Remington's 3rd Birthday

Remington had a pretty good third birthday! 

It started off almost a week early with an outing with his Godmother, Melissa, who was unable to make the party. We had a celebratory dinner at Schobel's on Tuesday followed by a trip to Target so that Remington could pick out whatever he wanted as her gift to him. He had a blast looking around and changed his mind a few times, but he ended up choosing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toy - Donatello's purple mask and his bo staff. We ended the evening with ice cream from Orange Leaf. (Remington had banana frozen yogurt with strawberries and blackberries on top.)

A few days later, on Friday, we had a small party with Remington's friends. We all had lunch at Chick-fil-a (Remington's request), and were given the royal treatment. There were birthday balloons waiting on us as well as a plush birthday cow and crayon packet party favors. Remington's lunch was a chicken nugget kid's meal with apple sauce and milk. The boys helped decorate the cupcakes I had made the night before, and we had those for dessert. They were vanilla with blue raspberry frosting.

On Saturday, we got some cards and packages in the mail so Remington was able to open more presents. Allan even stopped by to deliver a big gift - a new car seat!

Finally, it was Sunday - Remington's third birthday! We traveled to Yoakum to have his party at the park, Rescue Bot style. Many family members attended, and we had a blast.

During the party, the kids participated in a Rescue Bot Training Camp to become certified members of the Rescue Bot Team. The first part was a relay race. Our large Optimus Prime toy was used as the "baton". 

The second part was a tug o'war to "save" a trapped dog. (Dustin was on the other end of this rope.)

And, the third part was a mission to save Optimus Prime. Put out that fire, crew!

Dustin was such a good sport, and I know the kids will look back on these memories fondly.

Then it was pinata time. Remington had the first turn. He knocked off a few streamers. Claire was up next. It was her first pinata! Then it was Caleb's turn. He knocked the pinata hard enough to cause a tear, and Southern finished it off by knocking it to the ground. Dustin re-tied the pinata, and Sutton, Stratton, and Kelly gave out the final blows. 

Then it was time for cake! Remington picked out the flavors. We had a vanilla cake with whipped butter cream frosting.

What a fun party! After cleaning up and loading the car, we were invited to Dustin's cousin Walt's house for some backyard swimming. The boys (and the big boy AKA Dustin) had a blast. Luckily we had extra clothes packed with us, so the boys just swam in their shorts. After all of that swimming, we were hungry! Meredith gave us water and Gatorade (which explains the red lips in the picture below) and some Goldfish to snack on. We drove out to Great Granny Ehlers' house to help her unload her truck, and then we headed for home. But as we drove through Shiner, we decided to have an impromptu picnic in the park. I'm so glad we did.

The boys were able to play with their new toys while I breastfed Baylor and Dustin drove back into town to pick up some chicken tenders. We enjoyed our supper along the creek bank, and then once again loaded up to head home. It was a jam-packed day!

Remington's 3rd Birthday Interview

1. What are some things you like to do?
Play with Claire, read with Mommy, eat candy, being Ninja Turtles, and I like to play with Rescue Bots and Autobots. I like to play with Ninja Turtles. I like to print with Mommy.

2. What sports do you like?
Basketball, soccer ball, and tennis

3. What things do you like to do around the house?
Play basketball

4. What are some of your favorite foods?
My favorite food is cake.

5. What do you like to wear?
I like to wear Ninja Turtle bandana

6. What's your favorite color?
Blue like Leonardo

7. Where are some of your favorite places to go?
To the park, to Target

8. What makes you sad?
Making Southern throw me things, and when Daddy spanks me and when Daddy spanks Southern

9. What do you do when you are sad?
Cry

10. What makes you happy?
Riding that car - a baby car

11. What do you do when you are happy?
I play with that - the Optimus Prime Semi truck

12. Who is your best friend?
Elise and Natalie

13. What is your favorite movie and TV show?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

14. What are your favorite books?
Care Bears

Throwback Thursday: TMNT

I'm a day late but yesterday was so busy, I ran out of time. So I'm posting my Throwback Thursday picture today. 

I grew up surrounded by boy cousins. I had one girl cousin that I was around often when I was young, but she was a tomboy. So I can remember a time when a fun bath was when the dinosaurs and Hulk Hogan joined my cousin Erick and me in the bathtub. Or when Dayne and I played Baribies - and I wanted to dress them up, but all he wanted to do was wreck their convertibles together (with the  crashes being rated on a scale of how many Barbies fell out of the car upon impact). 

I am no stranger to boy things. But now that I have three boys of my own, I am immersed in BOY. So when one of my little guys shows an interest in something I'm interested in as well, we run with it. Right now we are going through a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle phase. I love it! I found some old books and figures on eBay for them. I also got DVDs of the original series. And they inherited my old VHS tapes of the Turtles. 

What's better than a classic TNMT movie and a frozen Kids Cuisine meal?

I know... I usually am so good about feeding them healthy stuff. But I just couldn't resist. I can't even count high enough to guess how many of these I had growing up ;)