his third birthday

On Friday 7th February 2014

my beautiful little man turned three.

And special days out together

to celebrate being another year older,

are kind of becoming a family tradition for us.

Our beautiful boy had a great one

and we spent the day pinching ourselves

that our first born baby had got so big so quickly.

  

We started the day with our tradition

of going into the bedroom singing happy birthday to him,

(which he wasn't especially keen on this year).

And then it was on to present opening.

We got him a balance bike

which he was thrilled with.

It's the first thing he's really asked for consistently

and he was so excited to see that he had one.

His day out consisted of a trip to the seaside at Southend on Sea,

which began with a visit to the Sea Life Centre . . . 

. . . where he met fish . . .

. . . discovered underwater lands . . . 

. . . said hello to turtles with Pops . . . 

. . . got friendly with the rays with Nanny . . .

. . . and counted sharks with Mummy . . .

. . . while his sister enjoyed exploring from Daddy's back.

Then it was a quick car ride along the front,
to catch the train up the pier . . .

 . . . and then marvel at the fact the train travelled over the water . . .

 . . . we all nearly got blown away

by the strong winds a mile out at sea.

But the sun shone for him,

and he enjoyed some giggles with his little sis . . .

. . . before getting back on the train to travel back again.

At home he got to have his much asked for rainbow cakes with candles,

while we all sang happy birthday again

(far more happily received this time around)

and wondered where the last three years went.

The perfect magical end to a third birthday.