Zack's 3rd Birthday (2 months ago)

This is how on top of things I am.... 

Zack turned 3 more than 2 months ago.

For our train lovers 3rd birthday we rode the Front Runner from Salt Lake to Ogden and visited the Ogden train museum. He LOVED the Front Runner, it took us about and hour each way but we planned on being gone the whole day so it worked. The train museum was pretty good for a 3 year old, but I wasn't overly excited about it. 

The pictures are not in order. Blogger is a pain, his birthday was 2 months ago and it's late. 

Giving Matt a huge hug for the giant train track pack he was given. 

Picture from the train museum, they had a lot of hands on things for kids to do.

Patiently waiting to open presents.

Lucky boy got his conductor hat! He is so silly though, 

he will only wear it when he plays trains. 

Riding on the Front Runner, Handsome Devil

Outside the train museum they had an engine and a few train cars you could climb on.

He really did love it despite his enthusiasm in the picture, he hates pictures. 

Me and tiny Ruby 1 1/2 months old

The awesome Front Runner, I definitely think we will take that ride again. 

This boy wanted a RED train cake. I still can't believe I created this! The engine was strawberry cake dyed red and the coal car was yellow cake. He loved it and still asks what happened to it. The round engine part was baked in a can that had tomatoes in it. That piece of cake tasted like tomatoes, despite that fact that I washed it out 3 times with soap. Guess who got that piece?

 THE BIRTHDAY BOY! 

We had a family party at a park near our house. The day of the party a huge storm rolled in about 2 hours before the party. It was NOT looking good. But about the time we arrived at the park the clouds parted and it turned out to be really nice. 

After his birthday party showing off all his loot. Our families spoiled him big time! 

Back on the couch you can see a white Sunday shirt. I told my mom to get that for him and she was afraid he wouldn't be excited about it. Sure enough his eyes lit up when he opened it and saw that it was a new Sunday shirt. SILLY BOY! He is very particular about what he wears to church. It's taken him months to get used to wearing a polo and shorts to church for the summer. 

This was the coolest, this engine is in front of the train museum. 

They got to climb up into it and check it out. 

The boy is 3. Can you even believe it? Here are some things about Zack these days.

*In the last little while he has become quite the little cheese. 

He doesn't like his picture taken, if he lets you he will give you a funny face. 

*He always has to wear socks to bed. 

*He has certain "guys" that he has to take to bed. 

They are: Daddy Doggy, Maxi, Buster, Fish, Nemo, Baby blankie, Zhu Zhu, and baby bear. I feel like i'm forgetting someone.... 

*Zack's favorite color is red. Everything must be red.

*He loves to give the blessing on the food and has become extremely FAST at praying. 

We can't help but giggle every time he prays. LOVE IT! 

*Zack adores his sister and always tells her she is a pretty girl. 

Today he was telling her "good job Woobs" instead of Rub's. 

*This boy is very smart and very loving, using both to his advantage. Every night he has to go around to every single person & animal in our house, (there are 9 of us, including pets) and tell them goodnight. He will not go to sleep until every single person has given him a hug and a kiss and he has given them one in return. This can take up to 30 minutes sometimes. His favorite person by far though is my dad. They have a ritual where they choose what kind of hugs they are going to do. They do baby bear, papa bear, wild cat, rattle snake and much more that I can't remember. 

 It melts my heart to see him interact with my dad like that. 

*Zack loves to ride bikes and has recently learned to use his petal bikes. 

*Zack has tons of friends, or sometimes I call them his fans. 

He likes little friends but he prefers to associate with adults. When he is around lots of kids he would sometimes rather sit and watch from a distance than play. 

*Zack tells me almost daily that he would like another baby. I keep telling him I couldn't handle another baby, he insists that HE could handle another baby.

*Zack likes to text, his favorite people to text are his uncle Jeff and Mickey Mouse. 

*The boy doesn't come out of his room in the morning. He will lay in his bed until we come get him, sometimes he will get out of bed and play. If he decides he is done he will loudly knock on the door until someone comes to get him. I don't know why he just wont come out. Not that i'm complaining! 

*His eating habits are a daily struggle, for the past week I have been very strict and not letting him eat anything other than what we are serving for dinner. He has gone to bed hungry almost every night. (I know, i'm a mean mom) Tonight however, he actually ate some melon, which is AMAZING if you know Zack. He told me he was getting bigger after he ate his melon. I guess he really does listen to us. Hopefully he will continue to try things. This child wont even try rice crispy treats..... 

LOVE this BOY! 

Do not know what we would do without his sweet little personality.