Dino-Mite 3rd Birthday Party

Spencer's 3rd birthday party was Sunday at Rollingwood Park. His little friends Sarah, Beckett, Piper, Ella and Luke joined us, as well as lots of family and "big" friends.

The kids had a blast digging in the fossil pit and playing the Triceratops ring toss and T-Rex bean bag toss games that Daddy made. He even made bean bags that looked like t-bone steaks to feed the T-Rex!

Spencer had a Brachiosaurus cake. We were proud of our little creation. I'm sort of sentimental about making birthday cakes for Spencer. Luckily Dave has the creative skills that I am lacking to bring something complicated like a dino cake to fruition! We all had fun decorating it, and Spencer insisted on including an extra strategically placed chocolate dot... By the time we were ready to cut the cake, the frosting had started sliding off the dino a little - it was "only" in the low 90s but I guess that was a little warm for frosting.

I am still overwhelmed by the generosity of Spencer's friends and family. He received so many neat, thoughtful gifts. Luckily, he had plenty of help opening them! Ella's mommy wrote about the party on her blog and she included a funny little video about the gifts that you just have to watch. Click here for the video.

We had such a nice afternoon celebrating our sweet boy. The celebration will continue tomorrow on his actual birthday. We have some surprises in store for him. Stay tuned...