Blue Rock just turned 3! These past three years have been truly life-changing and amazing. I love being a mom and I love my son! Now that we're back in the States and he's getting a little older, I wanted to start having birthday traditions that will make his birthday really stand out from the other days of the year. Here is what we did.
I stole this first one from a friend. The night before I cut out number 3s from construction paper in various "boy" colors. My husband and I hung them from the ceiling while he was asleep. When he woke up he saw all these 3s hanging from the ceiling and loved it.
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| Mom, look at all the 3s! |
I also blew up a bunch of balloons and put them all over his floor. He loves balloons and thought this was really cool.
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| Lots of balloons! I love them! |
Husband and I hung streamers from his bedroom door while he was sleeping. Blue Rock loved running through the streamers in the morning. Next year we'll probably make it where he has to tear through them. I just wasn't sure if he'd like them or not and I didn't want him waking up and possibly being scared or thinking he was trapped in his room.
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| Tons of fun! He ran through the streamers a bunch before starting to tear them down. |
I bought a helium machine ($20 at Walmart). In the morning I blew up a few dozen balloons and let them fly to the ceiling throughout our house, including his room. We took a lot of them to his party.
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| Will I fly away? |
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| More balloons |
We also hung a Happy Birthday banner, I made pancakes for breakfast, and we threw him a nice party at Chuck E. Cheese's. Overall he had a wonderful birthday and enjoyed all the extra special touches we did.
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| A special treat, breakfast with Daddy |
Happy birthday to my amazing, handsome, and smart son! I thank God everyday for you. Dad and I are truly blessed to have you in our family. We love you!
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| Birthday party |
