Month: May 2012

  • Jackson’s 3rd birthday

     

    Jackson turned three this month!  So our kids are now 5, 3 and 1.  Their birthdays are March, April, May.  That’s what happens when your kids are born exactly 2 years apart :)   We had a Firetruck birthday.  He has been looking forward to it so much!  Every time he got hurt or sad, he would cry “Now I am not going to have a birthday!”  So important to him that he was afraid it wouldn’t happen :)  

     

    We started the party at the Firestation. Here he is with his friends on the firetruck (he is trying to put on one of the EMT gloves…this made for an excellent picture)

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    Just as we were wrapping up our tour, the firestation got a real call! We ushered the children off to one side and they watched very seriously as the firemen rushed out and hopped in the truck and drove out, sirens blaring. The timing was perfect! So exciting :) I’m glad they could plan that for us!

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    Paw Paw and Miriam (who was very hot and tired!)

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    Caleb and Jackson on the bed in the ambulance. I hope this is the only way they ever see the inside of an ambulance!

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    A candy bar for party favors. They are labeled “Stop” “Drop” and “Roll” (with cherry drops and tootsie rolls of course :) And the red licorice was “firemen Rope”

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    Fire hydrant, half off at Hobby Lobby

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    Firetruck, I found at Hobby Lobby. I used my fancy phone to look up their 40% off coupon and used it in the checkout :)

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    The Fireman cake. Our house was really hot and the icing started melting off :(

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    A random picture to illustrate how bad Caleb is about wearing holes in his pants! He averages 4-6 weeks on a pair of Jeans….less for these khakis. I finally learned to sew patches inside to reinforce the knees. This helps them last a few months :) Nothing to hand down to Jackson though! We’ve had to buy all new pants for Jackson.

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    Blowing out the candles…I’m pretty sure he used a firehose to do it!  He sprayed all over that cake.  I guess that explains why nobody wanted to eat it :)

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    One of my favorite things about the party was the ice cream sandwiches we made.  I made a batch of chocolate cookies.  I bought a box of ice cream, sliced it and cut it out into squares, roughly the size of the cookies.  Then I laid out three plates; one with coconut, one with sprinkles, one with miniature chocolate chips.  Each person built their own ice cream sandwich and then rolled it in the topping of their choice.  It was so fun!  We will definitely keep this in mind for the future!