Ethan's birthday party

My little man turns 3 tomorrow. To celebrate, we had a little birthday party yesterday with a few of his friends and their families. The birthday theme this year - Firetrucks. I mean, what's more exciting than firetrucks? In preparation, I made a firetruck cake.

Pretty sure I spent more on the cake pan, the cake mix, the icing, and the food coloring than I would have to just buy a cool cake from Kroger (and let's not forget the 2.5 hours it took me to make it). However, buying a cake from Kroger would have required me to think ahead and order a cake more than 18 hours before the party was supposed to start.

So we took a field trip for the first part of the party to the firestation. Fireman Wayne, who I think normally does the tours for schools and day cares, doesn't work Saturdays. So we had Fireman Billy. Pretty sure Fireman Billy has never actually spoken to a 3 year old before. So we got the tour, dumbed down to maybe a high school junior level. Oh well. All the kids really wanted to do was see the fire trucks, go inside and hear the siren. They got to do all that and even see the firetruck shoot water really far (on Gommy and Poppa's car).


Here's Ethan, recapping to his girlfriend Madeleine, Fireman Billy's explanation of the air tanks and the safety mechanisms built into them to alert you when your air is halfway out so that you can plan your escape as it is time to get out! Except Ethan's explanation was, "You gotta be in a firetruck so you can get out". He was very matter-of-fact about it.


Ethan and Soren on the firetruck-gator-thing


And Ethan inside the firetruck.


After the field trip, we all headed to our house for lunch and cake and presents. Good thing we planned an indoor party since we had a monsoon here this weekend!
It was fun and I think Ethan liked having all his friends here, but five 3 year olds (and siblings) can be exhausting! Just ask Braden who somehow got stuck in the basement with all of them by himself.




Anyway, fun times, but glad it is over!