Aden's Third Birthday

We celebrated Aden's THIRD BIRTHDAY just a little bit early so that he would be sure to get a full day of attention just for him. We had a blast! We played games and watched cartoons in the morning, then had lunch and Aden took a nap while I wrapped his presents. When he woke up, Grandma and Channing were there and the couch was full of gifts! He was a little groggy when he first woke up...

But then he woke up and was all about opening presents.

He really, REALLY wanted these Shake-N-Go cars and was so excited to open them...(he got the blue one and the black one)...

We LOVE shoes!!

His "computer." This thing is awesome to take in the car. It teaches him letter recognition and letter sounds. It also has a couple alphabet games which we haven't played around with yet.

His favorite present - a Shake-N-Go race track. He has worn us out playing with this. Thanks Grandma!

At the Rainforest Cafe...

Aden chose an elephant at Build-A-Bear...

He got to kiss a heart and put it inside the elephant, then hug him tight...

Look at me at 37 weeks!

Then we scrubbed our new friend...

Aden wasn't a big fan of this talking tree. He watched it for a minute, then said, "Walk away mommy."

Certifying his new friend, who he named "Elephant."

Aden's favorite part of the restaurant was this fog pond with a moving alligator. All our spare change is in that pond.

We had some time to kill, so we headed over to the Carter's Outlet. Aden loves to shop. Here he is picking out a few things for Ethan...

All aboard!!

This lady saw Aden's shirt and played "Happy Birthday" and "Twinkle Twinkle" just for him. Aden really loved watching her play the harp. I don't think he's ever seen anything quite like that before.

Walking with Lola over to the giant elephants who moved and made animal noises. They were pretty cool!

PIZZA!

Aden stared this lady down until she came over to him.

He chose a caterpillar in orange and yellow.

Mommy and her birthday boy!

(Sorry, no pictures of Adam because all of my attempts to get a picture of him are useless. He just makes stupid faces. Perhaps the boys will look back on this blog and wonder if daddy ever came to any of these events, ha ha).

The crowning moment... The volcano cake!! He had been anticipating this cake for weeks, asking about it everyday and telling anyone who would listen that he was going to have a volcano cake. AND HERE IT IS!!!

Happiest boy EVER.

Digging in.....

Then daddy swooped in and took a big chunk off the side...

Which completely ruined Aden's moment and broke his little heart.

He did eventually stop crying and went back to eating his cake, but it wasn't with enthusiasm.

All in all though, he had a great time! We went home and played with the track a little and then he slept soundly. Happy third birthday sweet boy! I love you so much!