Birthday Party!

Miles turned 3 years old this past Saturday. He had a Spiderman themed party where he was lavished with gifts of all sorts, especially spiderman gear. Mom and helpers (me, Amanda, Bob, Gay, etc) spent WAY too much time making a cake that, in the end, would have looked and tasted better if purchased from the store. Lesson learned? Guess we'll have to wait til next year to see!

Miles giving thanks to Grandma Janell. Awwww...

This is how the cake looked BEFORE it was impacted by a large bouncy ball thrown by the birthday boy, and before the black windows mysteriously started leaking black tears. And it was only leaning a little bit at this point...

Amanda and Sandi work to 'fix' the words that got messed up when Sandi put the web on without thinking. Sandi messed it up more before Amanda took over and finished the job nicely. Funny enough, there were a lot of handy-man tools (thanks Bob) employed to finish this cake. From a couple putty knives and a tape measure to wooden dowels, it was quite the project.

In the end, it looks like Miles had a fantastic 3rd birthday, leaning-crying-untasty cake and all. He had been looking forward to HIS party for nearly six months after attending a friends last Sept... and he was not disappointed. We arrived back in Chicago with our arms full of packages, and our hearts full of love. Thank you to everyone for helping us celebrate and spoiling our little man.