The big 3

My baby turned 3 this week!

His birthday fell on a Monday, so for Family Home Evening we had a little celebration. I had told Danny that, since it was his birthday, he could pick what we had for dinner:

Me: "Danny, it's your birthday! You can pick what we have for dinner. Do you want hot dogs?"

Danny: "Um, no. Steak."

Well, allrighty then. Steak it is. Danny ate his dinner on our "You are special today" red plate:


Since he's not a fan of icing, I decorated a little cake with powdered sugar and a template. Very easy!



Danny opened his presents from us, including a wooden food set you can "cut" and a Marble Run. That Marble Run has been a huge hit, all week long.




Friday night, we invited my parents, my brother Chris and his family, and Brandon's brother Kyle and his family over for a little party. The boys (and Leah) ran around like nuts all night long, and we just let them.



Danny got some more fun things, but I must say he has really taken a liking to this little toy dinosaur:


It coos and moves its arms when you stick your finger in its mouth. Weird! But he loves it and slept with it in his bed last night and is carrying it around with him today. I told him he could be the baby T-rex's daddy, and he said no, he can't, because he's just a kid. Such a realist.

Danny's second cake is sort of an inside joke. My boys both LOVE to play games on the internet, including this game called Random Defense. It's a strategic game of sorts, where you earn and place guns, research centers, etc. around the board and try to beat the advancing foe. Remarkably, they are both quite good at it! Danny loves to play Random Defense, so his cake is a Random Defense cake.


Danny was excited to blow out his candles one more time.


Daniel is just a joy to have in our family. He is sweet and funny and full of light. We couldn't imagine life without Danny. Happy birthday, baby boy!