Ezra's 3rd Birthday

 Ezra turned three! We kept this birthday more low key but Ezra still had a great day. He opened presents before Drew went to work, and then we met Alyssa and Haley and her boys at the splash pad and then came home for some cake. We love this wild three year old!

Some things we want to remember about Ezra at 3:

- 3 ft. 3/4 inch. (23%)

- He is our easiest to put to sleep at night. He has quit taking naps but will fall asleep is we are driving for a while in the afternoon. Every once in a while he will fall asleep watching a movie on the couch after lunch. If he takes a nap he stays up late.

- He has decided he loves nursery and goes happily. Yay!

- He has always been our bravest soul, but has developed a few fears lately. He is absolutely terrified of dogs and cats! Like shaking, crying, and screaming kind of terrified. We are working on that one.

- He still loves to have a ride on a motorcycle and he loves going boating and helping Drew drive the boat.

- He is getting to be such a good pretender, and I love catching him having his planes talk to each other.

- He loves planes, helicopters, boats, race cars, and the like. He especially loves to have any of those things to play with in water. He has spent a good portion of this summer outside in our little blow up pool playing with his cars, boats, and planes. As a result, his bum is about fifty shades lighter than his back and chest.

- He likes to play with Darcy for the most part, but he is also a tease sometimes. He loves Parks so much that we are always having to tell him to back off a little.

- Some of his favorite things to eat are rice krispies with honey, fruit, brownies, pancakes, and spaghetti.

We have started this pancake in the shape of your letter on your birthday morning tradition. Ezra requested that we make them blue. (You can hardly ever see that our pancakes are a different color.)

 



 Excited to open some presents!

 

 I told Ezra that Parks probably wanted to play airplanes with him and he thought that was the best thing ever!

 

 I got the kids what are probably the messiest popsicles in the world at the splash pad.

 

 Oh my

 

 Check out this beauty! I'm afraid I'm getting a bit of a reputation for making the ugliest cakes in the world. :) This one tasted really yummy but it completely fell apart. It was a white cake with raspberry filling and frosting. I am always excited when I make something yummy that is safe for Ezra. Some day I hope I can combine that with making it look pretty too.

 

Ezra was really excited about blowing out the candles this year!