Today is Nathan's 3rd birthday. We had such a fun morning going to Build-A-Bear at the mall where Nathan got to pick out which furry animal he wanted and watch it be stuffed, and then pick out its attire and give it a name. Nathan had a little trouble with the concept of what he was doing, so with a little direction from Mommy and Daddy, he went with a white and brown dog. Then, despite Daddy's efforts to convince him he needed a soccer uniform and big brother Alex's recommendation of a superhero costume, Nathan stuck with his own choice and went with the doctor scrubs. Then, upon Nathan's complete lack of interest in naming his new friend, Bill suggested the name "Doc" and that was that. Nathan's white and brown doctor dog named Doc was completed. Alex is already anxious for his birthday so that he can go to Build-A-Bear, too, and make a superhero animal! After Build-A-Bear we had lunch at Chick-fil-A at the mall and then went home for leftover birthday cake and ice cream, then presents. Bill had to leave for work shortly after presents, so the remainder of today we have been relaxing at home.
Last Saturday was the big party. Nathan loves Blues Clues, so that became the theme for the party. For the last couple weeks I had been using construction paper to create the various Blues Clues characters. I tried to make enough of Blue to put her in most rooms downstairs. Bill printed out pawprints and the night before the party he taped them in a long path along the walls and ceiling. Then he taped smaller paws in other areas around the house, including around the front door outside. For the cake, I baked three boxes of cake mix so that I had six 9-inch round cakes from which to cut out a large paw print. It wasn't hard to cut out, but it was definitely hard to decorate! At the party we served hot dogs (what else) with chips, cheese cubes and fruit. We played two games: the first was a bean bag toss game where the kids used a shovel (made to look like "Shovel") and tossed the bean bags into a pail (made to look like "Pail"); the second was a game of Blues Clues. Bill, being the sweetie and great father that he is, dressed the part of "Steve" for the party and led the game of Blues Clues. The kids had to look for the clues to find out what Blue wanted to give Nathan for his birthday. We gave each child a notebook and crayon in which to draw their clues. From the three clues of musical notes, string, and the letter "G", and with some help from the parents, the kids figured out that Blue wanted to give Nathan a guitar for his birthday. Then "Steve" had them follow the path of pawprints to where Blue hid Nathan's present, which happend to be the garage. And sure enough, it was a guitar! And oh, how Nathan loves his guitar!!! He plays it all the time while he sings the "ABC song". So cute! For party favors, I found these cute little wooden mailboxes at Michael's all ready to be painted. So I painted them to look like "Mailbox" and had one for each family. I put their party favors inside their mailbox and they took the whole thing home with them.
It was such a fun party to put together. Nathan seemed to really enjoy himself and his cousin Caden stayed the night with us that night, making the whole day even more special. I'm finished with planning birthday parties until May, and though that is somewhat a relief because I'm really tired, it's also a little disappointing. I love to plan their parties and look forward to seeing what Alex wants to do for his 5th birthday so I can start planning away!
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