce Party Playzone at the mall, and they were so gracious in offering to decorate for Spiderman at a nominal fee. It turns out they used to do more theme parties, and this was one of their themes, so they had the decorations ready to go!
Alexander had an absolute blast climbing, jumping, and playing with some of his closest friends.
Even the adults had a great time!
We were thrilled when his teacher, Ms. Shelia, came with her daughter and granddaughter, Madison. They drove all the way from Pensacola!
Air Hockey was a real highlight and the thing he talks about most from his party, other than the cake!
Our big guy was so excited to blow out the candles!
He fought nap after the party and talked Papa into laying on the floor with him. After about 20 min, Papa bailed so they could both actually fall asleep, but this was too cute watching from the monitor.
That evening we were hoping to do a family birthday celebration, but, having been under the weather all week, I was worn out by the party and didn't feel up for getting off the couch. Instead, Daniel went out and got me soup and we had a very relaxing evening.
Potatoes still got to open his presents, which included a 60 piece dinosaur puzzle from Papa and Grandma Jay
He was super excited about his Hot Wheels from Ms. Shelia
The next day, our neighbor, Addy, had her birthday party! They are exactly four days apart, and cut from the same high energy- go, go,go cloth.
We went over to explore the Dora bounce house (see what I did there?) while Rachel and Ryan finished setting up. Potatoes was very upset when I said we were going to head back home for a quick nap before the party started at 3pm.
At 2:45, we woke up Potatoes. He said he did not want to wake up. He moved to the couch, tucked himself up in his new favorite blanket, and fell back asleep. We tried to wake him up two more times before he finally got out of bed and headed next door for the party.
Impeccable timing- we arrived as they were singing Happy Birthday and cutting the cake!
We got a surprise in the mail from Uncle Bryan
Snowball fight in Florida! Thanks Bryan!
My dad flew in from Oregon for the week. As always, we soaked up lots of fun and good family time with Papa. I realized during this trip that Papa has been there for every one of Alexander's birthdays. It is now officially a tradition!
All decked out for his school Christmas party.
Enjoying a walk to the yacht club just before sunset
Excavating with Papa
Dressed appropriately for his first theater movie experience,
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
I am so amazed that my baby is suddenly three. He is already showing the signs of all that we have heard about three year olds-
Attitude with the reasoning skills to make it truly difficult
Demanding independence and yet also demanding his way on his timing
And also, an imaginary friend. Of course, Potatoes's imaginary friend has taken the form of Blue, the velociraptor. I mean, of course!
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