The birthday boy requested a "Hot Dog" birthday party. At first glance this was not going to be an easy theme. Yes, we would of course have hot dogs for his meal, but what to do for the cake. Trust me, the google search for "hot dog cake" yielded very interesting results! Luckily, my sister in law inspired me and I went in more of the "grill cake" direction with hot dogs on top.
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| The "hot dog" cake |
Last weekend I realized that Hot Dog (Grant's fish), actually this is Hot Dog III, but Grant thinks it is only Hot Dog II. We replaced the second fish on the sly! So the fish is dead. Brandon quickly disposed of it and we decided we would talk to him about it when he noticed. Well of course ELizabeth noticed days before he did, so she was in the know. The morning of his birthday Brandon is getting ready to walk out the door to work and Grant says, "Where Hot Dog?" Elizabeth replies, "Mom, I think we have to tell him." Grant looks at me and says, "Hot Dog dead?" "Yeah, buddy, I'm sorry, but Hot Dog is dead." I am prepared to explain the circle of life, but he quickly follows with, "OK!" and goes on about his way. OK, well that was easy! And no, we are not getting another fish! We had breakfast at Ima's. She had donut holes and we made pancakes. Then we headed to Farm Park.
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| Hot dogs for dinner! |
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| Pops surprising him with his birthday present! |
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| A new bike! |
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| Nothing runs like a Deere! |
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| Future golfer? Maybe! |
Aunt Sara and Uncle David came home for Grant's birthday too. It was so special to have them with us to celebrate (sadly I failed to get a picture of them with Grant:( ) I should explain that he slipped and fell into a big puddle, so we had to put his "back-up" clothes on him! Ah, the fond memories of the Ken-ducky Derby at the Dells... "go ducky go!" Grant had a pretty big day and pretty much held court. When I tucked him into bed he said, "my birthday tomorrow too?" Sorry, buddy, but we still had to celebrate with the Pauli's.
The weather cooperated and we were able to have an afternoon swim at Mimi & Pops before enjoying another hot dog dinner and cake! Aunt Amber found a really cool hot dog game called "BBQ Party" that all of the kids loved. Pops hooked Grant up with some great fishing gear and the boys have big fishing plans next week! It is really hard to believe that our baby is 3, but when I think of him as an itty bitty baby, it actually seems kind of long ago. He has changed SO much in 3 years and he is so much fun to watch. My mom says his smile is contagious and he has a twinkle in his eye! That's our Grant Ryan :) We love you to pieces dude!
The birthday boy requested a "Hot Dog" birthday party. At first glance this was not going to be an easy theme. Yes, we would of course have hot dogs for his meal, but what to do for the cake. Trust me, the google search for "hot dog cake" yielded very interesting results! Luckily, my sister in law inspired me and I went in more of the "grill cake" direction with hot dogs on top.
I didn't realize the Pauli/Heller household allowed the 'Green' tractors in the house!!
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