the doyles: Easton turns 3!

Friday, August 1, 2014

Easton turns 3!

Easton had been looking forward to his birthday for a LONG time leading up to the actual day! He practiced blowing out his candles multiple times because he asked for them to be on almost every meal, every day, and it wasn't really worth the tears to tell him no. ha! (Unfortunate for him, the candles didn't even light at his party because there was a little bit of breeze...he didn't care though luckily!)
The night before his birthday, my friend Laura and I spent much of our 'Bachelorette' watching time blowing up tons of balloons to hang in front of his door the following morning. It looked awesome, and I was so excited for him to wake up and see them all. The poor little guy though woke up in the middle of the night, and when he went to open his door to come into our room, he saw them in the darkness, and was completely petrified! I ran into his room, and he was slowly backing into the corner away from the door and the balloons, and was screaming a sound I've never heard come out of him...I felt terrible! The next morning (in the daylight!) he LOVED them though! He and Boone had a great time running through them back and forth giggling all day!
For breakfast we made pancakes together, I let him pour sprinkles on top, and they were pretty much burnt crystallized sugar by the time he was done! He loved them anyway, especially with, of course, candles on top!
We had a pretty regular morning and afternoon, we went to the gym, everyone wished him happy birthday which we loved, then we had to run to WalMart for a few party items, and I let him pick out a new toy, he thought that was awesome. He picked a new Captain America figurine, and he played with it all day! He took a short little rest time, and then eventually came downstairs and it was time to get the car packed and head out to his party! I was a little nervous that no one would come. It had been overcast all day, and about 45 minutes before party time, big dark clouds rolled in, and it started to sprinkle a bit. His party was scheduled to be at the Reunion Trails Splash pad, so an outdoor party in July suddenly had me nervous!
Luckily when we pulled up and had the car all unpacked to everything under the bowery, the clouds went away and it was perfect party weather, low 90's and overcast so it wasn't blazing hot! And bonus...no one else was there because of the weather, so the kids had the whole splash pad and park to themselves! Easton had a lot of his little buddies show up, and he LOVED running around and playing with all of them. Ryan came after work and brought Little Caesars pizzas, we had grapes and Capri Suns, and the kids were in heaven! I didn't make a cake this year since I'd anticipated super hot weather, and didn't want it to melt. So instead we decided on a simple donut cake, and it was the best desicion ever! The kids LOVED it, and it was super easy clean up!
Easton was so spoiled, and even though we said no gifts (between grandparents and us, there were a ton!) everyone brought him a gift anyway. He had a blast opening them all, and came home with quite a stash!
It was such a great day, we love our sassy little 3 year old so much, and can't imagine life before his sweet little personality!