Our little guy turned 3 last week. He is the size of a 5-year-old, but is still our baby boy. We took a cake over to Jerret's mom and dad's house and gave him his birthday present. Here he is waiting for the surprise...
He kept on telling us that he wanted a "Boom A-Chow" cake, which is his code word for anything related to the Cars movie. He had a store-bought cars cake last year, and I didn't want to get the same thing, so instead I went to Cold Stone and bought a yummy yellow cake with yellow cake batter ice cream inside. Then I ran into Wal-Mart and bought about 5 cars to put ontop. It was a chore trying to find cars that he doesn't already own, let me tell ya! He thought the cake was great and didn't even need a present after getting those cars off the cake.
So then we surprised him with his birthday present - a big boy bike!!! The excitement faded quickly after his first spill. Take a look at the video...
Our memorial day weekend was nice. We went out to dinner to celebrate Jerret's new job. I am sure he doesn't want me to mention this or make a big deal about it, but I don't care because we are proud of him. He is still doing glass engineering, which he loves, but is going from making drinking glasses to glass bottles (think beer). He is a technical leader for R&D and excited for the new challenge. So anyway - we went out to dinner at a local Mediterranean restaurant. JJ did very well, which I was a little nervous about because it is not really a kid-friendly atmosphere. This is Jack cutting his Shish Tawook, or chicken and rice...
After dinner we went over to Jerret's brother's new house to check it out. This is Jack playing in the back yard. Uncle Joe bought a 4-bedroom house and is a bachelor, so he said he would make a room for JJ to stay the night.
5 comments:
Hi- good to see you again! Happy birthday JJ!! My he is big- and so handsome. Regarding your commennt on my blog...yes, I think it is quite likely that switching languages has something to do with it. At the same time, I am a huge advocate for early intervention. If his teacher is wanting to have him evaluated by a speech therapist, go for it. It should be free...once they turn 3 in most states services are offered through the public schools. My theory is why not go for 6 months or a year of more intensive help now, and have them caught up before school really begins. And dont worry- I am quite sure he will catch up- by why make him struggle on his own- why not offer him an advantage? Just my 2 cents.
Happy birthday JJ! He is a BIG boy!! Good to hear from you again! :)
I visit your blog regularly, but don't know that I've commented (in a while anyway). Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to JJ. He is such a good looking boy. May is a fab month for b-days...my little one just turned 2 on the 25th.
All the best to you and your little ones :
Jackie
I knew exactly what a "Boom a chow" cake was before you explained it! He is getting so big. Anara is going to be 3 in July. What happened to my baby? Keep the pictures coming I love seeing him grow.
He is sooooo big! Must be all that macaroni and cheese! Zeb hasn't shot up yet...he just keeps getting rounder and rounder...he is still a chubby toddler and J is a lean big boy!
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