Third Time's a Charm

Why not celebrate your third birthday three times?

Birthday #1
Collin's first birthday celebration was certainly the simplest. I made him cupcakes with fun-fetti icing which he took to preschool on the last day before Christmas Break. All the kids loved the frosting (who doesn't?), and they sang to him. He was thrilled.

Birthday #2

His second celebration was at his Grandma & Grandpa's house in St Louis. Themed in snowmen, we started with dinner. He had his own special snowman plate filled with ham (his favorite) and a snowman jello jiggler. He meticulously cut it into pieces and placed each one on his spoon - and then ate none of it. Silly boy.

 Then he opened a new set of trains from Ryan and I, and a new stuffed snowman and snowman church outfit from his grandparents.

 After presents was cake time. It had an adorable snowman drawn on it (Thank you, Walmart). Unfortunately, his fear of fire prohibited the lighting of his Three candle, but he obliged us with a pretend-blow for the camera (definitely something to remember and tease him about when he's older).

Birthday #3
His last and correctly-dated party was Sesame Street themed. Breakfast was "yuki" pancakes made by Daddy.

Then he decorated the Christmas tree with his Nana all morning. After lunch, we sang and pretend-blew-out candles on an Elmo cake (Thank you, Albertson's) with a Sesame Street balloon on his chair.

He opened his gifts - a new set of dishes with cooking spoons and vegetables from IKEA and a kid camera.

After nap time, we headed to Chuck E Cheese for pizza and token game-playing. His cousins from Idaho arrived just in time to join the fun and brought with them a new toy Caterpillar truck.

Now what other three-year-old got three birthday parties? Happy 3rd Birthday, Collin! We love you.

PS: I bet his wife is shocked when we tell her on his thirtieth birthday he needs thirty parties. Ha-ha.