Marshall's 3rd Birthday!

Our big boy is now 3 (well it has been a while now, but that is our life)  He was the easiest 2 year old ever.  He was sweet and happy, independent and obedient.  He is not one to get into too much trouble.  Once he was rounding the corner to 3 we could really see that having a 3 year old is different.  For all of our kids 3 years old is way harder then having a 2 year old.  Marshall is still sweet and pretty nice, but he is also more determined, whiny and fighting with the rest of the family.  They have learned the things that they want and they want them despite what anybody else wants.  

We sure love having this boy around though.  He is so cute and those big brown eyes just melt my heart.  He makes the funniest serious faces, the way he crinkles up his eyebrows, is hilarious.

We had cupcakes on Marshalls actual birthday and then had a family supper another day.

The kids love the tradition of getting to have a box of treat cereal for their birthday.

Marshall wanted to have a construction site cake for his birthday, so I had the idea of using toy construction vehicles on a sheet cake to manage this.  Paul got excited about actually putting together the construction site, as he has construction experience, he could recreate the scene.  It was cute to see him putting it together with the kids all gathered around.

The finished product!  Marshall was so thrilled with his construction site cake.