PRE-BIRTHDAY PARTY
We had too much going on the night of Jack's actual birthday, so we planned his party for the night before. He was all for it once we started talking about what his party was :). It was so cute to get him all excited about it and have him looking forward to things. He was THRILLED about his cake! He was right there with me almost the whole time I was making it. The look on his face when he saw the finished product (after falling asleep and missing the actual train making part) was priceless! That's always the cherry on top for me :). I loved that he loved it. He was anxious for presents once we filled him in on that. Once Nate got home, it was time to get ready to go. We planned to have the party at Heritage Park with the splash park. When we got there there was only one person under the pavillion and she said she didn't mind letting us use two tables because she was getting ready to leave anyway. Shortly after that, a big group of people showed up and took over the other 4 tables in the pavillion and put up balloons and banners. I thought I was being so generous, letting them use the other half and all of us just sharing, and of course, WAY later on in the evening, it was pointed out to me that THEY had reserved the pavillion!!! I hadn't even seen the sign that said reserved. So embarrassing. I felt so dumb. It was so nice of them not to say anything to us and that they were so generous with the tables. Never again.
Anyway though, back to Jack :). He was such a happy little camper at his party! He was anxious to eat his cake, mostly the clouds and the train, so we quickly blew out the candles and let him at it. We did need to kind of hurry with it being a school night, but I felt kinda weird just letting the little birthday boy call all the shots. He blew them out in the middle of the song so Nate re-lit the candles and we let him blow them out again at the end :). He loved it.
He then requested that it be present opening time :). I loved watching him open his presents! He was so happy with each gift and so pleased and thankful! It was so sweet! I loved it. He got a lot of fun stuff! It's fun for Jack to get his OWN toys. He has so few of his own. He was so happy about the whole thing and all the attention he was getting. Kind of unusual for a 3 year old! I'm not complaining though.
We had a lot of fun visiting with all of his party guests, and everyone had so much fun on the playground together. I felt so blessed to have so much support from our family. I don't know if I give them enough credit for all the love and support they all show us and our kids... I mean, we have a birthday almost every month! And most of them come every time. It's really cool. We are very blessed! 8-24-15
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