Birthday Weekend

Brode's 3rd birthday was Monday, September 26th! I can't believe he is 3! The jump from 2 to 3 has made him seem like a little kid instead of a toddler!

The Sunday before his birthday we had a party with family and friends. We made a spread, hung a few decorations and had a party! After combining each of the families we had quite a houseful! Brode got great gifts from everyone - he was desperately in need of fall clothes so all the pants and shirts were perfect, he got great learning games and books, art supplies, and some fun boy toys like Nerf guns and a chainsaw.

(LeapFrog Write and Scribble - teaches writing and identifying letters - amazing! He loves it!)

Brode's cake was an adventure in itself. We had this plan to make cake pops that look like basketballs, footballs, and baseballs then we would have this small basketball cake for Brode to blow candles out.

Major failure. The cake pops were beyond disaster so we baked a sheet cake and decorated it for everyone else. He was very embarassed when everyone san to him, but blew his candles out like a champ.

If you have been around Brode anytime in the last 6 months you know what he was begging for for his birthday. Every time we asked he begged for hockey skates. He wasn't overly noted for his party and turning 3, he ju st wanted skates so Daddy got his his first pair of skates and Grandma Beth got him elbow pads to go with them when learning to skate.

Brode was exhausted Sunday night after his party. Monday morning he was up bright and early to play with all of his new toys! Monday we kept him out of day care to celebrate!

Our first stop was the credit union. Brode has been filling his piggy bank when he was born so after 3 years we cashed it in to see how much he made - $164.34! That made a good dent in his savings account! After he picked his birthday prize we headed to Toys R Us to be the honored birthday boy where he got a crown and to pick a toy. We went to Monkey Joes to play before lunch time. Brode is always begging to go and loves every minute there. After running, jumping, and diving we headed out to lunch and home for a nap.

We spent the afternoon playing with new toys then went out to his first birthday dinner! We picked a restaurant that would sing to him, and he hated it just as much as adults do. After dinner we stopped at the Halloween store where he picked out his costume for this year, here is to hoping he actually wears it!

Tuesday morning Brode had his 3 year check! He finally weighs 31lbs (he was 29 for over a year) and he grew 3 inches, putting him at 38inches tall! That's 75% in height and 50% in wieght = tall and skinny.

That ends birthday weekend, Brode is already looking forward to 4!