We've had ANOTHER birthday, shout Hooray!

Didn't we just do this... say, 11 days ago? Yes we did. We love a good excuse to eat more cake and ice cream!

Our handsome little boy turned 3 on Sunday. He is our favorite little boy- (you can say that with out feeling guilty with only one boy).

The birthday boy started out his day with a shower, then a shave with Daddy. It is becoming a fun Sunday ritual for the two men in our house.

He knows just what to do, too. (Don't worry, there is no blade on the end of that razor).

Alexis sported her first pony tail in honor of Mitchell.

All dressed up and ready for church. He loves nursery- he got to spend his birthday with his favorite buddies.

After church the birthday boy had a much needed nap.

While he (and Daddy) were napping, I got busy and got things ready for the Monster themed party. Not a Halloween Monster party, but a Birthday Monster party. Mitch loves monsters and lucky for me there was plenty of cute things to use for decorations with Halloween being as close as it is.

The monster clings worked nicely underneath our table top glass.

The monster head fit great on the pop bottle.

Who doesn't love a good monster chocolate?

And a monster cake, of course!

We started the party by opening up his gifts, wrapped in coordinating monster green paper (looks yellow here).

One of his favorite gifts was a monster green broom from Grandma and Papa. He is always wanting to help me sweep, so now he has one of his own! He had to try it out right away.

The big surprise of the day was getting his own bike! He has wanted one forever. These Strider bikes are really cool- we got the idea from my sister this summer when we tried out her little boy's bike. It has no pedals or training wheels. It teaches kids how to ride a bike by balancing and coasting without ever needing training wheels. Mitch loved his cousin's and got really good at it for the few days he used it this summer. Chloe also tried it this summer and was a pro on it in a few days, and then came home and was immediately able to ride her big bike with no training wheels for the first time. So we are fans! Hopefully Mitch can be riding a real bike, training-wheel free by next summer.

Here was his reaction when he saw the bike for the first time.

And yes, of course, monster green!

In for monster cake and ice cream.

But this little monster refused to eat even one bite of his cake. We asked why and he whispered, "The monster will eat me!" I was totally shocked- his was a cupcake cake like Leah and Lexi's last week and he devoured those. I did not see this coming. And as the rest of us have slowly eaten the remaining cupcakes this week, he still has refused even a taste of his own birthday cake. Weird, weird, weird.

He loved the monster chocolates, though, and the ice cream too. And the monster head soda. What gives?

It was like de ja vu of 11 days ago watching these two scarf down cake. They ate Mitch's share for sure.

As an extra birthday treat, Mitch got to stay up late and spend some extra time with Mom and Dad. He was so excited to help me clean up after the party and use his birthday broom. I could get used to this!

The week before his birthday we did a few fun things.

Mitch went to the dentist for the first time and did GREAT. He did everything asked of him and even let them get X-rays. He loved it, actually.

When the hygienist asked him where he learned to be so good he replied, "My mom and dad." (That's right, he did...)

The day before his birthday, we went to Red Robin to use his free birthday meal. Of all the choices, he chose the grilled cheese sandwich and melons.

The waiters and waitresses came and sang him Happy Birthday and gave him balloons and a free sundae.

Happy Birthday to our favorite Monster! We sure love this little guy.