Noah's Birthday Celebrations

On July 24th Noah turned 3 years old! We had a day filled with fun!

We started the morning with a breakfast birthday party. When Noah found out he was having a party at breakfast he requested "special plates and napkins". We took a trip to the Dollar Tree and he picked out sports plates, napkins, and a balloon.

We continued the Iles tradition of serving birthday donuts. We also had chocolate milk because that's Noah's favorite drink. The chocolate milk is quickly being added into the birthday tradition.

Noah enjoyed a very short stint with a toy guitar a while back. He enterained us with many songs and a few of those performances even made it on Facebook. However, the toy was short lived when Noah decided to act out a Hendrix move by smashing it against the kitchen table. Clay and I don't plan to always fix our kids' mistakes by buying them things, but in this case it was his birthday and he does enjoy playing the guitar. He has enjoyed playing his new guitar and especially using his picks. He's been warned that this one will not be replaced.

He also got a new Astros hat, which he lovingly calls his "baseball hat". Actually everything he wears these days is baseball. Every shirt or pair of shorts or shoes he puts on he refers to as his "baseball _____".

We enjoyed a yummy lunch and birthday cupcakes with some special friends.

And we spent the afternoon swimming with those friends.

(Noah did not make the mid-day birthday pictures. He was probably claiming he was "going under" in the kiddie pool :)

That evening we took Noah and Jude to Chuck-E-Cheese. Noah hadn't been there in a year, so he had to get reaquainted, but it didn't take him long to feel right at home. He was eager to finish his pizza so he could play games. We saw his friend, Hudson, while we were there. Hudson told Noah, "Hey, do you wanna ride rides together after you finish eating your pizza?".

Jude insists on climbing on everything! The kid refuses to walk, but is an expert climber!

Our sweet boys love playing together. They are best buds!

Noah is the best Skee Ball player I've seen. Well, when it comes to kids under 5 he's the best. He really racked up the points. He spent most of his tokens at this game. He didn't really get the point of the tickets, he just loved having permission to throw as many balls as he wanted!