Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tate's Birthday

We celebrated Tate's third birthday on July 2nd. My little boy is getting so big waaay too soon. How is he three already? The day was a great day. My parents and grandmother came to help us celebrate. Did I ever mention how much Tate loves company? It's so cute to see him get so excited when people arrive at the house.

For his birthday, I decided to make strawberry cupcakes with a little Thomas the Train Engine decoration on top. I tried to get him to decide what kind of cake he wanted, but he had ADD for cakes. First it was a train, then a car, then a truck, then a train, then a....I could go on forever! So...I made cupcakes. I thought that would be the best decision so that everyone could have their own cake. Besides...Tate rarely gets sweet treats; so anything would ultimately be fine with him.

Here is Tate getting excited about all of the presents.


To blow out the candles, he would blow through his teeth. It took a while, but he finally blew out the three little candles. When he finally blew out all of the candles, he actually started to blow harder. Go figure!




Tate opening presents.




More presents!




More presents!




Tate studying his parking garage box.





Tate eating his yummy cupcake.





Colt enjoying his cupcake




The boys playing with the parking garage. The parking garage was a nice gift. It's large enough that both boys can play on it without bumping into each other.






Also, during Tate's special day, his dad was able to call to wish him a happy birthday. Ed even sent him a gift earlier in the week -- the gray polo shirt Tate wore for the day. Tate looked so cute in his shirt. I loved it!


All in all, the day was pretty successful. Tate was so tired that he took a 2.5 hour nap! The next day, Ed's mom came for a visit. AND, Tate celebrated his birthday again. One day, he's not going to understand why all kids don't have two birthdays in one year.

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