Three!

This weekend,we've had an incredibly time celebrating Kaleb's 3rd birthday.  

It has been fun, fun, fun and all things Kaleb. 

 Friday morning, we started our with special birthday pancakes...

good ole pancakes with chocolate chips, redi-whip, sprinkles and candles too :)  

After devouring a near man-sized portion of pancakes, 

we got to Skype with Grandma & Grandpa!

 Which of course, led to present opening...

 Who knew you really could send a puppy in the mail :) 

 Birthday cards and then, they also sent a long a bag of change

 for Kaleb to add the pig for his little sister.  

 Then, suddenly... the door bell rang and the coolest birthday balloons ever arrived!!  

Thanks Auntie & Justin :) 

Being that he's now three, we put him right to work.  

Winter is never-ending this year so...we had him shovel off the deck.  

Start'm young right ;) 

Somewhere along the way, we also snuck in another Skype date 

with Auntie & Justin along with fun phone 

calls from Grandpa & Grandma Berry and the RJNANS too. 

Last night we rounded out the day with pizza, popcorn and a family movie night watching Toy Story.  Fun times indeed!!  Since the Roths are known for their slightly over the top observance of birthdays.... we continued the fun today (Sunday).  We slipped off to the early service at church this morning then took a 'little trip' as Kaleb called it- to our favorite family secret destination.  LOVE their pool, the squirting fountains and the pirate ship too of course.  Lots of fun and one of the best kept secrets around.... shhh, it was free!!  Maybe it had to do with this cute 3 year old we had along?? 

 We were home by 1pm...love that early church let us do church, swim for a few hours and still be home in time for a nap.  Post nap...Kaleb was super excited to help frost and decorate cupcakes for his friends at daycare.  The kid loves cupcakes.  LOVES Cupcakes! 

 I think he's liking this whole "3" thing. 

 So, of course we needed to try them out... nothing like cupcakes for a bedtime snack.  

 Oh, wait.  Did Kaleb catch Dad sneaking a SPOONFUL of chocolate frosting.  

Poor Dad, he thinks he's so tricky.  

Not so much... so, what's a good dad to do? 

 Why feed Kaleb his own spoonful of frosting.....oh, my goodness. 

Boys. What more is there to say. 

 Nothing washes down cupcakes like some nice cold milk. 

Wow, am I blessed by our little man. 

A full weekend indeed....and, the real party isn't even until next weekend! 

Yikes! 

Just so I don't forget... 

- You drank an entire quart of chocolate milk by yourself this weekend.  

- Current favorite song is:  "Mary had a ____________"  Most common answer is 'little train' other favorites include little duck, little cow, little duck.  

- You can now change your own shirt easily.... easily at least 5 times a day if you can get that many 'dirty'.  

- Still LOVE oatmeal and would eat it 3x a day if we'd let you. 

- Is totally loving his new big blue bed.  

- Thinks that Bubble Guppies can solve anything.  

- Still loves our nightly tickle wars, apple juice and the infamous line of 'maybe _______?' whenever he's wanting to make a suggestion.  

- Has now taken up asking for his own coffee each morning when we stop to pick up "Mama's coffee".  He then says "Kaleb coffee?"... oh, my.  Please stop growing up so fast.  

Love you lots and lots and lots and lots and lots our Kaleb- 

so incredibly blessed by how God has brought us all together.