Monkey's 3rd Birthday
He had a good day.
Donut Picnic in his room. Just the two of us. It may be a new tradition.
The obligatory '3' shirt - I had a hard time getting a photo of it - he doesn't stay still often...
I love having the kids make wrapping paper. Thomas made the cool face - it had 5 ears.
This was a piece that I couldn't bear to use as wrapping paper, so I hung it up. I would ask Thomas which sound came next - and he wrote it. So sweet. All the letters are there ... just not in straight lines and with some D's in between. ;)
Monkey was an excellent helper decorating the cupcakes. Thomas had come up with the idea that Monkey should have a LEGO cake - so we made cupcakes (I so love birthday cupcakes now - and way easy to sneak a few gluten-free ones in there) with LEGO fruit snacks on top. Monkey built towers with them, while I played with sprinkles.
A game (or two or five) of Hullaballoo helped pass the time until the grandparents arrived for a yummy dinner.
And all that mattered: He had a great day.
Happy Birthday Monkey. I love the donut picnic and that very cute 3 shirt.
Posted by: shannon | April 17, 2008 at 08:22 AM
Yea! I'm glad he had such a great day. And Lego gummy snacks? I've seen lego sweet tarts from our local candy store, but not lego gummies. Hmmm... must investigate.
Posted by: laeroport | April 17, 2008 at 09:07 AM
I love that Monkey had a nice birthday. Ike's third is this coming Wednesday. I think I'll steal a few of your traditions--especially the 3 shirt. That one is awesome. Also, Matilda is a new favorite around here too. Big time. We even bought the audiobook on iTunes and listened to the whole thing together. It was a little advanced, but Zoë actually laughed at the funny parts, so I guess she followed. Happy Birthday Monkey!
Posted by: alisa | April 17, 2008 at 09:13 AM
Happy Birthday, monkey! I love the donut picnic idea. May have to incorporate that one. My boys are always asking for donuts and I'm always saying no. :o)
Posted by: nikko | April 17, 2008 at 09:17 AM
lego cupcakes. awesome. And we are getting ready to make some birthday cupcakes here tonight for tomorrow's bash... I love the sprinkles on the sides... might have to show her that one.
yay for birthdays. :)
Posted by: miss chris | April 17, 2008 at 10:02 AM
happy birthday, looks like you had a lot of fun!
Posted by: erika | April 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Great idea for wrapping paper. Kid made is always the best
Posted by: Betty | April 17, 2008 at 01:30 PM
Sounds like a grand birthday!
Posted by: lera | April 17, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Great pictures of a great day! Nice that everything went well and a good day was had by all.
Posted by: seemownay | April 18, 2008 at 03:00 AM
What fun! That "3" shirt is great and the cupcakes look so yummy.
Posted by: Mary Beth | April 18, 2008 at 01:07 PM
Happy Birthday, Monkey! A donut party in the room sounds about perfect to me and I'm sure my kids would agree, too. ;-)
Posted by: Berlinswhimsy | April 18, 2008 at 06:39 PM
Happy Birthday, MONKEY!
Posted by: Alicia A. | April 19, 2008 at 08:01 AM
love the cupcake stand. and how colorful the cupcakes are. wish i liked sprinkles.
Posted by: eva jorgensen | April 19, 2008 at 05:26 PM
a donut picnic, very sweet. we may have to start that tradition around here too. :) happy birthday monkey, glad you had a good day.
Posted by: Jen b | April 21, 2008 at 02:26 PM
Happy belated birthday, Monkey!!
(I love your t-shirt tradition, Kirsten!)
Posted by: Mirre | April 28, 2008 at 07:24 AM