With all of the previous posting, you would think the birthday madness would be over, but none of that was actually ON his actual day of birth, so we wanted to do something simple, fun and easy for his actual birthday....he went to school for half the day and we both worked a half day, picked him up from school at 2 and went bowling!! (notice the birthday crown that he wore all day/night from school).
Luckily his friend Cooper and Cooper's hot mama, our friend Tina also were able to join us and what a blast this was! We will be back very soon for many more rounds of bowling... Ben had a blast (and kicked our butts -- notice the many happy dances from Ben!) Steve and I love bowling, so with a few friends, this is going to quickly become a very fun rainy day activity! After bowling, there were video games to explore, dinner to be eaten (ha! hardly) and yet another ice cream sundae with a final candle and a final happy birthday song to Bebo.
Happy Birthday Benjamin... we love you kiddo & honestly are so glad it's all over until next year! :)
This is hands down the busiest time of year for us with it all starting the week before Halloween with multiple parties, parades and festivities and of course not REALLY ending until the holidays and now, it won't REALLY end until after New Years (baby's due date for c-section is December 30th), so all of my boys will have their birthdays within 2 months of each other all tangled up in the holiday season. Perfect. :)
In any case, this year, Ben turned 3 years old on 11/1. To celebrate, we had what's becoming our annual costume/Halloween/Birthday Shindig for him. This year, we had a Boo-Runch on Halloween morning (best time for toddlers to hang out) and it was a total success.... he felt the love from all of his and our friends that could join. We had a very full house and a yummy bagel bar with mimosa's, bloody marys and of course strong coffee for those that had been out late the night before... (you know who you are). :) The kiddos were so darn cute all dressed up (as well as some adults) and at one point we had them all sitting still on our back deck for a photo (Thanks to Uncle Mike (aka, the cat in that hat) for entertaining all of them - I have never seen so many kids sit still for so long - it was great!) :)
As Steve loves "family" costumes, I am not such a fan and I'm definitely not a fan being 7.5 months pregnant, so we went low grade this year... Ben was a zookeeper and take notice of our animal hats. :)
