On the morning of Hatcher's 3rd birthday, I had coordinated delivery of a giant jumper (moonwalk/ bounce-house) decorated with the Madagascar theme as requested by Hatcher. Action Packed Parties delivered the jumper on Friday and we had it all weekend. It arrived around 8:30 that morning, and even though it was hovering around 20 degrees outside, Hatcher just couldn't wait to get inside that thing and jump to his heart's content...you could just see it on his face. As the owner was inflating our jumper, Hatcher yelled out, "this is the best birthday present ever!" As a parent, it was thrilling to see Hatcher so overcome with pure joy. So, against all good parenting, we decided to let the boys have a short stint jumping in their jammies in the cold air before getting ready for our day. They had a blast.
Derek decided to take Friday off to play around with the boys in celebration of Hatcher's 3rd birthday, so later that afternoon, we let Hatcher open some cards and gifts that had come in the mail. Figured it would be too much to open it all at his party. He was so sweet and read each and every card out loud to Derek and me. Of course they all said the same thing, "Happy Birthday Hatcher!" Sometimes he would follow with, "that is so nice" or "so cute". Too funny. Aunt Lisa, Uncle Dave and cousin Ashton sent Hatcher some GeoTrax pieces for his birthday - which were just a hit. So, Derek went ahead and put some of it together. Hatcher loved it so much that he took some of his gift cards and cash and went with Derek to Target and got a few more pieces. That night we enjoyed a lovely birthday dinner out with Marma and P'bo. Thank you so much.
