Luke's Dinosaur Birthday

Luke is now THREE.  Wow.  I think I've mourned the loss of my baby for his last two birthdays, but at this point I should probably consider removing the phrase "my baby" from my vernacular.

Luke has been looking forward to this birthday for a while.  When I asked him about his upcoming birthday a while ago, he immediately told me he wanted it to be a dinosaur birthday, so that's what we've been calling it.  He helped me make the dinosaur cake on his Birthday Eve and was particularly enthusiastic about licking the beaters.

I was at a rehearsal the morning of Luke's birthday but Ben planned to take all the kids to a nearby dinosaur museum to honor the big day.  Unfortunately, it was closed, so he took the kids to the Dollar theater instead.  Nobody complained.  For lunch we had Luke's requested meal of Ramen noodles.  Then we sang to him and he blew out his candle before we let him open his presents.  Next we cut the cake and started enjoying our dessert, but Luke was more interested in playing with his new bulldozer than in eating cake, haha.  At least there was an extra piece for him to enjoy the next day.

Luke was so excited for his presents.  It was adorable.  He received a fire engine and a fire engine book, a dinosaur book, and a Play-Doh truck, but the super cool Tonka bulldozer was his favorite.  He and the big kids had fun playing for a little while before we broke up the party and took Luke down to his room for a nap.  After nap time we had some dinner and watched "The Land Before Time" to complete the dinosaurness of the day.