3 years old!

WHOOO look at me go! 3 new blog posts in one week...that's big for me!  So..My little Talon just turned 3 this last week so we wanted to share a few pics of the fun day and thank my friend Jill for letting me steal her camera for the eventful day.  At my last family reunion I took some family pics for my Grandma and as we were leaving my cousin came up to give me a hug goodbye so I set my camera on top of the hodd of my car to hug him and right as I let go it rolled off and crashed onto the cement..completely destroying it.  Yes, my big Nikon photography camera that cost an arm and a leg..which is going to cost the other arm and leg to repair. Many tears and frustrated words over that one...hopefully I get it fixed soon but it's going to be quite the process.  So annoying!
 ANYWAYS..we had a great day for Talon's 3rd birthday!  He had a blast and we loved watching how excited he was to play and enjoy it.  He woke up at 6:45 a.m. of course super excited and wanting to open ASAP.  I know we are mean parents because we never let our kids open their gifts until that night because Ben wants to be apart it.  A tradition I do with my kids every birthday morning is get up, get ready, and go to Costco to pick out a cake and a new movie.  It is seriously their favorite part!  Luckily my neighbor called and took Brooklyn and Austin for me to have  a play day with her kids so I only had Talon and Dru.  We met daddy for lunch at McDonald's and then headed to Costco and picked out a green Dinosaur cake and a new Ninja Turtle movie.  After that we went home, had quiet time with our new movie on, and then got ready for Monkey Island!  Monkey Island is a place where they have those huge blow up slides and jumpy things in this huge building that they just run around and play in.  The kids go crazy!  We brought pizza and cake and had some of our friends come and enjoy the party!  After that we headed home and opened a few gifts from mom and dad and then off to bed! 
Talon has been so much fun at this age.  He is for sure my hardest 3 year old when it comes to talking back, throwing fits, being wild, and not listening..but, in the same breath he is the sweetest most loving boy and has been so much fun.  He is constantly saying the funniest things.  I love how 3 yr olds have their own language, it is so funny. For example, last night he wouldn't finish his dinner and I told him he couldn't go outside with Dad until he finished.  He literally sat there for an hour crying and when it was to late and Dad came back in the house I said, "See buddy, now you can't go outside because you didn't eat your dinner fast enough." His response in full on tears, "MOM! YOU BROKE MY FEELINGS!!!"  I couldn't help but laugh so he cried harder of course.  He is for sure the biggest Ma-Ma's boy our of all our kids..that I LOVE.  He constantly wants me, wants to hold my hand, wants to sit on my lap. If he's taking a bath, playing outside, etc..he wants mom.  LOVE IT, it melts my heart every time.  Here are a few fun things about our little bug at this age!

-LOVES Buzz Lightyear
-LOVES Ninja Turtles
-LOVES Lightening McQueen and Franchesco on the new Cars movie
-LOVES fighting with his brother Austin and wresting ALL OF THE TIME
-LOVES the color green, and if there isn't green, beware!
-We all over how he calls Brooklyn "Grooklyn" and Austin "Austie"
- Loves riding his Buzz bike
- Loves taking baths and it's a fight to get him out every time
- Loves animals but only to look, never to touch unless someone is there helping
- Favorite movie is Buzz Lighyear, Ninja Turtles, and Cars
- Favorite food is chicken nuggets by far..and anything with ketchup
- Is super tall for his age and is just a big kid.  Him and Austin and wear the same size clothes, shoes, everything. 
-Loves mommy and daddy and we love him!
* Thank you for being such a good boy Talon bug and for bringing our family so much joy every day.  It's always an adventure to see what you're going to say or do!  We hope you and Austin are always best friends as you are now and you remember how much your family loves you.  LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU!!!

Famous Costco cakes!  If you haven't had him they are so yummy!! Of course I ordered a green dino one, and Talon was so excited when he saw it he literally didn't take his eyes off of it until we checked out.  It cracked me up!

Mommy cutting the cake at Monkey Island

Our daddy

 I'm not where the blond hair comes from...but I LOVE IT! He's my dark skin blond boy and is super handsome...I'm in trouble with these little boys I think

A family tradition we have around here is for every birthday, the night before I blow up a whole bunch of balloons, wrap gifts, and hang up a birthday banner.  Of course we had to get  a Buzz Lightyear one..he was shaking he was so excited when he woke up and saw it,  it was hilarious!

 Mommy and her 3 year old

 Daddy and his little Buzz

 Cheese!

 This is one of the gifts Talon received which he wears all of the time!  This is actually Austin wearing it though and I had to put this here because this is the first thing I saw at 7am the next morning when I rolled over and opened my eyes.  Austin staring back at me...scared me to death.

 Mom Look!!