Remembering "3"

I decided to take a break today from my Disney posts (I'll pick that back up tomorrow or sometime soon) to link up with Kelly's Korner and Show Us Your Life. The topic this week is birthday parties and I liked the idea of remembering Jack's party last year since we're not going to have one this year. Disney WAS the birthday party and really, Jack hasn't exactly enjoyed any of his parties so far anyway. I sure did enjoy planning them though! He's just not a party and social guy. Plus, last year he got a virus the night before so there were, let's say "issues" but overall, it was a fun party and my little guy toughed it out enough to enjoy it a little bit.

If you are new to my blog you should know that Jack was a Thomas the Train NUT for about a year so we had a Thomas party last year and it was a lot of fun for me to plan and really, the easiest party I've ever had to plan for him. Here are a few pictures from Jack's third birthday party.

Jack's Thomas cake made by his (very talented) great-grandmother, Gigi. You can see Dave the Giraffe (Jack's favorite "friend" - stuffed animal that goes everywhere with us) and Big Al (Alabama's elephant mascot) on the cake as well. Don't grandmothers just know how to make things extra special?? :)

We had a train and I was very concerned that Jack wasn't even going to feel like riding it. He came around though and the kids LOVED riding this train all over our back yard!

We had a table set up for the kids to decorate their own train cookies. Jack's other great-grandmother made the train sugar cookies and kids really enjoyed decorating them.

These cake pops (also made by Gigi) were a big hit! We sent a couple of these home with each child.

Jack's present corner - If you look closely, you can see the picture of him in his train conductor outfit from the previous Halloween.

You probably have to enlarge the picture to see all the food signs, but we had:

* Bill and Ben's Buffing and Bashing BBQ (compliments of my in-laws)

* Skarloey's Sweet Sodor Sauce and Molly's Mild Mudding Mix

* Percy's Prized Potato Chips

* Dodge's Delicious Diesel Dip

* Spencer's Strong and Fast Fruit Snacks

* Bertie's Branch Line Brew (Coke)

* Rosie's Really Useful Refreshment (Water)

* Toby's Tough and Fizzy Tram Fuel (Diet Coke)

* Cranky the Crane's Coolers (Juice)

And while the (sick) birthday boy stayed next door with my Mom for the first part of his party, he did eventually make it and got to enjoy opening his presents. He even felt like putting on his cute train shirt and birthday hat!

I hesitate to even post this picture. I look like I had been up with a sick three year old all night after I spent a week planning a birthday party (because I had) but ya know, it is what it is and even though things didn't go as smoothly as they could have, this party was a fun time and is a sweet memory for us!

For other birthday party memories, visit Kelly's Korner.