duey's 3.

we celebrated dylan's 3rd birthday at our home, or rather, in our shop.  we rented a bouncy house and gathered all our cozy coupes, scooters, bikes and trikes and took over ben's spot.  it was perfect.

i see many future birthday celebrations in that space.  

so much, that after the party ended, ben and i were scouring craigslist for bouncy houses to purchase.  yep, just need to pull together 15k or so... but oh - look how much fun was had!  can you imagine how much faster our winters would go if we had this sort of entertainment just a few feet from our back door?

in addition to the bouncy, dylan found a pink piggy piñata.  on Pinterest, i saw a lady filled her piñata with individual gift bags of candy, so everyone gets equal amounts.  i LOVE this idea.  birthday party after birthday party, my shy guy has sat back and watched, rather than jump right in there.  and, can you imagine the tears to follow?  ugh.  so, this worked out great.  (although, isn't it delightful to see something explode with candy-goodness?!)  i guess we'll give him a few years.

everyone took turns, politely waiting in line.  littlest to biggest.  i loved all the poses of these future softball/baseball players; tongues out, teeth bared over lips, wide stance, and the swinging for the fences.  what fun!  jack's already planning the piñata for his birthday...

i'm just now realizing i didn't take a single picture of the cupcakes for our friends!  dang!  they were super cute.  pink piggies, duh.  some snouts, some tails.  and, because she was the birthday girl, she got a jumbo-sized cupcake, full pig.  

she was so tickled that it was HER birthday.  

she even sang to herself.

the grandmas are in heaven.

 so in love with both of these beings.

 this started out sweet, but quickly turned into jack screaming for his life.

paybacks, bud.

after the party, gosh, i think 5-6 hours later (!), we made our way home.  all. the. way. home.  we bounced so long and enjoyed great friends, devoured so many sweet treats, that before we knew it, it was time to say our goodbyes - and we didn't even get to the gifts!

hugs and goodie bags later, we were tucked inside with bedtime right around the corner.  we attempted a family picture, but you'll notice who was not in the mood for cheeeese.
 

 {just a few days earlier, our bully turned 9!}

and to top off a super-fun-filled day, a snowplow cruised by making jackie boy's evening.