Boss Turns 3.

As time goes rushing by this year (business, homeschool, etc.), I've discovered that I'm seriously lacking in the documenting department. This is saying a lot for me, considering I'm a die hard scrapbooker (well, I collect the supplies, but haven't had any time to do anything with them). When I glanced through my phone pictures, I racked my brain trying to remember what we did for Boss' 3rd birthday. Sad! I used to always put these things directly on my blog so at least I could refer back to them.

So far this last year, we haven't really done parties for the kids, opting instead to do a special outing/trip or day of some sort. Jude, Colin and Samuel went to LEGOLAND for Jude's 7th birthday (didn't get that on the blog yet, but those boys thought it was pretty darn cool), and Abe did a trip to the art studio with his siblings. We also invited immediate family over to celebrate with strawberry shortcake and presents.

And at age 3, Abe currently is called "Boss" (I have a feeling this name will stick for many years). He loves wearing his clothes backwards and shoes on the wrong feet (yes, it's deliberate - we've asked him). He likes the movie "Frozen". He's left handed and has been for some time. He's smart as all get-out and has a vocab that astonishes me constantly. He regularly argues with me like an adult. He likes pink and purple. He doesn't know what to do without his "kids" (siblings) around - and thankfully, that doesn't happen often. He prefers to sleep in his sister's room and is scared to sleep alone. His eyes are huge and astonishingly blue and melt my heart on a regular basis. He is also my biggest snuggler. By far. He has nicknames for everyone that change regularly, sometimes multiple times in one morning. My nickname went from "Mommy" to "Mimi" to "Meem" to "Gimi" to "Theemie", and on and on. I think he will have a healthy sense of humor when he gets older. Heck, he has a healthy sense of humor now. He scares easily (like when Colin hangs him upside down by his ankles). He can buckle himself in his car seat (thank goodness), until his attitude shifts and he cries that he wants me to do it. He definitely is attached to me fiercly. And I wonder if that's because we lost some serious bonding time when I had cancer. That, I will never know and can't dwell too long on.

Here he is opening his gifts. Water guns, play doh sets (he LOVES play doh), and other fun toys.

He doesn't love everyone signing him "Happy Birthday". Can you tell?

 Art studio! All the kids enjoyed this (except maybe Samuel, who ended up painting  picture of Jesus).

This is a basket of pre-birthday food for Boss. He wanted spaghetti for his birthday meal and I made strawberry shortcake upon Colin's recommendation. My kids don't get sweets too terribly often, so any dessert I made would have made him happy. And who doesn't love Talenti gelato?

 Sissy was perhaps the happiest person in this art studio. She wants to be an artist when she grows up.

 Jude enjoyed building robots with Colin. This place had lots of recycled object to choose from.

 Look how bored Colin was!! He survived, though.