So Josiah turned 3 this week.  He was excited about it…well, no he wasn’t, um, maybe he was.  I don’t know for sure.  He kind of wavered back and forth in his excitement throughout the day.  Anytime any of us said, “Happy Birthday!” he’d frown or grunt or hide his face.  Finally, after a second phone call (that did not include singing, “Happy Birthday”) he relented and smiled while hiding his face.  He insisted all day that we not sing “The Birthday Song” to him and then while at my ultrasound appointment, he starts singing at the top of his lungs, “Happy birfday to you!  Happy birfday to you!” 

Upon his request, we did not invite anyone to his party.  He would have wanted Jack and “Waura” (Laura) there but a nine hour drive to attend a two hour birthday party just didn’t seem feasible right now.  So, since he is only three and it is his birthday, we didn’t push it.  We did, however, party “where a kid can be a kid.”  And, although it was quite noisy, we had a very good time.

This is Josiah’s favorite “game” to play at Chuck E. Cheese’s.  He’ll do it over and over and over until we tell him he has to share it with other kids who are waiting to play.  We even ate right beside it.  Unfortunately, it was out of order.  Have no fear…there was a Barney (yuk) train to ride close by and he spent many a token on that thing (and even shared with Ceili Rain).