It's a Blonde Birthday

Daniel turned three today... and for some reason this one is harder for me to process than his previous birthdays. Having a three year old son feels different - so much older! My brain cannot process/accept that this much time has gone by.

We had a birthday party at our house this year - the first one we hosted at our home. We live in a wonderful, charming home - I love it - but it is SMALL. So once we started the headcounts for who all should be invited, it quickly became a laughing matter.

We settled on only inviting Daniel's best buds, their families, and our immediate families. Daniel's Gramma and Tex even drove in from Texas for the occasion!

But the funny part started when we made our guest list of Daniel's friends from school... and as it turns out, his best friends are four blonde girls. No lie. I'm thinking we might have an issue later in life with this kid.

The party was fun, in spite of the freak rainstorm that blew in that morning. We were unable to use the bouncies in the back at all, but the kids loved playing on the new playset in the backyard (even in the rain), eating fun snacks, playing rock band, and sharing a BLUE cake (Daniel's request - the whole party was themed "blue"). I think my favorite moment of the day was right aftering we sang to him, Daniel and Ava began arguing about who would blow the candles out, and little Maddie leaned forward and blew them all out in one swoop. So precious.

He is so like his dad when it comes to the birthday scene - he loves having people gathered around him, singing to him and celebrating him. I need to remember this, and not let my own ideas about birthdays (and dislike of the big party scene) affect what we do for future years of parties for Daniel.

Happy Birthday, little man!