Being 3 is fun!

On February 8th James turned 3 years old.

Last Saturday the 16th we celebrated his birthday. We started the day off with putting a bunch of balloons in his room. He thought it was great to wake up to balloons.

Balloons in his room with him sleeping in his bed.

Our plan was to take the commuter train to the beach, but we couldn't get our car to start. After a push start down the hill we decided to just do some quick errands. Came home and the car was still having issues. We decided to go to lunch at the nearby shopping center. Had some yummy pizza from Canyon Crust and James played in the splash pad. 

Splash pad fun with cars.

Enjoying the fish too.

After lunch James took a nap. He of course played with his balloons before falling asleep. Then we went swimming in the pool. 

After swimming we enjoyed one of his favorite meals of Mac n' Cheese, then had cake and opened presents.  We also Skyped with Grandma and Grandpa, so they sang to him and got to see him open his presents as well. (I tried to upload the video but it isn't working.)

James's cake with his favorite candy.

He wanted a second try and blowing candles out,
so here he is trying again.

Happy to have succeeded in getting some out.

Opening presents.

His loot. He got a digger, a truck, a mickey mouse with car (in his  hand),
monkey stuffed animal, alphabet foam stickers, Cars dishes, puzzle and The Lorax by Dr. Seusss

I think he had a good day. He sure is loving all his new things. I wish he would stop growing up so fast.