What a Blast!

Linus' birthday party on saturday was awesome. We had family and friends gather to celebrate Linus' 3rd birthday. Not everyone we invited showed up but I always believe those who were suppose to be there were. He got movies, clothes, toothbrushes, a picnic table, a bouncy ball for him to bounce on, a Diego trike, a simon says sit-n-spin, a remote controlled jeep, and the biggest gift was from my parents and Eugene's and that was a outdoor John Deere tractor with a working scoop and a trailor. He was so excited to see it but when they started putting things together, Tyler and my Dad noticed that the wheel was broke where it connected to the frame. Linus was bummed but the other presents got his attention so he wasn't upset. He keeps telling me that Other Mema and Other Papa need to get him a new "skid steer". I really don't know why he doesn't just say tractor. Goofy.
We played fill in the blanks with parents help for the song Frosty the Snowman. We also played stick the nose on frosty, and just for fun, we played a rubber chicken toss game. We had 3 winners. Woohoo. My dad took it upon himself to put all his toys together for Linus. After we opened gifts, we all went into the kitchen and had yummy yummy cake in the shape of a snowman. Alot of people left around 3:15 but others stayed until almost 5pm. After that, we took all the decorations down, cleaned the living room and then we put all the daycare toys back. With all 5 of us working, we got it done in no time. And then we were so exhausted we decided to go to town to get Subway and then Pat and I got KFC. It was very yummy. When we got home, John was there and Linus was showing me the present from John. He got him a Rescue Boat. He loves it. He even told "Uncle" John that he loves him. Shocking since he doesn't say that to anyone.

Yesterday afternoon, we took Linus over to his parents house to go sking. Oh yeah, Eugene and I got him some used skies for his birthday from where Eugene works. He loved sking in Mema's yard. Linus told Uncle Tyler, when he crashed into him and Tyler caught him, that he loves him. Isn't he sweet? He didn't want to stop except his fingers and butt were cold. We went inside to warm up and then we ended up sticking around and cleaning the kitchen and enjoying Mema's food. She is an awesome cook.

We went home around 9 and watched Ice Age and fell asleep.

Bonus information: Linus has slept in his own bed for the past 2 nights without waking up at all in the middle of the night. He comes into our room around 7:30am and says its not dark out anymore, get up. He's so silly.

Have a fantastic day. I hear it's suppose to warm up around here. Praise Jesus!