THREE?!!?!

I can't BELIEVE Blake turned 3 today!!!

What the heck!?! 

For his birthday (since it was on Sunday) I asked him

on Friday, what he wanted to do for his birthday?

~ go to Peter Piper Pizza?

~ go to a toy store and pick out a favorite toy?

~ go to the movies?...

He answered  "um, how 'bout me and just my dad

will go see a movie like Kung Fu Panda, and get

popcorn and orange pop!" 

(Ryan took him to Wall-E when it first came out,

like two months ago, and he hasn't stopped

talking about the drink and popcorn since!!)

So, Friday night Ryan and Blake went to the movies

(at first I was kind of offended, until I thought of 

going to the mall with just ONE kid!!!)

Saturday night Ryan and I decorated the house in

streamers and balloons so Blake would know it 

was his birthday when he woke up!

He was SO excited!

Here is my three year old all ready for church!

He and Kenzie with their balloons!

After church we invited my parents, Jacob and his

girlfriend Tracy, and Carley's family over for 

dinner and dessert for Blakes birthday! 

(or what he thought was his P-A-R-T-Y!!!)

Carley's family had "better" dinner plans so just 

Blake's cousin Brooke came over!

I decided  to make my friends (Kyle's) 

"fool proof" yummy chicken salsa burritos for dinner!

~ basically put THREE items in a crock pot and 

set for 4 hours! easy enough... right?

Well when I got home from church  I could kind of

smell the chicken... but not really?! I open the crock 

pot to find RAW chicken?!?!? 

What the H#**?!?!

My outlet blew a fuse and so the crock pot 

turned off!!! Luckily the crock pot was still warm

so Ryan (so smart!) started up the grill and

finished cooking the chicken on the grill!!!

(It all turned out, not AS good... oh well!)

So after dinner we had Blake's favorite Oreo cookie

ice cream cake!! YUM!

He was SO excited about the candles!

Loving EVERY minute of the song!!

and FINALLY it was present time!!

my poor mom, got him MY favorite gift... 

a cute outfit from the gap , but as SOON as

Blake opened it and saw it was clothes he

didn't even finish opening it!!!

Grandma Jeanne gave Blake a jumbo

soccer goal and ball/hockey!

He was pretty excited to open it and 

to start playing!

... so he gave the goal to Ryan to start 

blowing it up...

and the ball to Papa!!

(we had to teach him what a hockey stick was... its 

NOT a giant gun!!)

Here are the two team mates!

Blake getting ready to shoot, and Brooke was the

goalie! 

then moving on to the next toy they can play

with... Don't Break The Ice!

(this was one of my favorite games growing

up... it was a must!)

and of course we finished our PARTY with Darth Vader

(Papa) and the Storm Trooper (Blake) fight!

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY BLAKE!! 

love, Dad and Mom!