Happy Birthday Pudge!

Our little Pudge is 3!

Last night we decorated his door with balloons and party banners so that when he oped the door this morning he would have a balloon avalanche. The whole time that we were decorating it, Papa was saying "I hope that Pequeño doesn't wake up in the night needing something!".

 

Luckily, they slept through the night and in the morning it was a big hit. Pudge always bangs on his door when he wants to get out so as soon as we heard him, we ran to the hallway (Little Bear too) and said "Come on out buddy. You can open the door." It took a few second but he finally opened it and was so surprised when the balloons started falling around him. It was so sweet because as soon as he realized what it was, he started yelling "BaWoons!"  He decided that he wanted to bring all of the balloons downstairs so one by one he pushed them all through to the other side. We tried to convince him to run through the ribbons and told him that it's just like running through a finish line. He didn't want to ruin it and kept saying "NO, no ruin my finishline!". Then he tried to climb out without ripping any of the paper ribbons.

 

Eventually, he agreed to rip just the bottom ones and came out. Pequeño was awake and really excited at this point because he knew something was going on so we got him out of his crib and he ran to play will the balloons as well. 

 

 Downstairs, the dining room had been decorated in pirate theme since Pudge loved Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

We spent the morning at a playgroup event and brought a monster shaped cake there to celebrate. Then in the evening, we had dinner, his Jake and the Neverland Pirate cake, and he opened his presents.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUDGE!

Leaves!

We stopped at the park after preschool today and let the kids play in the leaves. Pequeño wasn't too sure about them but Pudge loved them!

Pequeño's Morning

Every Monday, the older boys have school and Pequeño gets a few hours to himself. Today, Daddy was off from work and he got to spend the time with both Mommy & Daddy which is rare. Since it's getting close to Christmas, we decided to go shopping. One of our first stops was Barnes and Noble where we let Pequeño play for a while. I love that the Barnes and Nobles around here all have things for the kids to do in the Children's area. 

Checking out the trains

Building with Legos

Daddy surprised him with some puppets!

Another Park Day

The weather was beautiful today so as soon as I picked Little Bear up from school, we headed to one of the local parks! I think that it was a little chilly for everyone else because we had the park to ourselves for almost the almost two hours that we were there. The older kids asked if they could play with their toy swords that were in the car and I told them that they could until someone else came and then they'd have to put them away. So they spent the first half hour or so running around fighting invisible "bad guys" and every once in a while sword fighting each other. Pequeño was tired and after swinging in the baby swing for a little bit he started whining. So he ended up spending most of the time nice and toasty in the double stroller snacking on dried fruit and then taking a nap.

Before we left, I put Pudge in the stroller with Pequeño and we went for a walk around the mostly paved path that they have there.

A Trip to the Fire Station

The moms group that we belong to went to a local fire station tonight. Since it was scheduled close to the little ones bedtime, we decided to only take Little Bear. 

He had a blast! The firemen showed let the kids check out all of the equipment, vehicles, and try on the clothes.

They also did a demonstration where they put on the uniform and equipment and showed the kids how their oxygen tanks worked which was really neat.

 

Then they got to go into their mobile unit and the firefighters explained a few things to them there about fire safety and did a question and answer segment. Then they got to go into a smaller area that was set up like a room and they taught them what to do if there was ever a fire when they were sleeping. They filled the room with fog and the kids all got a chance to climb out the window which I think was Little Bear's favorite part.

We were both surprised by how heavy all of the uniform and equipment is that they have to carry!