Happy Birthday, Jack!

We can hardly believe our little man is 3!

Three years ago today we were enjoying our tiny baby boy in a hospital in Bitburg, Germany. And now he's a rambunctious, moody, talkative, hilarious, lovable boy.

Jack is trying very hard to prove the old wives tale that three is actually worse than "terrible two." To put it mildly, he's been very difficult lately. But, in the midst of testing boundaries and working our nerves, he remains charming and sweet. (Thank god, or we might give him away. Just kidding!)

Jack loves "school" two days a week and talks my ear off on the drive home about his friends and "craps" (crafts). When we're playing at home, he likes to drive his Lightning McQueen car (an early birthday and Christmas present from Memere and Papa Lou), play with puzzles, crash matchbox cars and read books. He continues to have mixed emotions about Ellie - in one moment annoyed that she is trying to play along with him but the next saying "I wuvs zhu, Ewwie" and giving her a hug.

In true birthday spirit, Jack sang to himself all day. Here's one performance for your enjoyment.



Happy Birthday, Jack! We love you!

Five Fat Turkeys - a Thanksgiving Production

Jack's pre-school class "performed" a song at today's Thanksgiving Luncheon. It's hysterical. Jack was very eager to sing, as evidenced by his announcement he's ready to sing and the fact that he started singing before the music started.

Enjoy!



And, Saturday is Ellie's first birthday party! She turned one on Monday and I've been so busy since that I haven't updated this blog. The other has totally taken over. So, if you'd like to see how she spent her big day, check out this post on The Shopping Mama. And then Sunday Kevin and I hit the waters for a "media" preview cruise on The Oasis of the Seas. It's the new Royal Carribean boat and it's the largest cruise ship ever. We only have to pay for Kevin's flight there and everything else is covered. Ca-razy! I'll update when we get home.

Jack's Bowling Party

We celebrated Jack's birthday on Friday with little bowling party with Claire and Memere and Papa Lou who are in town for the holidays from California! Jack was all excited to bowl and said "My turn" every couple minutes until it was actually his turn. After a few rounds, though, he'd had enough and just wanted to "ride the horsey" (carousel) or play with the Lincoln Logs Claire gave him. It was super cute when the kids were into the game, though, because they would cheer and give high fives to everyone.

After bowling, we all came back to our house for pizza and cake. The one hiccup in the plan was the traffic - there was an accident on the bridge home from Destin so we were stuck in traffic for an hour. Ugh! Jack was happy because he watched Thomas the Train on his dad's iPhone and Claire ate snacks and made friends with Memere.

Jack was worn out by the end of the party, but we had a great afternoon. The week of Jack's birthday celebrations is officially over. Now, it's onto Christmas!

**If the slideshows don't load on the blog, click "view all images" to see them. I'm not sure why the slideshows aren't working.**

December 19

December 19, 2006
December 19, 2007 - One Year Old

December 19, 2008 - Two Years Old

Jack is TWO!

Happy Birthday, Jack!!

Poor thing was greeted by mom, dad and a camera this morning when he woke up.

A short minute later he was camera ready.Stay tuned for more birthday pictures.

Jack's Birthday Party!

We celebrated Jack's birthday yesterday (it's actually the 19th) at a joint party with Allie (who turns 4 on the 21st) and Reagan (who turns 2 on the 17th). The party was at Allie's house and lots of kids from the squadron were there.
The birthday boy before the festivities. He wore his "birtday kruck shiwt".
Jack had a great time and he obviously enjoyed the cake!

Pictures from the action.

Cake time!

Lots of people were very generous and brought gifts for all three kids.

Thanks to everyone who attended and especially Allie's and Reagan's parents. We have a lot on our plate right now so they did almost all of the cooking, preparing and organizing. I seriously feel like we just showed up and enjoyed ourselves. Thanks for everything - Jack had a blast!