9.04.2006

Snapshots of a Birthday...

Yeah... I know... these pictures are really late! Dylan's birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to posting a few of them. He's three... still can't believe that!


We had such a great day with him. Brian took the day off, and we had breakfast at our favorite spot. Then we paid a visit to the Columbus Santa Maria, a life-size replica of Christopher Columbus' flagship parked along the Scioto River in downtown Columbus.


After the tour, we went back home to "celebrate." Dylan had his first of two train cakes --- this was the "homemade" one, and trust me, it looked homemade --- and we opened a few presents and ate his favorite dinner --- hot dogs!



Later that week, we had a little birthday party with some friends, and Dylan had his second train cake --- this one looked much more professional. To his delight, many of the gifts he received had something to do with trains. He added to his Thomas collection and set of viaducts, a battery-operated "James", a Thomas the Tank Engine beach towel & puzzle (thank you Auntie Lisa), an entire collection of Thomas the Tank Engine Railway Rhymes (thank you Auntie Cayenne), and a James from "The Trouble with Trees" (thank you Mr. Joe & Mrs. Judi)!

I think he really enjoyed his birthday, and for me and Brian, the highlight was when he looked at his homemade cake and said "It's w-w-w-w-wonderful! Mommy, it's so beautiful!" Believe me, to most people, that cake would have never been considered beautiful, but it was exactly what he had been asking for for the last 8 or 9 months, and he loved it... makes me wonder why I even spent the money to buy the professional one for the party. Now, he asks for a train cake almost every day. I guess the truest pleasures in life really are the simplest...

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Dylan...Nana agrees that your cake was BEAUTIFUL!!! Good job Janna....homemade cakes are better than store bought any day!

Luv, Mom

Deborah said...

Very impressive Janna! I love the train cake. I might have to try that, my girls love trains! What a special day for Dylan!

Lisa said...

Very impressive, Janna! your train cake was definitely more creative than the store's. Can't wait to see y'all in Hawaii!

Michelle said...

i'll have to agree with him, it was wonderful! does he have talking word factory? emily and ethan love it. his w-w-w, wonderful reminded me of it!

Paper said...

No need for y'all to be impressed... I copied the cake from a magazine! And Michelle... we've watched the Letter Factory, and Dylan loved it. I guess it's time to start the Word Factory... the only problem with the Letter Factory is that the song was so catchy, I went around singing it for days!

FromAfarPark said...

We really like the homemade cake also. I might try to make one for Nathan for his b-day. He is getting into the choo-choo as he calls it because we take him to play at the Barnes and Nobles down the street. One of our favorite events of the week! Dylan's pictures are so cute!!