The Green Family Blog

So Wesley turned 3 on May 2nd!!  I still can’t believe my “baby” is 3!!!!   Anyway, we have all been pretty sick the last week (with a cold) so we weren’t able to have a party for him so we spent the day at home instead!!  I woke up to my sweet boy telling me “Mommy I’m 3 can I open my present now?”  Backstory:  Grandma and Grandpa Bush sent his present and we got it on the Wednesday before his b-day, well since I wasn’t sure if what was in the USPS mailer was wrapped I wouldn’t open it and of course since it wasn’t his birthday I wouldn’t allow him to open it either.  So my young son carried this box around all week shaking it and saying “hmmm, I wonder what it could be??”  He is my boy…I still do this at 30.     Anyway, I told him he could open it and he loved it!!  Then daddy informed him that he still had 1 more present to open but he had to get dressed (he was still in his PJ’s)  So he quickly agreeded to get dressed.  Well we went to the garage and there was Wesley’s new bike!  He was excited so we put his helmet and knee pads on and got him on the bike…Well those of you that know my redheaded boy personally can only imagine what he did next?!?!?!  He took off FULL SPEED out of the driveway…well our alley has a dip in the center to allow for drainage of water….well as Wes hit this “DIP” at full speed he proceeded to tip the bike over and fall off!!!  There were NO tears, which again for Wes isn’t shocking!  The boy only cries when he doesn’t get his way!   Well, as with the fish story, once burned NEVER again for my boy!!!  He refused to get back on and decided it was more fun to PUSH the bike, then after that got old (aprox. 20 seconds later) he wanted his trike and was DONE with the bike!  Well after a bit of crafty negotiation on our part we managed to get him back on the bike and he rode down the alley with me in tow and had a huge smile on his face.  Then after about 5 mins.  my little techno boy asked “Mommy, can I go in and play Mario Party 8 on Wii?” (This was the gift given by Nanny and Pappa in Colorado)  Again those that know Wes won’t be shocked by this!!!   So we did, which turned out to be a good call cuz shortly after the rain started and the skies didn’t stop until sometime early this morning.  Our back yard is a lake, now all we need is the boat!   Anyway, after a little Wii we decided to attempt his cake, now Wes was pretty specific about his cake, he wanted a “red cake with orange sprinkles and number 3 candle.  Well my attempt to turn white icing into red failed and the cake ended up being pink.  Well my ever so funny husband thought why not make it a pig cake to honor the “swine flu” (this was mostly done for my Mom who is sockpiling the basement with rations and preparing for who knows what, she has done this many times…Y2K…Bird Flu…Presidental Election) yea we have a warped sense of humor here….To all who weren’t here we love and miss you!!!!!