I can't believe that Brayden is 3, it has gone by so fast. I am amazed at all he can do. He can go potty like a big boy, he sleeps in his big boy bed, he eats breakfast without a bib and rarely gets dirty, he can also make mommy a treat,
gets his own treat by climbing up the pantry shelves when I forget to shut the door all the way, and he can catch a fish with his bare hands.Brayden has been talking about his birthday for about 2 months. He has a little confusion about his birthday. He thinks the cake is called "birthday party". So most days when he would describe his party he would tell me what kind of cake he wanted. Up until about a month before his birthday he would tell me he wanted a pink cake with a Jesus candle on it. Not sure where he got the Jesus candle. Every once in a while he would describe what he wanted for his birthday. He would say, "I want everyone to hide and then when I come in, yell surprise." He comes up with the funniest things sometimes. Luckily, he has been into fire trucks and we decided on a fire truck cake. We had a small birthday party to celebrate Brayden' turning three. We had the Wester's and Hardy join us for a BBQ dinner. The kids had a great time playing outside while the hamburgers were cooking. After dinner we had the fire truck cake that I decorated myself. It was a lot of fun and I didn't even mind that I was up until 1 decorating it. Brayden was super excited and throughout the day he was caught sneaking a few bites. By the time the party came we were missing most of the B and a little of the R in his name, we were also missing frosting from the window and the ladder.
I finally got smart and moved the cake on top of the fridge. When Brayden woke up from his nap and didn't see his cake he said, "Where is my birthday party?" I am happy to say that Brayden didn't try to grab the candle this year, so we didn't have to attend to any burns.
After we had cake Brayden opened presents. 
He was more than excited to open the biggest present first. He couldn't look at the camera for once second while I tried to get a picture. He was more than excited to find an excavator tractor or as he put it, "It's my very own excavator!" He also loved the dump trucks, construction hat, ball, airplane, Kid's National Geographic magazine subscription, and the paddle balls.
