Ezra's Birthday

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Ezra turned 3 on the 16th of March, and enjoyed a great birthday. We thought he'd insist on opening his presents first thing in the morning, but he waited clear until after dinner. In our family one exciting part about birthdays is the kids get to choose a special breakfast and dinner. Ezra would only say "potato soup" when I asked him in advance what breakfast he wanted, so when he woke up on his birthday I asked him again and he chose cereal. Dinner was homemade pepperoni and olive pizza. His cake was a layer of chocolate "crazy" cake, then a layer of ice cream sandwiches, then frosted with cool whip. I drizzled a number 3 on with caramel syrup, which was messy looking but yummy.


One of Ezra's gifts had been ordered from Amazon and we left it in the original packaging. He was so excited when he opened the box and saw a strip of those air-filled thingies that are put in to cushion the contents of a box. He shouted, "Poppies!", quickly laid them out and spent several joyous minutes jumping on them. It was one of the highlights of the day! /x.xc;xclldlllffllflfflfclf (I guess I'll leave the previous typing in place; Ezra just sneaked over and did it while I was in the kitchen!)

Comments

Marlene said…
Haha, love the extra typing from Ezra! Sounds like he had a fun birthday! My kids love those poppy things too, they just flattened all mine that came in the mail today to!
March 22, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Marlene said…
Haha, and I just noticed he has his cape on in the pictures too! What a funny boy! (Oh, and it looks like the addition is coming along!)
March 22, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Emmy Montez said…
oh my goodness, that cake looks delicious! Grandma Lloyd's crazy cake? The BEST! I'm going to have to try that out...What a cute boy, I can't believe how how big he is already.
March 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM
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