Lucas' Birthday

I can't believe my Lucas is 3 today!  Wow, three years ago today our lives changed immensely when Lucas was born at 8:32 am.  I still remember holding him and saying "I can't believe this is real, my very own baby!"  Now I just can't imagine life without him.  He is the sweetest little guy, a gentle soul, with a whole lot of love.  He's my little buddy.  This morning we had some fun at the church with some of his little friends to celebrate.  It was great, we kept with the whole pirate theme and had a pirate cupcake cake from Safeway.  The cake was supposed to have "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Movie" on it, but I removed the movie figurines and put my own cute pirate figurines on it from the dollar store.  We also handed out little "pirate treasure" favors.  His buddy Joshua even dressed up like a pirate!  Way to go Josh, you looked great!  It was great fun, and I totally recommend having a kids birthday party in a big open space such as a gym where the kids can burn energy.  The kids had a great time running around with the balls and going down the slide.   My boys were very tuckered out by the end of it.  Which led to a beautifully peaceful afternoon in which I could do a little card-making.  ;-)  You can slide your mouse over the following pictures to read the captions.