Since James is actually noticing what birthdays are now, I decided to throw him a little party this year. Unfortunately, Steve got stuck on a business trip out of town, and missed it, so it ended up being more of a ladies morning out with the kids, which was fun, but hot! We had it early in the day, but the kids were still sweating and red-cheeked after a few minutes in the sun. It was great fun to see how excited James was though, and hear him singing happy birthday to himself. Here are a few pics of my three year old.

In this picture, I told the boys to put their arms around each others shoulders. This is what they came up with.

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