Hayden's birthday party

Three is an important age! We decided to have Hayden's birthday party at our new house this year, as we could probably get away with at least one more low-key party before we have to go all Bumper Jumpers and Safari Nation and Chuck E. Cheese. This was our extra motivation to get as much of our house done as possible before November 19th!

Hayden is interested in a lot of things, but none so much as Toy Story 3 and balloons! We had no problem finding decor for his party. In fact, the hard part is not buying all of it! But we figured the kids don't pay much attention anyway, and the adults were more excited about seeing our house!

After our quick lunch of 3-year-old friendly foods (Chick Fil A nuggets, chips, sliced cheese, pasta salad) we got down to business. Hayden has gotten much better at opening presents, and even stopped to "read" some cards!

He had a great time seeing his family, especially his cousins Ryan and Zoe, and loved all his toys! He is especially partial to a construction zone with a remote-controlled dump truck, and he sleeps with his new pillow pet. Hard to believe he's 3!

About four hours after the party ended, he decided it was time for cake and he finally dug into his Buzz and Woody cake! What a great day for our sweet little wild man.