Party On!...

The partying continued at our house in July with Aaron turning 3!  I can hardly believe it; time is flying buy.  He wishes it could go faster as he has increased his independence a ton over the last few months.  He is quite the chatter box and can carry on a conversation that most days I can follow.  He is heavily involved in everything that his older siblings are doing, either as a slower participant or as an audience member for them. 

We celebrated his special day with a trip to the Edmonton Zoo with the family.  They have quite the fun little petting zoo that we enjoyed.

 

We also took one of the paddle boats out for a little paddle on the small pond there.  We were all able to fit in the boat.  Spen and I peddled and megan sat in the middle and tried her best to figure out the boats steering and the two boys in the back enjoyed a backwards view. 

 This is in the new part of the zoo next to the seals and sea lions new center that they have.  Here Aaron in showing that he is still my little baby.  I bought the kids these cry baby sour soothers.  They were pretty sour and the kids loved them. 

After having a look at some of the other animals our last stop was for the train ride.  All Aboard!  We filled up the caboose. 

YTV happened to be at the zoo with the traveling beyblades station.  So the kids were able to play to their hearts content with hundreds of different beys and to try out some new ones.  They really enjoyed that and they even gave each of the kids a new beyblade.  Awesome!

Here is Evan in front of one of the beyblade stadiums.  They were impressed at Aarons beyblade abilities.  The only things bothering us here were the mosquitoes. 

We had monster cupcakes for his cake and each child got to decorate a few cupcakes with various treats that I picked up.   They turned out pretty silly and the kids loved to gobble them up. 

 

 

Here is Aaron opening a few presents.  He received a few service coupons from his siblings and a wall track hot wheels set, another new beyblade and a game and a I spy book. 

 

Another successful birthday finished! 

 

Aaron at 3 is very independent.  He loves to dress himself, spell his name and others in the family, going to nursery, playing at the park, helping mom bake, getting books at the library and playing the Wii and playing with dad in all forms. 

 

We love you Aaron.  Happy Birthday to my "little big guy"!