Charlie boy turned 3 on September 2nd! He has known since March that he wanted a Little Einsteins birthday party & that he wanted to have a party at home! (Even after I pleaded to have it at a park, the beach, the playground...basically anywhere that I didn't have to clean up to get ready for!)
We had several friends over for his party & Charlie had a blast! We did it outside & set up a pool at the base of the playground slide, and had a 3 person slip n slide, water balloons & lots of little einstein favors & decorations!
Charlie is such a delight! He has such the sweetest sounding voice! And, he loves to talk. ALL the time! He's big into questions...he wants to know everything! And, he will keep asking questions until his curiosity has been satisfied...usually around 8 o'clock every night. He has one volume & that's loud! And, he has one speed: Fast! Always moving! He is an excellent storyteller with a vivid imagination! But, if Kirkland is anywhere within earshot, he repeats, verbatim, whatever Kirkland has said. Whenever he hears sirens, he asks us to stop & pray for whoever is in the ambulance. He's 100% rough & tough, but with just the right amount of gentleness to melt your heart!
Me, Charlie & Philip all have birthdays in September, and poor Charlie's b'day fell on a Friday this year. At our house, Fridays in the fall mean 1 thing: FOOTBALL! Which means, Geoff leaves before daylight and comes home after dark. So, he didn't get to see Charlie on his birthday until we got to the game & he was able to wave to his birthday boy from the pressbox.
On his way to the locker room for halftime, he stopped by our seats to give Charlie a big birthday hug & kiss!
One of the other coaches wives brought cookies to the game for his birthday, and we had a mini party right there in the stands during halftime!
It was a great weekend celebrating our Charlie!
6 years old already? How did that happen!?
The zip line got a fun upgrade this year! You now have to climb a rock wall to get up to the landing to jump off!
Kirkland's favorite color is green & it was St. Patricks Day, so we all got to wear (clashing shades of) green! I love that Kirkland's present made it in to the photo! He had been asking for a scooter for months & he was quite proud!
I love his goofy pose! He was pretty excited!
It took him a few minutes to get into the whole cake thing, but once he tasted it, he loved it! A boy after my own heart! Kirkland & Charlie thought it was hysterical that he was eating it with his hands! I love the picture of Kirkland pretending he's going to lick Philip's fingers!
Philip got a lot of help opening his presents from 2 very eager older brothers!
Philip is such a delight. He is very laid back, and is all smiles, all the time! He always gets complimented on his big brown eyes. He has a deep belly laugh that melts my heart every time. He can say "mama", "dada" & every once in a while we swear we hear him say "Kirklan". He isn't walking yet, and that is more than fine with me! I need my baby to stay a baby! What a fun first year it has been!
Everyone got to make a spiderman mask. Then, they went around the yard shooting webs (a.k.a silly string) at all of the "bad guys". 
Charlie preferred to drive around to look for bad guys! 
Look at that happy smile!
I love how he is sticking his tongue out! Standing with him is one of his best buddies from school named Preston. Sometimes, they spell t.r.o.u.b.l.e!
The zip line was probably the biggest hit! All the kids stood in line & kept doing it over & over & over!
He has the 2 teeth on the bottom, and he has 4 front teeth coming in on the top! His mohawk has finally gotten long enough that it lays down, but every once in a while, he will wake up & it is sticking straight up! I love it!
Me & the boys went to a pottery place & made "Special Occasion Plates" for each of them. They get to eat on it on birthdays, etc. Kirkland is in a "mood" today & so he didn't want his picture taken with his!
Kirkland & some of his friends in the "Big kids pool"
Charlie & some of his friends in the "Baby pool"
My sweet Birthday boy!
The cake I ordered for his smash cake was in the shape of beach ball, but when I went to pick it up, it was just a circle cake with a beach ball painted on top...I'm trying to get over it & let it go!! Oh, the cute little girl next to Kirkland is Sara Jane...& he is smitten! :)
Bless his heart! He was sooo not into it! I bet he would have been if it looked more like a beach ball! Oops-I forgot-I've let that go! He didn't even want to touch it! We tried to put some in his mouth so he would see how good it tasted, & this is what we got! 
It was a fun party! (Other than the whole "making Charlie try cake" thing) Both of my kids were worn out! Sound asleep by 7:10!
