Luke is 3!

Our little boy turned 3! I don't know how we will ever top this birthday party. The kids had so much fun and the parents seemed to even be enjoying themselves too. 

Luke has been loving firetrucks and firefighting. Visiting Daddy at the fire station is one of his favorite things. We thought three would be the perfect age for this kind of party {and it helped that Dave worked at a newly built fire station that was squeaky clean:)}. I kind of got excited and told Luke about his birthday party a month before so he had been talking about it non-stop, asking about his birthday cake and birthday hat. It's kind of a gamble I think to know how your kid is going to react to all the stimulation but Luke did great and had a blast. We loved to be able to watch Luke play with all his pre-school friends. I always wondered what Luke was like at pre-school and now I know, WILD (jk) he's just a boy that's all. He was especially close buds to one boy in particular and it was cute to see them play and rough house.

We set up 1.5 hours prior to the party and as soon as we set up the crew received a house fire call. Dave prepared me that the kids may not get to see the fire truck because they usually stay out several hours for a fire. We started the party with pizza and then had a fun game planned for the kids afterward. It was a huge hit. Dave built an apartment with flames in the windows {Pinterest inspired}. The kids had to put out the fire in each of the windows and then climb up to the top window to rescue the puppy! The boys loved it. The girls, not as much:). After the game it was yummy cake time. By then the truck had still not made it back so Dave got out his fire gear and gave them a little lesson. Luke had never seen his Daddy decked out in his gear before and was in complete awe. Just as Dave was wrapping up the lesson the fire truck pulled up. The perfect ending to a perfect party.

We opened presents when we got home, after his nap. Some of his favorites were; fire uniform, dinosaur that roars and walks, batman stuff, dragon, cars and sword. He loved everything but these items he plays with everyday!

A couple days later was his actual birthday so we had a fun day of celebrating! We had a nice birthday breakfast then went to Champion Kids gym and Chick-Fil-A for the lunch and then PB&J for dinner {because that's what he said he wanted for his birthday meal}. And of course yes, we had cupcakes at the end!