Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Our three year old "bigger guy".


Our little man turned 3 a few weeks ago and he had the best time ever, for two weekends!
On the morning of November 1st, Jacob woke up with a HUGE smile and said "Look momma, look! I'm bigger!" while standing like a little soldier on his bed and looking at himself in the mirror :O) That has been his thing leading up to his Bday, standing straight to show us how much taller he is getting. The cute thing was that when I made a big deal about it and wished him happy Bday, he started to laugh with a bit of wanting to cry. He totally noticed the mixed emotions and said "Momma, I'm happy, but I feel like crying! Is that OK?" I think he was so excited that he was one big ball of emotions. I guess 3 IS a big deal for a little man :O)

The day before, we walked over to our favorite bakery to get his Bday breakfast: a chocolate scone! I had asked him if he wanted a cupcake or cake with ice cream, but he said no, a scone is what he wanted. Is that normal for a 3 yr old?

Anyhow, on his big day, after breakfast and opening his presents (he got cool stuff from family and friends back home. Thank you all!), we all got dressed and headed out A Spoon Full of Sugar. This is a small candy store that he had seen on one of our walks, and reminded him of the candy store on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (his favorite movie). He would ask us to take him there, but after being warned by locals that the stuff there is very expensive (most are US imports), we promised that he could get a few things on his Bday. So off we went to "the candy man store". He got a few treats and the lady at the counter loved that he was being well mannered in asking me what he could buy, that she gave him a bag of lollies (aussie for candy), he loved it!

After nap we went to a children's festival that was put for one of the communities here. We had an awesome time! He got to pet animals, ride a pony, got his face painted, took part in a tiny lantern parade, and even got to use the fire hose from the fire truck! He was one tired but very happy little man by the time we got home :o) To top the weekend off, our sweet neighbors and friends Wendy, Shane and baby Sara, came over on Sunday with a COOL surprise for Jacob. They had made a pirate ship for him! It was the coolest thing ever! And of course, they even named the ship the Pirate Bootie, teehee! In honor of Jacob's famous bootie dance :O)

The following weekend was his Bday party at Entropy, the place where he takes his weekly art class. We invited a few of his friends, made cupcakes and candy bags and had a fun time at his pirate themed party (The lady who does story time at the library heard Jacob talk about his upcoming Bday party. She was very sweet and gave me an eye patch craft to make for the party. We have been very blessed to meet really kind people here). Ms. Beck took the kids to the craft room and they made treasure boxes, ate a LOT of sweets and had fun playing with the stuff there. Jacob had a blast as did his little friends, and the parents who got to drink yummy cappuccinos and lattes! They have a cool machine at the parent lounge :OP

So now our little man is three, happy and healthy thanks to God's grace. We are very blessed to have this whirl wind of a kid in our lives and could not imagine him being anything other than our silly, loving, smart and crazy "bigger guy" Jacob (that's what he calls himself).