Alex's Birthday Stuff!

Well, the big guy turned 3 on Monday. I went into his room and told him Happy Birthday and he said, "Wow!" I told him to go see his daddy and when Ryan told him good morning he responded with, "Daddy, you say Happy Birthday to You!" Think it was going to his head already?

We spent the whole morning outside playing, he got to watch a Thomas the Train movie after lunch, and we went to a few stores in the afternoon--some of his favorite things to do! Seriously, the kid loves going to the store! He walked around all day telling people "Happy Birthday to You!"

I didn't get a good pic of the little decorations we had, but I made this banner and we did some crepe paper and streamers. And we tried to have balloons. Yep, we tried! We went to the store to get 2 balloons. Against my better judgment I let him carry one out of the store. Made it through the doors and he let it go! Popped on the side of the building. No prob, we have another! Made it home, but when he let it go inside the house it popped on our popcorn plaster ceiling. So he was left with this tiny little 4 inch Happy Birthday balloon! Oh, well. Live and learn!
This is the train set Ryan and I made him for his bday. He LOVES trains right now, but mommy is not in love with the idea of messing with train tracks all the time, so Daddy just nailed them down! We constructed this little box that fits right on their play table and painted it up and he LOVES it!

We had hot dogs, chips, and beans for dinner because that is one of his favorite meals. He wasn't too interested in eating until we told him that after he ate his dinner we had a present for him. Now until this point I wasn't sure if he really understood the whole birthday thing, but we now know that he does get the present thing. I've never seen him clean his plate so fast!

Before bedtime we did a video call with Nana (Alex says Nina and so Nina it may from now on be!) and Papa so they could watch him open his present from them. He was so excited to see a kid sized tool set. Every tool you could imagine and he loves it! He's been "fixy" everything!
We had chocolate cupcakes (with no frosting on his) for his birthday. (I am planning on making a Thomas the Train cake when family comes to town, but not for just the 4 of us. It would never get eaten!) Alex might not like frosting, but he loves chocolate cake. He has been known to randomly ask for cake--as if it is just always on hand for him!
Here he is wearing his new toolbelt. It took a few tries to get him to like wearing it, but now he loves it! Walks around with this silly smile on his face like he thinks he looks cool! So cute!