Happy Birthday, Sam!

I can't believe that this little guy turned three today!  Sam is such a great kid and we absolutely adore him!  

For his birthday dinner last night, he chose one of our family's favorite restaurants, Billy McHale's.  It's great food, but I think his choice had more to do with this...

...the train that runs throughout the whole restaurant!  When it's your birthday, they put a sign with your name on it and Sam was pretty excited to see his name up there and to get sung to with a huge birthday sundae! 

Today we had a family party at home and the Muffolettos came up to celebrate with us.  We had a big dinner and lots of fun!

A few weeks ago, I pulled out some pictures of fun cakes for Sam to choose from - a panda bear, a really cool alligator, and some others.  He didn't like any of them and said he only wanted a pink cake with pink frosting.  I asked every day for a week to see if he'd change his mind, but he held firm.  So here is his birthday wish fulfilled.  I added the bugs and blue icing to make it just a little more masculine.

Sam loved opening his presents.  He got some great stuff, including...

...his very own sleeping bag...

...a big Diego coloring book from the Muffolettos....

...a great book, hat, and tractor/book from Nana and Papa...

...and his very own umbrella, which will get plenty of use here!  He also got some money and cards from lots of far away family members.  It was a great day!  The fun will continue this week when he has his friend party, so stay tuned!