Life is Better than Good.: Three.

Gage is three. Seriously. Three. His birthday was this past Friday. We had his party on Saturday and it couldn't have been a more perfect day! We had a construction party per Gage's request at Nanny and PawPaw's house. We set it up at the barn and the weather was absolutely beautiful, I think it was about 72 degrees. With a few decorations, balloons, tables/chairs and riding toys we were all set up.

Gage picked out a few construction worker "hard hats" and orange cones for decor. He brought every riding toy we own along with some toys/cars to play with. We served hot dogs, fruit, chips and drinks. There were about 30 adults and 15 kids.

After everyone arrived we ate and the kids placed. Not long after, the ice cream truck arrived. Yes....an ice cream truck. Erik set it all up. At first I told him that was unnecessary but the look on Gage's face when it pulled up....priceless. He was so excited! The man driving the truck did a quick magic show and then the kids (and some adults) got to pick whatever ice cream they wanted! Definitely a hit and something we will hopefully do again.

After the ice cream truck left, we sang happy birthday, cut the cake (which no one really needed) made by my sister and the kids went fishing! Lots of fish were caught and memories were made.

Thank you to all our friends and family who came to celebrate!

As for Gage, we love you buddy. We are so proud of you and cannot wait for many more years to come. You keep us laughing and you amaze us every day. You are full of personality and are so, very smart. You are an AMAZING big brother and love to be with your sister. You say some crazy things that we had no idea a 3 year old could come up with......like you woke your daddy up the other day by saying "Cock A Doodle Dooooooo"....seriously, where did you learn that?! You love to go, go, go and your favorite thing to do right now is ride on the little red riding toy starting at the top of our driveway to the bottom of the cul-de-sac. I make you wear your bike helmet because you are CA--RA--ZY. You have no fever and rarely get hurt. You are in a big boy bed and have transitioned very well. Potty training...not so much. You love to do puzzles with your daddy and enjoy reading books before bed time. You love for your daddy and I to tell you made up stories too. You will do anything to stall bed time, ha!

You are a carefree, sweet, easy going little buddy that makes us wonder how in the world we get to be your parents. You have blessed us so. Happy Birthday Gage Timothy.