Griff turns Three

Happy Birthday Griffin.  Three years has been amazingly fast - we're so proud of our little man and can't think of how we could love him more.

We got to plan a special family day for Mr. Birthday himself.  In no particular order except chronological throughout the day, here's the highlights:

1. Good morning singing of "happy Birthday" upon wake-up in Griffin's old room (the nursery) before we got him out of his crib.

2. Special day swim lesson at the YMCA.  He usually goes Saturdays.  Today was Friday, and we're stockpiling lessons on since we'll be away in a few weeks.

3. MUNCHKINS!  Vicki got him 4 of them (1 for luck?  well, 4 is his favorite number...) at Dunkin' donuts.  She had a bagel.  Dad had iced coffee and the delicious new turkey sausage breakfast sandwich.

4. TRAIN!  We arrived at Liberty tree mall a little early, so had time for Griff to take a train ride before we went to the....

5. MOVIE!  Monsters Inc. was playing in 3D.  Technically, this is Griff's second movie in a real movie theater.  See "MacGruber" sometime during his first 4-6 months - he actually slept all the way through that one.   Separate post for monsters Inc.

6. Nap.

7. Big boy room assembly.  When I started moving things, he said from his room where he was waking up from his nap: "What's that noise?"  We went from drop-cloth over the bed to move-in-ready in 1.5 hours-ish.

8. FIVE GUYS.  By request.  I couldn't be more proud as a Dad.  Well, we actually got him some Mac-and-cheese from Panera Bread, which is his favorite.  But he loves Five Guys because of the peanuts and french fries and its good Dad/Son bonding.  He doesn't even eat Burgers.

9. Bath with color, courtesy of H2O La La bath tablets.  Holy pete (or is it peat?  I never knew that one...).  Uncle Alex and Aunt Anny got him these colored bead dye things that turn the bath water any combination of Red/Yellow/Blue that you can imagine.  SO cool.

10. Stories and bed time in his new big boy bunk beds.  - see separate post.