Happy Birthday Freddy!

As I watched Liza draw (for the first time) on a closet door with a blue crayon, I was prompted to write a blog post because it illustrates (ha) the difference between my two kids.  Freddy just turned 3 and has NEVER drawn on a wall, door, etc.  Maybe on a table, if the crayon went off the paper by accident, but never on a wall.  And not because I told him not to - he just didn't.  Hmmm. What are we in for with this one? :)

Freddy turned 3 last Thursday!  We had a nice pizza and cupcake evening at home with a few nice gifts (thank you, friends and family!) and then had a big, 5-kid party Saturday night at a friend's house for Freddy and his friends Hayden and Maddox (twins, 3), Charlie (4), and Tripp (5).  Bless Tripps' mom Robin for hosting the party.  We had two big bouncy slides ready to go in her backyard, and it thunderstormed ALL DAY.  Robin, of course, probably has the cleanest house AND had just re-painted the entire inside.  And we had 70 people confirmed to come (including about 40 kids).  Needless to say, she was a little nervous.

But the kids had fun inside, and eventually the weather cleared for a little while and the kids basically played slip 'n slide on the big slides.  Lots of cold wet feet, but everyone had a good time - including Freddy!  He is not a fan of bouncy houses or, usually, bouncy slides, but as you can see - he got over his slide fears that night.  :)  How fortunate are we to have this handsome, witty, funny, smart little guy as part of our lives???