Rocky Boy Turns 3!

We all drove out to Joe's parents for Rocky's big birthday bash.  7 hours in the car requires for a few stops like this :)

Rocky's day was an all day birthday celebration.  We had the house decorated when he woke up, and the theme was ORANGE.  It's his faaaavorite.  Joe's doing what he does best, makin pancakes, with ORANGE juice, of course.

He got some great play-doh play sets from Grandma and Grandpa with 2 big extra ORANGE ones, we have played with them almost every day since his b'day.

Rosy liked his slink, I think mostly because she felt like she was getting away with something when she played with it. 

Rosy loved exploring Grandma and Grandpa's new house, she would recruit Grandma to take her on walks to the back bedrooms...

or through the kitchen...

She's really good at pointing and grunting exactly where she wants you to take her.

For dinner on Rocky's big day he had pizza, ORANGE plates, forks, napkins, cups, streamers, tablecloth, balloons, soda

and CAKE!

and ORANGE popcicles.

did I mention forks?

Working together to put his new CARS puzzle together.

It is a wrap around puzzle that turns into a race track!

Interesting side note, we felt pretty lucky to be away for the weekend because there was major flooding on our street.  My friend and neighbor took this photo of our neighborhood. wow.

Today, we took advantage of the 55 degree sun shiny weather and went on a hike! Oh my, it felt good.

Also, we went back to the bowling alley this weekend, and since Rosy has become a some-of-the-time-walker-girl, she took a more active part in the bowling.

Lastly, did anyone ever play with Bristle Blocks growing up?  Well, I found a set at the thrift store for $3, I couldn't resist and so far it's been a good investment.  Rocky and Daddy used every last piece to make this train!