Happy 3rd Birthday Nolan!!

Happy 3rd Birthday to my little Buddy!  On the 1st he turned 3.  Nolan, my first little boy.  He has brought so much fun and laughter to the house!  I love his energy and the cute little things that he will say.  Loves singing and Christmas music right now.  Loves to say, "that is good to me", for anything he likes.  We have also really been working on saying please and asking nice for something.  So we will say to him, "you need to ask nicely or how do you ask nicely."  Then he will say for example, "may I please have some more milk nicely".  Then he will laugh and it will make all of us laugh!  It has definitely been special to have him.  Really likes to test the waters right now but also has such a sweet side.  I love that he is a mama's boy.  His little hugs and kisses are so sweet.  He still has such a special bond with Kaylee too, and it has been so fun to see him step up and be a big brother to Nathan.  He loves Nathan and always wants to help with him when he can.  He will give him hugs and kisses and bring him toys if he seem sad.  He and Alexa are collectively known as the middles around our house for their energy and classic love/hate brother/sister relationship.  Those 2 know how to ruffle each other's feathers and are both loud and wild, but when they put their guard down and forget to annoy each other they can actually play really sweet!
The last three years have gone so fast and can't believe he is 3!!  He loves Mickey Mouse right now so he wanted Mickey themed party decor.

The happy 3 year old!!  He could not wait to wear his birthday shirt!

Time to measure and record his 3 year old height!

Pancake and bacon breakfast

First "Happy Birthday" song of the day.

Nolan loves Christmas trees right now so what better to do on his birthday then to go see the biggest Christmas tree in the nation.  It happens to be at the Anthem outlets.  I think it was 115ft tall this year?

Santa's house happened to be right next to the tree so we went for a quick visit because their was not line.  Nolan wanted nothing to do with seeing Santa.  That seems to be the trend for all the kids so far to not want to see Santa in the 2-3 year old range. 

He was much happier going to play at the outdoor play area and then we were off to chick fil a for lunch........after a picture on Santa's sleigh that is.

Later that night we had a little party with some family and friends!

Waiting for our guest to show up!

Pizza~ a favorite of Nolan's right now

Pin the tail on Pluto

Finding hidden Mickey mouse characters around the house

I usually love to make the kids cakes, and even had planned on how cute his mickey mouse cake could be, but this year with the craziness of still having a new baby and wanting to enjoy the day as a family and not be worried about baking a cake we went with store bought this year.  

Poor Kaylee had a Mickey streamer right in her face!