3rd Birthday Party!

We celebrated B's birthday a little early this year with a party at the firestation! It was great--the firemen were so nice to the kids and everyone had a great time! Sorry these pics are all out of order.

"fire" cupcakes with LM toppers :)

I didn't go all out this year with the crafts and the decor because we weren't having it at our house but I did appliqué this shirt for him.  It took about 10 hours of my life and lots of cursing but it turned out cute ;)

The firemen had the kids line up and they showed them their gear and and how they sound through the mask. The kids were mesmerized!

Sweet sister...I attempted a clip in bow but it is literally clipped to one very small strand of hair.

Tried to get all the kids to pose on the fire truck!

 Best part, they lined up some orange cones and let the kids take turn knocking them down with the fire hose! The kids loved it!

"Nan"/Gram and Nana

Pizza and cupcakes for the birthday boy!  The next day we were having leftovers for lunch and he was like "I want pizza and a cupcake" and I said, ok buddy you can have a cupcake after you eat your pizza. And he was like NO! I want pizza AND a cupcake. So I reiterated, you can have one after you eat your pizza. And then he was like, NO I WANT MY CUPCAKE RIGHT BESIDE THE PIZZA!!! haha...this kid is definitely getting too smart for his own good! He is giving us a run for our money these days but I just love hearing the stuff he comes up with!

Happy Birthday buddy!!! Can't believe you are almost 3!

Chugga Chugga Two Two! and also Merry Christmas ;)

We had so much fun celebrating Christmas this year. Brooks was more into the whole thing and he got really excited over his big present...

Train table of course!

It actually belonged to cousin Chase but he has outgrown it so we were happy to adopt it!

He also got this giant Thomas train tunnel which I really bought for his birthday party but they had a lot of fun with it.

I did a dry run of his birthday cake...

Which the boys enjoyed!

We brought the train table home where it took up residence in the playroom.

He also got "tub trains"

and a warm day in between christmas and new years to play at the beach!

I did a little amateur photo shoot trying to capture a good pic of those curls!

Cruisin around the hood with his buddy Walker

We ended up waiting until Jan. 9th to have his birthday party but it was so much fun!

Nana was a good sport and played trains the whole time she was here. Brooks loved it!

The theme for his party this year was "Chugga Chugga Two Two!"

Food table with a food train

Drinks

2nd cake attempt...much better!

Painting little wooden trains to take home.

Months train...

Nana's fabulous ballon decor!

Train tent--big hit at the party! We were going to do a bounce house but this was just as entertaining.

playing with tyler and calvin

Charlotte was a good sport about being the only girl!

Calvin, Carter, and Tyler

Tongue out concentration level

Lilly made it to the party for a few minutes!

Nate and baby Lucas

Tunnel fun!

Bags to take home the trains they painted.

Cake time!

Baby Bennett

Stafford

Attempt at a "group photo"--not a possibility with toddlers

Fam pic, me 8 months pregnant! 

Everyone had fun painting trains, playing trains, eating cupcakes! Only problem with the whole party is the icing turned all the kids diapers bright green the next day.  I had every intention of making the cupcakes and frosting from scratch and had my recipes all pinterested and ready to go but then the day before the party I decided to order them from Publix because-pregnant.  Oops!!

Happy Birthday little buddy! We love you!!