Jake is 3!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jake!Jake requested a loin cake because it would be "very, very scary"

But our local bakery was going to charge a $50 drawing fee on top of the cost of the cake! so I gave it a try. I don't claim to be the greatest artist, but Jake liked it and it tasted good.


When it was time to sing Happy Birthday he sang it to himself, by himself. He didn't understand that we were supposed to sing to him.

It was a really small party... Our neighbors came with Jake's best buddy, their 1 year old son Dane and that was it. My friend Sarah recently wrote (on her daughters 3rd birthday) that it was 'kinda depressing" that not more people could be there. I felt the same way, but we had fun anyway. Maybe we will have more friends here next year.

Although I did find out that My neighbors, and friends, Nicole and Joel love board games! So we are planning a game night shortly!

Dane turned 1 in November, and I think he is adorable. He's not talking yet but he and his mom took a sign language class and he is doing really well with signing. I thought that was neat. They say kids who are bilingual start talking later. I thought signing was a neat 2nd language.

I loved this picture of Jake opening his presents! He doesn't even know what it is he loves it anyway! he is super excited to be 3. He keeps waking up in the morning asking if he is still 3.