Albert-Cars, baseball and more

We had his party at Shaw Park last weekend with family and friend-- yes just one-- which turned out amazing because the weather was perfect and the kids could run around outside. The highlight for Al was the Cars birthday cake and plethora of trucks that he received. We now house a complete line of construction vehicles including an excavator, concrete mixer, crane truck, backhoe, front loader- you get the picture. If anyone needs help building a house, Albert's the man for the job.






After accumulating more toys than I can really stand in one loft (the senior toys are getting the boot, one by one-- no unions here) Beau thought it would be a good idea to go buy more. Let me preface this with the understanding that our child who used to love playing soccer is now terrified to play because the last time we were in the alley it rolled into the street and exploded as a monster truck roared over it). Sooo, beau is on a quest for a new sport. They went together and bought a baseball bat and ball and Al loves it, and is so adorable trying to play. He hits it on occasion, but the preparation process is priceless.

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I just love this kid. He is sweet and funny and charismatic and temperamental- and it's wonderful.
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Albert is 3!

He looks and talks like such a boy these days. This year was the first time I got a little sad thinking about him getting older and growing out of the "mommy is amazing" stage into the "mom get out of my business" stage. Tonight he told me- "mom, you are the sweetest lady".
On a good note, now that he is older I am having a great time watching him interact with others. When we go to the park we talk about the friends we will make when we get there and what we will say to them. Yesterday we met a boy just one month younger than Al named Liam and they played hide-and-go-seek among other things. So when it was time to go I said to Al- go tell Liam goodbye- so he walks in the vicinity of where this boy is and says "bye Liam", and in true 3 year old form, Liam ignores him. So Al persists.. "bye Liam, Bye Liam, BYe Liam,... And for the finale BBBYE LIAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". Watching him scream at this kid was so funny. One of the dad's witnessing this walked over to me and said- "he really knows how to get his point across, huh?"


On his birthday we opened presents in the morning and took him to Rooster for breakfast. Great day.


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