Jason turned the big 3. Somehow three years has passed in the blink of an eye, and my baby boy is now a big boy. The night before his birthday while Jason slept, Jon and I snuck in his bedroom and decorated it with streamers and balloons. We hung streamers in the doorway so he'd walk through them on his way out the next morning. He loved it- especially the "Daniel Tiger" balloons (what he called the tiger striped ones).
This year we had more of a low key celebration with just our family at home. Jason didn't seem to mind! To start the party off right, we enjoyed dinner at Red Robins, yum! Jason loves their mac 'n' cheese and milkshakes!
Then we came home and opened presents. Jason sure was excited for this part of the evening. He was old enough to anticipate and really get into opening presents....I love it! Jack was also very big brothery and obliging in helping little brother open his gifts. He is a little envious it wasn't his birthday, but he only has to wait a few more weeks for his to roll around.
This is the best picture we could get of the excited, jittery guest of honor before his presents were ripped open-
The main theme of the evening's gifts was Mater! Jason got a Mater tee with plaid shorts and an awesome remote control Mater tricked out with machine guns, propelled by rear rockets, and a ticking time bomb under his hood! (as featured by his character in Cars 2). He also got a few different planes from the Planes movie.
the new Mater-
Instead of serving cake, I opted for frosting/sugar cookie sandwiches. (With all of our birthdays in the family falling within 2 months of each other, cake starts to sound blah!) As you can see from the picture below right, Conner didn't seem to mind the cookies-
Jason is also one never to refuse any kind of sugary sweet.
