Three year old in the HOUSE!

Yup! Today is the big day for our Mr. Zachary...he turned THREE YEARS OLD! Grandma and Grandpa Twogood were in town and were able to help celebrate with us. We started the day off with some yummy breakfast and toy playing. Then Logan decided to take his morning nap, so Grandma and Grandpa stayed home with Logan and Zach hit the town with mom and dad. We at the last minute decided to see if they still had tickets to the movie "Tangled" at the theater near our house...but seeing how all kids had the day off school for MLK day - it was sold out. But the next best thing was right next to the theater - the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum. It was Zach's day so he got to tell us what we were and weren't' going to do at the museum...here is some proof:

After an hour or so it was time to stop back home and see if Logan was awake from his nap so we could go eat lunch! Zach has recently enjoyed heading to a place here called "Pirate Island Pizza". It is basically a Chuck E. Cheese but pirate themed...with a much better food selection. By the time we got everyone packed up and drove down to Orem - it was 2pm. We walk to the doors of Pirate Island Pizza and they say they aren't' open until 3pm.....we are obviously confused because their website clearly says they are open at 11am.

So we had an hour to kill.....what better way to do it that at Toys'R'Us! The boys each had received Toys'R'Us gift certificates from some family members for their Birthday and Christmas. So we let both Zach and Logan roam around Toys'R'Us and pick out what they wanted. I think the boys could have stayed in that store all day long. In the end Zach decided on a police/fire truck/EMT Lego set. Logan picked up some new bath toys. Together they decided on some personable mugs that each had their names on it and the DVD movie "Tinkerbell". Now it is 3pm...time to head back to Pirate Island Pizza!

We show up and get seated and apparently never saw our waiter again. Flagged someone down to get our order and then went off to play on the rides/games. Here is Zach testing his three year old skills at shooting a gun.

About 30 minutes later...still no food. Jen walks to the kitchen to inquire about our order and it magically appears. We enjoy our pizza and decide it was time to leave. Zach was ready to fall asleep from all the excitement so far in the day! On the drive home we get stuck in some freak traffic and the 20 minute drive turns into 90 minutes. We get home JUST IN TIME for our friends to arrive to do cake and presents.

For the past several weeks when Jen would ask Zach what he wanted for his birthday, he would say - "chocolate chip fire truck cake". Yes - a fire truck cake. Here is what Jen was able to come up with (yes she made this!).

Here is a family shot after we sang to Zach and he blew out his candles.

When we started cutting the cake - Logan took off and was trying to get to the cake! He had his first birthday three weeks ago and remembered how YUMMY cake tasted!

Here is what is left of the fire truck cake...it was a hit! Logan even enjoyed it....

Happy 3rd Birthday Zach! You bring a smile to our faces every day. Zach is our big helper - he loves to be involved and make a contribution to everything. He is a daddy's boy and is glued to Dustin all the time. He is learning everything he can fast....WE LOVE YOU!