Birthday Boy Goes Bowling

Recently, we celebrated Linkin's 3rd birthday with some great friends! Linkin and his friend Margo are only a few days apart so we combined their birthday parties and had it at the bowling alley. It was so much fun! Linkin had a hard time at first figuring out that he couldn't just bowl on anybodies lane he wanted. He didn't understand we had to stick with the lane we were assigned. He got away from us a couple of times and ran up to another persons lane, grabbed their ball, and rolled it down their lane before Doug or I could get there to stop him. That little man is FAST!!!! I was still kinda down and out with my back, so huge props to Doug for all his help at Linkin's bday. There was no way I could have done it without him. I didn't even try to bowl for fear I'd blow out the rest of my back! haha

Here is Linkin giving bowling a whirl. Doug had to be right by his side at every minute because there was always a chance of a Linkin escape and those are never good! That's when he would get away and start bowling on somebody elses lane. Our bad!

Linkin and Margo (the birthday kiddos) blowing out their candles! Linkin ate 3 cupcakes. He just kept helping himself to more cupcakes before I figured out what was going on. To my defense he did only eat the frosting so it doesn't completely count! (let's not mention that I finished his cupcakes and at the actual cake. hehehe)

He got a little over stimulated a few times and had to take a quick break playing some race car games. He thought since it was his birthday it was always his turn to bowl. That wasn't the case. The best part about him "playing" these race car games is that he doesn't understand that it's the computer playing and not really him. hahaha! I don't wanna waste my quarters teaching him how to play! :) I wonder how much longer I can get away with this trick?

The Hall family picture on Linkin's 3rd birthday. Ahhh!!! =)

Linkin has been talking about a "Cranky" toy for 3 months. I could not find a Cranky toy anywhere so I was getting a little bit worried! (Cranky is the crane from Thomas the Train) On the day of his birthday party Doug and I found Cranky at a little ma and pop toy store by our house. We soooo lucked out on this one! It could have been bad! He slept with it for 4 days and it still hasn't hardly ever left his hands. Thomas the Train is a huge deal at our house right now! I am getting pretty talented at setting up train tracks. What can I say, it's another one of those amazing mom skills that you will never use anywhere else! :)