Happy 3rd Birthday!!

A few weeks before his birthday Cameron decided he didn't want to be 2 anymore...he wanted to be 3. He stuck to it. Anytime after that when you would ask how old he was his answer was 3. Then he would look at me and say "I'm 3 now mom, right?". If you said no he would get so mad and argue...so we just let him be 3.

His birthday fun started with Grandma Donna and Grandpa Malcolm coming to visit. There was some fun playing at the park and water guns in the back yard.



And Cameron tried to break Grandma's arms.



On the day of his birthday we took him to Flip-N-Out again. Everyone jumped and had fun.



So much fun...but the adults couldn't handle it. ;)



Here he is cooling off with a hole in the bounce house.



Then a few videos from jumping. He was so funny trying to "bounce" down the slide.








We then took him to Claim Jumper for dinner. They brought him a red velvet cupcake with and we sang Happy Birthday. He was also surprised with a present to open.





The big birthday party was Saturday! This year he wanted a Thomas the Tank Engine party. We went all out with the train theme.




Even his cake was a train!





All of his friends came and had a good time playing with his train table, coloring, and playing with toys.







He got lots of presents...and took forever to open them! Again, every piece of tape and paper had to be pulled off and handed to me before he would even look at what the gift was. Most kids rip into them and just want to see what they are...he has to make sure it is completely cleaned off before he will look at what it is.






Donna and I took the kids to Springs Preserve again. He had so much fun showing Grandma all the fun stuff to do there. He asked to have his picture taken with the cactus (now that he knows what it is he is all impressed with himself and points it out everywhere).




This time they had a bird show. After the show they had one of the birds taking donations. Cameron went right up and gave him a dollar.





He got to make his own mask for halloween. In the video you hear him asking if he can color...he loves to ask before he does anything (can I jump? can I color with this? can I eat this?). Too bad this trend won't continue.





Then for the first time ever he walked through sand without stopping after every step to get the sand out of his shoes! This is a big deal for the boy that hates to get dirty. He first asked if he could walk in the sand with his shoes on. Then made a big lap through a sand box and didn't attempt to clean his feet until after he was done. Progress!



Then some final fun with Grandma & Grandpa. They took the kids out for the afternoon. Went to play indoor mini golf and bowling.




On their final day here Cameron was a bit of a brat and refused to take a picture! Threw a very big fit. Well at lunch he got all sad because he didn't get to take a picture with Grandma and Grandpa on the couch when Melia did...so we had a redo at Chipotle. He was all proud of himself the rest of the day because he was "such a good boy and took a picture". If only he had really been such a good boy initially...



Last bit of birthday fun. Cameron LOVES the cards that play music. Below are a couple of videos of the musical card Grandma Beth sent him. It's a funny card as it has hampsters dancing (one actually shakes when you open the card as it plays music). The song is Shake your Booty. First video is Cameron dancing to it on the couch. The second is him showing it to Melia. She looks highly impressed! He then proceeds to shake her car seat. This is mild compared to the initial shaking she got from him just before the video. I really thought he was going to "shake" her right out of her carseat. It's no wonder she spits up at the end! Oh the torture she endures.