Darek's 3rd Birthday

Darek's 3rd birthday was very highly anticipated (by him). It started with Mia's birthday 6 weeks ago that got him very anxious about his own birthday. Two days before his birthday, we bought a dragon cake at a cake auction (boy scout fundraiser) and told him it was his birthday cake. That did it. He talked about that cake and asked when he would get to eat it 100 times before his birthday. He had decided that he would eat the face, daddy could eat the feet, Mia could eat the tail, and Mom could eat the belly - and he told us this over and over again. His birthday was on Sunday, so we had eggs for breakfast at 8:00am followed by birthday cake at 8:30am. We just couldn't wait anymore (at least we had some protein first, right?).
Our 3 year old Darek:
-wrestles with daddy everyday after work
-still uses a blanket and pacifier (I know - the pacifier has 1 day left)
-sits on my bed with his blanket and pacifier and watches tv when he gets overwhelmed
-always says "I want a hug" when he's crying and gets sent to timeout
-absolutely LOVES family night
-laughs really easily
-takes toys from Mia
-yells for me to get Mia when she's near the stairs saying, "Baby's gonna fall - get her!"
-loves nursery and school

Darek desperately wants Blayne and I to play with him constantly - blocks, play doh, drawing, etc. We know that it won't last for ever, so we do what we can. We are crazy in love with out little man.
 
 

He got this scooter as a present, pretty cute.