happy 3rd!

Our big boy is THREE! It's one of those can't believe it things, but ... well... yeah, I can believe it - that three years have passed since he joined the party; so much has happened! And the fun keeps right on going. He was in fine form on Thursday, and over the moon that he woke up to a big special day complete with Grandparents Brinkman here to take him to preschool, and then presents and beef and rice and a cake covered with Smarties. All in all, it was a good one, and he was spoiled silly with gifts. Big hits for us are his new winter coat (it was -17 this morning, uggh!) and his tool table, made by none other than Grandpa Brinks - a favourite that he'd claim for his his own first. He also loooooves his new, very own flashlight, and then there are the blocks and books and magnets and play breakfast food and dino colouring pad and more more more. And I did remember - one day late awhoops - to record the birthday list (read last year's interview here), so here it is:

who is your best friend? "from Franklin?" he asked. "Snail."
what is your favourite thing to do? "go in my room and play"
what’s your favourite colour? "red and orange"
what’s your favourite food? "broccoli."
what do you like to do with mommy and daddy? "play volleyball"
what’s your favourite game? "soccer"
what do you want to be when you grow up? "a big boy"
what’s your favourite book? "Franklin books"
what’s your favourite number? "three"
what’s your favourite animal? "dog" (again!)

He was eating the Smarties and chocolate icing off of his square vanilla cake (as requested) as we conducted our b-day interview... and don't ask me where that broccoli answer came from - I was fully expecting chocolate, chocolate icing, cake or Smarties to be his answer!

And Alana enjoyed the big day too; the food and balloons and presents - she even had a little gifty of her own, another baby! This girl loves babies and lets everyone know, with her "baby bay-bee, bay-BEE" - I'd say it's a top word, rivaled only by cookie for top said-with-enthusiasm marks. Now, a few pictures of le birthday: it's bed early for me (I hope) tonight; I had a vb clinic this morning out in Nepean that started at 8:00, and that 6:45 alarm came way too soon. (That being said, our Miss slept through the night last night, and I am oh so thankful for that. Here's to another good night tonight...!)

opening presents

tools!

love this series of pics: Hendrik is mr. serious, and Alana is computing....

on the left, still serious; on the right "CAKE... NOW!!!!!"

blowin' out the candles.... the poor guy almost feel asleep eating cake he was so tired!

A big thanks to everyone near and far who made this day so special!