Birthday Rundown

Jacob’s birthday was a successful and very busy day. It went something like this:

[Good morning, Jacob. Open a gift. It’s a sweatshirt and some “comfy” pants. The reaction? Total disinterest. That’s OK. It was more for me than for him anyway!]

[What’s a party without balloons? Boring. Which is why we constructed a huge balloon swag across our kitchen. But the best part of this activity was when Papa was letting the air blow out of the balloons in Jacob’s face at very windy speeds. Note for next year: Use air compressor to inflate balloons so as to save family members from nearly passing out.]

[Birthday boy. In Birthday crown. With Birthday balloons.]

[Party started and now it’s time to open presents. We now have tons of new toys for the boys to fight over and throw at one another. Awesome.]

[Opening presents takes a long time to do when you are three and have to play with each toy after you open it!]

[Time for cake. It’s a dump truck full of boulders (cake balls). Delish! Oh, but be careful of the candles, Jacob, because the flames can potentially start your new clothes on fire (see last picture). Maybe this was a premeditated message to never waste his time with wrapped clothing gifts again. Luckily, no injuries and all candles were successfully blown out!]

[Then on to the hotel pool to continue our celebration]

[The next day was spent lounging around in our jammies. And, in some cases, with our glasses on…]