Big Man's Third Birthday

For Elijah's third birthday we decided to go to Out of This World Pizza in Hillsboro. There are blow up slides and obstacle courses, cars to ride, and pizza of course. Elijah has LOVED it in the past. Sadly, he was a little under the weather and did not eat any pizza, nibbled on his cake, did not play much with his friends, and did not go on the giant slides. The highlight of his four hours at his party were playing with a balloon with daddy and lying on the floor pushing a monster truck around. When asked what his favorite part of his party was, he said his new monster truck. It was a five dollar monster truck he had received from a coworker of Steve's. I was pretty upset, but when Alora told Steve "this is the funnest party I have ever been to," it made all the effort (the 1.5 hour drive, the cost, the baking of the cake, and the shopping around for the perfect party favors) worth it. At least one of my kids was in pure heaven. Alora played independently on all the slides and had a great time with Isaac. Another major highlight of the day was watching Isaac eat two pieces of pizza loaded with cheese and a giant piece of cake with egg and milk!! Our favorite little boy with allergies was able to be a part of the fun (and I didn't have to make cardboard cupcakes)

Riding cars

Reading books to my tired little man...
He played a little on the mini slides


Elijah adores his Papa Tom who so wonderfully came solo because Grandma Dee Dee was sick.

We had a Nascar/ Monster Truck theme for our boy who can't get enough of cars/ trucks.
Elijah wanted a monster truck cake and I tried to find one at all the local supermarkets but they didn't have any so I made one myself. I used graham crackers on the top so that the tread marks would be noticeable and I piped the green frosting. Alora helped me make the flags and Elijah helped crush the graham crackers and he picked out the toys he wanted on the cake (mom cleaned them). Despite the fact that his birthday wasn't perfect, he did make me smile when he sat for twenty minutes the morning of his party looking at his cake and smiling.
Smashing graham crackers with his Bob hammer.