Look Who's Three!

We celebrated the BIG 3 today with Max and his friends. I can hardly believe three years have gone by. It seems like yesterday we were at the hospital anxiously awaiting for his arrival. He has grown so much and is such a sweet little boy. As with all kids Max can bring you to tears with love and kindness and tears of frustration from whining.

Here are some of the things that Max currently loves:

• Movies: Cars, Shrek (his favorite is the original because of the dragon), Shark Tale, Incredibles, Finding Nemo and The Hulk .... he loves to see the green guys! (I'm sure he'll need therapy for that one some day!)


• Food: Grapes, pizza, quesadilla, scrambled eggs, toast, yogurt, cheese sticks, pretzels, animal crackers, corn, peas, green beans, chocolate milk, chocolate, gummy bears or worms, banana, chicken, hamburgers, tacos, olives, mashed potatoes and of course french fries.


• Games: Operation, bingo, chase around the basement (or chase of anykind), throwing the football outside, duck duck goose, and as of today ... pin the tale on the donkey and red light green light.


• Counting: Max can count to 10 easily and almost to 20. He usually gets a few of the "teens" mixed up but can do it. We practice every time we go to Walmart since we usually have to stop and count the vacuums at least twice. Generally there are anywhere from 21 to 24 vacuums at our local Walmart ...


• Books: Max still loves to have books read to him. Although it is now March, I am still reading him "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as often as he can get me to, except now he practically has it memorized and can read it to me.


• Singing: While Mark and I openly admit we can not sing ... I still sing to him just about every night before bed or nap time. He can sing Families Can be Together Forever, Teach Me to Walk in the Light, The Birdie Song, Popcorn Popping, ABC's and many more. He will need serious voice lessons from a professional if Max ever wants to pursue singing!


• Maxisms: "What he heck are you doing?" or "What the blue blazes are you doing?"

We are so happy to have Max in our family. He can always brighten up any room with his smile and energy for life. He is known as the escape artist in nursery and definitely keeps his teachers on their toes.

Here are some highlights from the party today. Thanks to all our friends for celebrating with us! We love you Max!

Justin, Max, Kenzi & Dallin

Dallin assisting Max with the "big box".

Justin gave Max a fun new play doh kit and tools!
Max giving us a cheesy smile with his new Spring coat.

Oh boy ... a fun new gun to kill spiders and bugs with!

The basket ball stand ... needs to grow another inch or two to slam dunk!

This year I made cup cakes in ice cream cones and then we decorated them. Max was really excited about this and he was great help in making them and decorating them!

As you can see we had several rounds of pin-the-tale on the donkey. The kids were hilarious. They would walk up to the donkey with their blind fold on then, move it up just a bit before they would attempt to stick their tale on.

The blowing out of the candles!

Thanks to everyone who sent cards, presents and phone calls! We had a great day!