Cameron's 3rd Birthday

How is it possible that our baby boy is 3 years old!?!?  And what a source of joy, humor, adventure and snuggles he is to our family.

Before I get into the fun birthday party we had to celebrate, here is a little description of what Cameron is like at 3 years old:

• Cameron is still our epic snuggler.  Thank goodness!  I hope he continues to want to snuggle as he gets older.  He requests to snuggle every morning before he gets ready for school.  And he wants to snuggle every night before he goes to bed.  We completely eat it up.  All he has to do is ask to snuggle in that sweet way he does and we are putty in his hands. 
• His language/talking skills have exploded in the past year.  It is so fun to have a full conversation with him and to observe his growing vocabulary. 
• He is still our rough and tumble, adventurous kid.  Cameron connects through physical touch.  He's always wanting to wrestle with Nathan, wrestle or snuggle with us, climb/jump on things, etc.  It is helpful that as he gets older he gets a little more cautious and aware.  But we still have to keep a close eye on him.
• This summer he got really good at riding his balance bike.  He can pick his feet up and balance for a long time.  We think he might be ready for a pedal bike next summer!
• Cameron is in Young Preschool class at school. 
• Some of Cameron's favorite activities include dressing up in costumes, playing Legos, playing with animals, coloring, riding his bike, playing catch with a football or baseball, swimming, and taking baths. 
• Amazingly Cameron is our vegetable kid.  He'll eat most vegetables that we put on his plate which we're grateful for because Nathan won't touch vegetables with a 10 ft. pole.  At least someone in the household is getting good nutrition.  :)
• Cameron still cracks us up on a regular basis.  He is the comic relief in our family and to hear him laugh is one of the greatest sounds in the whole world.
• Something is wrong with our child.  He does not like chocolate!?!?  How did he ever come from James and me?  But he has no interest in chocolate.  He doesn't really like sweets in general like pie, cupcakes, cake, etc.  He will eat candy though and gummies.  And he has an obsession with doughnuts.

Cameron has been very into Batman this year.  So it seemed very fitting that he wanted a Batman theme party of course.  This was the first party that we invited several of Cameron's friends from school which was fun.  We had a perfect summer day and celebrated at our neighborhood park.

Party activities included playing at the park, decorating Batman masks, a Batman pinata, pin the bat on the Batman suit game, and eating snacks.  As mentioned above Cameron is not a big fan of cake.  He actually (and unsurprisingly) requested doughnuts for his "cake" at his party.  We were happy to oblige and the kids loved it because they each got to pick which doughnut they wanted.

It was such a fun day celebrating our sweet boy.  Happy 3rd Birthday Cameron!

Cameron's "girlfriend" Evelyn  :)

Dougnuts!!