Reid's Third Birthday

I am super behind on posts, so please forgive me. I'll attempt to catch up some in the next couple weeks. 

One of the most exciting happenings since the last time I posted was that my sweet Reid turned three in October. Since I love to take the kids to do something special on their actual birthdays, I brainstormed some ideas and decided a trip to Dinosaurland would be perfect for my dinosaur loving little fella. (Originally, I somehow deleted the photos and was afraid we'd only have memories to savor instead of all the pics I took, but thankfully they were recovered and I was able to come back and add them to this post!)

One of the biggest hits was the giant prehistoric shark the kids could climb in and out of. We spent quite a bit of time just watching as they peered at us from inside those giant jaws. 

As we moved through the park, there was so many other giant creatures to capture a little boy's attention as well. What to the adults appeared to be dilapidated, old models were pretty cool life size replicas in the kids' opinions. As much fun as they had looking at the dinosaurs though, I think the boys had just as much fun collecting and playing with the pinecones. It was a nice day outside for such a trip too and a unique way to get a little time outdoors. Dave had taken off early from work to go with us and my mom tagged along as well, which added a bit of extra excitement to our normal routine too.

Pinecones!

What a good little actor!

 

 

Check out this fuzzy caterpillar. (Why did we pay for the boys to go to this park again? We should have taken them hiking where there were plenty of bugs and pinecones to enjoy.)

This King Kong always cracks Dave and I up. How authentic and prehistorically accurate. 

 

After our adventure, Caleb and Hadley had a t-ball game, which Reid enjoyed watching. What he really had a blast doing though was playing with the new dinosaur grabber NaNa bought him. It was great at picking up all the rocks he likes to collect. 

Reid even got to pick where he wanted to go for dinner - Applebees! When they came out singing and clapping with his birthday cake, he looked all around the room trying to figure out what the commotion was about, clueless that it was all coming straight for him.

Earlier that day, we'd chosen to wait to open gifts since we wanted Dave to be there for it, but by the time we got home that evening, our sweet boy was asleep. Instead, he got to have a little birthday celebrating the next morning with his siblings as they opened and checked out the Transformers and gear building set Mommy had picked up. 

Reid loves to hold things in his hands and had been playing with a few small Transformers of Caleb's that didn't really work all that great anymore. Dave and I thought these might be a pretty good fit for him, and thankfully, we were right!

Caleb was just as excited about these as Reid - maybe more so, because I think the Transformers were Reid's first pick.

We love you Baby Reid and hope you had a wonderful birthday!