Sunday, March 6, 2011

Kellen's 3rd Birthday Party!!!

Yesterday we celebrated Kellen's 3rd birthday by having a little birthday party bash at the house! The party was from 11-1..we had pizza, wings, caesar salad, fruit and of course....birthday cake! Here are some of the lovely ladies from his birthday party having some lunch!
And, here are some more guests enjoying their lunch in the other room!
And, here is beautiful baby Lauren!!! She was just lying on a blanket having fun looking around while everyone else had their lunch! She is soooo adorable!!
Here is Kellen getting very excited to sit down for some cake....he was inspecting everything and getting very excited about his special day!
"Happy Birthday, to Me!!!!"
Check out Ryder walking!!!!!! He is so cute!!!
Here is Kellen's special birthday cake that we had made! It was chocolate with vanilla and raspberry buttercream layers ....and of course, Dora, Diego and Boots on top!!! It was delicious!!! I highly recommend Celebration Cakes in Ajax!
Here is Kellen peaking around the corner at Shawn carrying his birthday cake while we all sang Happy Birthday to him.
The cake is coming.....
Happy Birthday, Kellen!!!!!! We love you so much!!! Make a wish!!
Yummy cake!!!!
Here is Kellen trying figure out how to eat the most amount of icing with the least amount of cake.
And here is Caden trying to figure out the exact same thing.....I wonder why kids always want to just eat the icing off of the cake!?!?
My Dad (Grandpa!) and Kathy in a deep conversation about life!
Shawn and Alyjah hanging out in the kitchen.....Alyjah is getting so big!
Kellen in his special chair ready to start opening up presents....and Caden escorting him to his chair to get the party started!
Parker and Auntie April watching Kellen open up his presents!
Mommy and Kellen opening presents....Kellen wasnt' too interested in actually opening the gifts until he noticed that there were presents in the bags and under the wrapping paper...then he was a very willing participant in opening the gifts! That was until he noticed people playing with his Thomas trains and decided he would rather go hang out with Thomas than open the rest of his gifts!
Uncle Garrett and baby Lauren!! She is sooo cute!!! (and tiny!)
Shawn and Alyjah hanging out while Kellen was opening his presents.
Mommy opening more of Kellen's presents while Kellen was happy to check out this really cool Dora birthday card from Parker! You pull a tab and the card becomes a story book that quickly flips through all the pictures to make a moving picture.....very cool!
Caden came over to help us open some of the presents....he was a great helper!
We decided to get Kellen a toddler's pinata! It pulls open and you can put whatever you want into it....the difference with a toddler pinata is that you have to pull ribbons at the bottom of the pinata to open it and get all the candies to fall out! The little ones weren't too sure what to expect....but thought it was cool when all of the candies fell out!
Kellen taking his turn at pulling a ribbon on the pinata!
Everyone hanging out while we handed out everyone's lootbags!
Cameron seemed to love hanging out in Kellen's firetruck....and chewing on the noise maker!
Caden giving Kellen a big hug after opening his presents!
Mommy and Kellen opening birthday presents together. Kellen got so many nice things...lots of new outfits, so many toys that we have already put to use, awesome colouring and activity books, and so much more! He was spoiled rotten!!
Rob trying to put together Kellen's Playdough ice cream shop set! I have to admit...it is a very cool toy that I have been enjoying along with Kellen!!
Kellen thought it would be lots of fun to try and be just like Shawn! He put on Shawn's shoes and was walking around (well, more like sliding his feet around!) saying that he was like Daddy now with bbbbbbigggggg feet!
Watching Handy Manny with his new Handy Manny toy!!
Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (one of Kellen's new favourite shows....and it seems that everyone knows this by all the cool and amazing Mickey Mouse toys, blankets and cards he received for his birthday!!) ... Kellen was just relaxing in his Elmo chair with Grandpa.
Kellen's bouncy ball bounced and rolled under the table...Kellen must have had lots of fun going under the table to get the ball because he stayed there for a couple of minutes!!
By far, one of Kellen's favourite new toys is his Handy Manny (or as Kellen likes to call him "Handy Dandy"!)....he has been taking Handy Manny and his tools everywhere! He even wanted to watch Handy Manny last night while holding his new toy!!
Showing Lita all of his Handy Manny tools.....it looks like Lita is a bit sleepy (yet still loving her time with Kellen).


Thursday, March 3, 2011

Being Silly with my Mommy

Every night after dinner, is our time to play with Kellen. The other night, Kellen and I were playing upstairs on the bed and just being super silly together. We were pretending that we were spaceships and monkeys! Here is Kellen giving me a big smile!
And here he is smiling and saying "Heyyyyyy, I love this game!!!"
Wearing my tam hat from Queen's! Go Gaels!
And some pictures of just the two of us having lots of fun together!!!!
...and now showing our silly smiles!!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Happy 3rd Birthday, Kellen!

My baby boy turned 3 years old today! I cannot believe that 3 years have already gone by....it feels like just yesterday that they handed him over to me in the hospital...

Here he is this morning about to enjoy some cereal with Mommy for breakfast! He is also showing me three fingers to tell me how old he is today!
He is really proud that he could show me his age with his fingers (because he used to have trouble getting that third finger up without popping up his baby finger)....while munching on a breakfast bar (yep, he was hungry at breakfast - he finished his cereal and was still hungry!)
Shawn and I ordered mini cupcakes for Kellen to take to daycare and share with all of his friends - they had green icing (Kellen's favourite colour!) and Kellen was super proud and excited to hand out his special treat to all of his friends (and they sang "Happy Birthday" to him!).
After work, Shawn and I picked Kellen up from daycare and came home to open presents! Kellen sat in his special Elmo chair and got ready to open up the gifts.....here he is giving a huge birthday smile!

One of his presents was a puzzle...he really enjoys the "contained" puzzles that fit on the little boards. He especially loves anything with planes, trucks, ships, and busses!
His birthday card had characters from Toy Story....one of his new favourite things!
Opening up his presents! He is getting pretty good at opening up his gifts!
One of his presents was an inflatable Toy Story spaceship! It comes with a remote control that attaches to your television and plays 10 different video games....it is basically a playstation for toddlers!

Buzz Lightyear....to the rescue!!!

Kellen loves to help pump air into anything that needs inflating. So, after playing on his new spaceship, he decided that it needed more air in it. Here he is helping Shawn pump up his spaceship.


"Happy Birthday to you....." Here is Kellen's special birthday cake (and Mickey Mouse candle) that we had tonight to celebrate his birthday.

Kellen just loves to see candles lit - he loves to blow out candles!!! Here he is super excited and in awe of his birthday cake (especially the candle!) coming toward him!

After blowing out his candles, Kellen was happy to have his Mickey Mouse candle on his plate and dig into his cake!
And still digging in......

Man, chocolate icing is sooooo good!