kicking off the salty 3s

my little man turned three last week!  wow.  that is so wild.  we've made it through the terrible 2s and am now embarking on what i am calling the salty 3s.  there's a lot of sweetness too, but for the most part i'm finding...salty.

we had a little family party to celebrate last weekend, although i nearly cancelled it on account of how downright awful he acted at a birthday party the day before his shindig.  ohhhhh emmmm geeeee.  you know it's bad when you're crafting the apology letter in your head during the party, and also trying to think if you brought your checkbook just in case you needed to lay down some dough because cupcake icing or donut glaze made it from a filthy hand to one of the stunning curtains or chairs in the birthday boy's unbelievably gorgeous brand new home (that someone was not supposed to be in).  we were not on speaking terms for the ride home.  

but alas, the show went on.  plus i had already picked up his lightning mcqueen cake...

how awesome is that?  katie at sweet peeps does an amazing job.  and just look at the detail in the screws and such...

what i love about katie's cakes is that they taste as good as they look!  this one had almond flavored cake with raspberry filling and buttercream icing.  YUM.

y'all, this was the simplest of the simple birthday celebrations.  we had just gotten back in town from the beach, rbb had just taken the CFA the day before and we needed something easy peasy japanese-y.  i ordered the cake from katie in advance, grabbed dips/crackers to serve as appetizers and pizzas from whole foods, and made a big salad.  a couple of bottles of wine, lightning mcqueen paper plates from target, paper napkins i already had on hand - and i called it a day.  not my shining moment as a party hostess, but you know what?  three year olds don't care much either way.

i'll tell you what he did care about though...

the "olivia saves the circus" book i got him, being read to him by uncle brannon.  we've read it no less than five times a day since he got it.  and i love the olivia books - they're just so cute and funny.

watching his dad break in his new tricycle from gaga...although he makes it look pretty hard?!

the plethora of lightning mcqueen gifts he received, including this playdough set from his uncle blake.

and of course, he loved the cake and blew out the candles like a champ.

rinne wants you to know that she was there too.

i didn't even realize until hours after the party that we forgot to get a family picture.  dagnabit!  i always forget.

and today we embark on the wonderful world of potty training.  show me what else ya got, salty 3s.  i'm ready!!

xoxo