Ben turns 3

Ben turned 3 a few weeks ago.  Poor middle child.  I haven't even remembered to update this post since I uploaded photos weeks ago.  

I asked him how old he was:  I got this.  He is clearly not one and obviously confused about it.

We made our special breakfast cake for birthday breakfast.  And chocolate milk.  It was a hit for sure.

Isaac had a hard time with Ben's big day.  He wanted to play with everything and unwrap everything.  Poor Ben.  And poor Isaac.  Ben was so excited about everything he got.  And I don't think I caught the expression on camera at all.  So hard to do and it's such a good face he makes.  Eyes wide, biggest grin.  It's adorable.

I tried to pick out some cute clothes for him so he would look more dressed up for the pictures I knew he'd be in all day.  He wasn't going for it.  And the boots!  Oh I love this boy.  Can't believe he's 3.

Ben wanted everything to be the same as Isaac's birthday and the same as his birthday last year.  We had been looking at pictures and he wanted a repeat experience.  And so we have a car cake...again.

Luckily he was fine with getting different gifts than Isaac and than he had last year.

Uncle Kevin made this awesome Minon balloon.  He has mad balloon art skills.  The kids loved it!

See...total confusion about how old he is.  Still not 4 buddy.

All in all it was a successful day.  And Ben... we love him so much.  He keeps us laughing.  He is sweet and kind and so fun to see with Nora.  He's taking more interest in her now that she is getting a little more interactive.  He was so pleasant through the "terrible two's" so we are now seeing some of the less pleasant behavior at three.  He is learning to have an opinion and stand up for himself, especially when it comes to playing with Isaac, so we are seeing some fall out from that.  More fighting, some hitting, some tantrum and yelling.  The usual stuff.  But he also still has a lot of his cute and kind behavior about him.  He really is a joy.

Happy Birthday Ben!