Mitch is THREE!!

I neglected to post anything on Mitchell’s third birthday and I feel pretty guilty about that.   So…

 

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY MITCH!

 

Better late than never right?!

                                                

How in the world is my baby boy THREE!!  We chose to have a very simple family party for him and it worked out perfectly.  Aunt Sha-Sha took Mitch to get donuts and then to the Choo-Choo park in Erlanger on the morning of his birthday.  She basically made his day before 10AM because he got to see two trains go by while licking the icing off of his chocolate donut.  He was allowed to open a present early, he had his favorite dinner (hamburgers) and he got to have a DQ ice cream cake for dessert! 

We also celebrated later with Grandma Rita at the Mohawk and a trip to the Fudge Haus.  We went out to dinner with Grandpa Tim and Grandma Katharine a week or so later, followed by a trip to the candy store, Rocket Fizz in the Short North.  He had a pretty sweet birthday (pun intended)!

                                                    

Three is a hard age.  He’s not a baby, but he’s not a BIG boy yet either.  He’s outspoken and full of never-ending energy.  He is seriously like the Energizer bunny.  He keeps going and going and going until he finally just drops.  He is almost always the first person awake in our house and when he’s up – it’s on!  I love that he has so much zest for life, but it can be a little exhausting.  He can be the most stubborn and hard-heading child in existence if he feels like it.  It’s trait that may come in handy as he gets older, but right now he uses it to drive us crazy.  However, even with all of this head-strong behavior, he remains one of the sweetest, most snuggly little guys I know.  He idolizes his big sister.  Sometimes it hard to tell because they do fight a lot.  But they are also besties and he wants to do almost everything that she does. 

Mitchell is still a hard-core train enthusiast.  He puts his wooden train tracks together daily and he even sleeps with his engines.  He loves to go to the ‘big kid’ section of the library and check out books that have pictures of real trains.  He knows all of the kinds of trains and his current favorite is the ‘mom-o-rail’ (monorail).  Pops gave him some Train Documentary DVDs and he loves them!  He loves to go on the train at the zoo and is patiently awaiting the day he can go a real, true train. 

We love you so much Mitchell-Man and we can’t wait to watch you grow over the next year!