This year for Ryder's birthday we decided to skip the party and celebrate in other ways. Sometimes we feel the birthdays can be overkill when we have so much other fun stuff going on around that same time.
On Ryder's actual birthday he woke up to mommy and daddy throwing a lot of balloons at him while he was still in bed. The plan was to fill his bed with balloons the night before, but I somehow went to sleep that night without thinking about it so we just exploded into his room with balloons the next morning. He was totally freaked out for about 2 seconds, but quickly switched gears into excited birthday mode!
He got chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast that morning. Although, Sawyer might have enjoyed them more than Ryder.
Later that morning, he got to open presents. He was very excited to get a new game and some wood letters that you put into cards to spell words. The perfect gifts for our preschool loving boy. Ryder got lots of phone calls that day and we just enjoyed our 3 year old!
He got to choose where to eat that night and Grandma and Grandpa Decker joined us. He obviously chose Red Robin as that is definitely the kids' favorite place to eat and then we had a pirate cake, ice cream, and presents at Grandma's and Grandpa's.
My parents were coming into town Friday night so the kids got to stay up super late waiting for them and Ryder got to open more presents. He was one spoiled boy!
The next day, Tyler was headed out of town so my parents and I met Meg, Clint, and their kids at the parade downtown. Ryder is obsessed with parades because he loves the marching bands. He is constantly pretending to march and play drums. The candy doesn't hurt the love for parades either.
After lunch out we headed to the fair. The kids loved eating lots of treats and going on a couple rides.
Everyone was exhausted and disgusting by the end of the day.
As if that wasn't enough "celebrating" we headed out to ice cream in Palmer Lake later that evening. I love that Ryder's pants are on backwards!
I love that our kids have so many people that love them and love celebrating the day they were born. It's so sweet that they get so many calls from aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and great-grandparents.
Ryder asks every day when he gets another birthday. Hopefully, it passes or it's going to be a really long year!
On Ryder's actual birthday he woke up to mommy and daddy throwing a lot of balloons at him while he was still in bed. The plan was to fill his bed with balloons the night before, but I somehow went to sleep that night without thinking about it so we just exploded into his room with balloons the next morning. He was totally freaked out for about 2 seconds, but quickly switched gears into excited birthday mode!
He got chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast that morning. Although, Sawyer might have enjoyed them more than Ryder.
Later that morning, he got to open presents. He was very excited to get a new game and some wood letters that you put into cards to spell words. The perfect gifts for our preschool loving boy. Ryder got lots of phone calls that day and we just enjoyed our 3 year old!
He got to choose where to eat that night and Grandma and Grandpa Decker joined us. He obviously chose Red Robin as that is definitely the kids' favorite place to eat and then we had a pirate cake, ice cream, and presents at Grandma's and Grandpa's.
The next day, Tyler was headed out of town so my parents and I met Meg, Clint, and their kids at the parade downtown. Ryder is obsessed with parades because he loves the marching bands. He is constantly pretending to march and play drums. The candy doesn't hurt the love for parades either.
After lunch out we headed to the fair. The kids loved eating lots of treats and going on a couple rides.
Everyone was exhausted and disgusting by the end of the day.
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| All the kids at the ice cream shop stand on a bench and make the passing cars honk. I think it's super annoying but apparently every kid loves it. |
Ryder asks every day when he gets another birthday. Hopefully, it passes or it's going to be a really long year!
LOVE this special, wonderful boy!
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