HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY IAN!!!

Ian officially turned 3 on Monday and we celebrated with a trip to the zoo with Quin & his mom, Gma & Gpa and Liam. It was crazy busy, hot & sunny and a good time was had by all. Ian's birthday party was on Sat. and it was a blast. Celebrated with good friends (seen below) -- all of which are trying to show off their nasty "backwoods" teeth here:

Ian just may have a shot at playing hockey in the big leagues after all!


We had lots of fun and games including a hot wheels race track, slip-n-slide, pool, and of course the annual birthday water balloon fight...I think I spent over 1/2 hour filling them up and it took the kids (and Dada) about 5 minutes to deplete the ammo...not sure if more than one or two hit their target! :-)

Then it was time for CAKE!!! Ian has been saying he wanted a blue race car cake for his birthday for about the last 5 months...the boy gets what he wants. Once again I think it took me more time to ice the thing than it took everybody to dig in...I love it!

Here I was trying to tell him "NO laughing!" ...obviously it didn't work! :-)

Finally it was time for presents, as usual the boy was spoiled beyond belief with dinosaurs, trucks, 3D chalk, hockey gear and new Lightening McQueen gear...including a tent, which we promptly put up in his room. Maybe if it will stop raining everyday here we can put it outside and he can have a"camp out" with Liam before he leaves!

His final present was from his CRAZY parents...a drum set! (and of course ear phones from his sound sensitive Mama). Liam being a skilled drummer already helped set it all up and tried to show him some moves, but Ian was quite focused and excited to be able to bang away at will, and was actually able to carry a beat (some of the time). I'm not sure if the guys at Guitar Center will miss his frequent visits to BANG on the drums or not! We're working on a full band it looks like...Dada has the guitar covered, Ian now has his drums--with a cowbell soon to come hopefully :-) --and I've got the triangle! :-) Ha!

Besides Ian's birthday weekend, we've just been trying to spend as much time with cuz Liam, which of course includes playing a little hockey and relaxing/snuggling during movie time. We sure are going to miss him, but Ian has enjoyed having him here, especially for his birthday, more than Liam will ever know.

...until next time...