birthday party

We celebrated Tristan's 3rd birthday last night with our usual family gathering.  On the menu was lasagna, garlic bread, veggies with dip, strawberries and black olives.  As usual, we had a great evening with family.

 Tristan originally told me he wanted a "candy cake".  I think his brother helped him with this idea.  I googled candy cake and found a picture pretty similar to this.  All I had to do was show it to my friend and coworker Jeri Kay and this is what she came up with.  Awesome!

 Birthday boy having some supper.  Black olives are his favorite!

 Blowing out the "3" candle!

 Tristan also told me he wanted a pink cake.  He has always liked the color pink.  So Jeri Kay and I decided to do a white cake but color it pink.  Tristan loved it!  Oh yes, and the cake tasted just as good as it looked.

 Present time!

 Road grader from Grandma and Papa

 Spiderman toy from Uncle Mike

 A can of black olives from Grandma and Papa

 Trampoline from Grandma Shirley

His something you need present, new shoes!

For birthdays I've trying to do the "something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read".  That way, the boys get 4 presents and it's not all toys.  Tristan got shoes for his something you need (his are getting too small), he got an ambulance for something you want, a Spiderman t-shirt for something to wear and "The Lorax" for something to read.  

I think Tristan had a pretty great 3rd birthday!