Levi James turned 3 on August 12! We had fun celebrating him all day long Friday and again on Saturday! I've made several collages of pictures because I had so much to share! (click on the collage to enlarge it)
On Thursday night before his birthday the boys helped me make his birthday cupcakes for his party the next morning. They had fun licking the extra batter and frosting, check out the middle picture of Levi - this is what he looked like by the time he was done with the batter bowl! I had the plan to make little batman symbols on each cupcake but it just wasn't happening and I didn't get started with them until after the boys were in bed and I just didn't feel like staying up until all hours of the night making batman symbols for them to be devoured in the morning! So I came up with little paper symbols instead - I think they looked really cute - I was pleased! For his birthday party with his friends, we invited kids over for cupcakes first (not ideal, but it worked fine!). The boys had fun playing crashing combines with the batman balloons. Levi did open his gifts from his friends beforehand too. I thought he was super cute exclaiming, "oh my goodness!!" after many of the presents and then a sweet little "tank you."
After cupcakes and presents we went straight to the party - KT Inflatables - a fairly new bouncy house place in town. The kids all LOVED it. It was definitely a perfect spot for a young one with lots of energy! There were 5 or 6 jumpy things set up included a huge slide that the kids loved climbing up and going down over and over again! It was fun for the adults too as the kids were occupied so we could chat! I'd definitely recommend this place if your kids have some extra energy to burn! Attending the party (as seen in the lower left corner) was Shiloh, Levi, Silas, Jayda, Isaiah, Jonah, Ava and not pictured in the group photo is Caiden along with parents of the kids (or grandma in Shiloh's case!) and my parents joined in the fun too. It was a nice size for us! It was also fun to get a belly shot with Ava's mommy Andrea - She's due about 10 weeks ahead of me with her second daughter.
After our two hours of jumping the kids were hungry so we went to Pizza Ranch for a yummy lunch! LeAnna, Caiden, Grandpa and Grandma came to eat with us. Then it was time to head home for presents from mommy & daddy and Grandma Michele. After Grandma & Grandpa's Special Agent Oso boat and our Hot Wheels bathtub racetrack, the boys wanted to take a bath! So of course they did! Naptime was in there somewhere too.
Unfortunately Mark had to head into work shortly after naptime, but the boys and I joined up with Grandpa and Grandma to visit the petting zoo. Levi LOVED it and was so excited to see all of the animals. He had no fear of petting them and chasing after them (unlike his big brother who was a little more timid!). Levi loved the turtle in the baby pool and kept trying to make him swim. He also had a fun time chasing around the chickens! Isaiah had a good time too.
It was a very fun day celebrating Levi! After bedtime, I spent a little time making the cake for the next morning - I was even more happy with how that turned out! The next morning we woke up to play with a few new presents from the birthday party and then get ready for the next party - a family pizza party! It was fun to watch Isaiah and Levi playing with their 4 cousins (Dakota-6, Khia-3 1/2, Liahna 3 in November and Elise 5 months). Outside play would not be the same without that big blue Jeep (Thanks Grandma Michele!!). Check out cute little Liahna in her princess dress driving the Jeep. It was also fun to catch up with Uncle Justin & Aunt Kim and Uncle Matthew, Uncle Jay & Aunt Nichole along with my parents and Mark's dad and step-mom. After the party we had naptime and then we went out geocaching and Levi found his very first geocach! He found it all by himself! It was really fun - you'll see a picture of Mark and Levi holding it on the right side.
Happy Birthday Levi James!
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