Ruckus turns 3!

Happy Birthday!



This year Ruckus wanted a Mater cake for his birthday...

say what...?

Had his heart set on it - talked about it everyday - told family and friends he would get one.

Shoot dog.

So, with prayers being said every 5 minutes, and a little elbow grease -

these hands of mine busted one out.

The Lord is good. :)

We had some family in town for Cousin M's graduation so they were able to jump on in for the festivities.

Ruckus wearing  this cool little b-day card Papa and Buckabu gave him.

 Now introducing who Ruckus' was truly meant to be:

HULK SMASH!

down goes cousin M

and Great Uncle R

Great Aunt C wants in on the action.  Papa's afraid, but Great Uncle R is up for the fight. :)

 ... for the more peaceful part of the party:

Papa pushing Lou and Little C on the swings.

The Beloved manipulating the Bumblebee transformer back into a car.

Ruckus' monster face - that I had to promise to take in order to get the first smiling picture of him featured at the top. :)

For his b-day Ruckus received:

Hulk Smash gloves,  a Sonic shirt, cars, and doctor kit from Mom and Dad -Bumblebee transformer from Brothers  - An extremely cool Pokeman from Grandma and Grandpa - A Batting set and socks from Papa and Buckabu - and a Curious George book from Great Aunt C and Family.

Oh the Ruckster - where to begin my fine little friend,

You are H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S, naughty and sweet all wrapped into one.

You are attracted to anything gross - boogers, pooping, peeing, spitting, farting, burping - these things bring you infinite joy in life.

You have quite the vocabulary and people are always surprised to find out how young you are. You are super shy and get anxiety when in large groups of people whom you are unfamiliar with, but once you warm up the party is on.

You love carrying around anything you can put stuff in - backpack, doctor kit, "little people" lunchbox container. You are also in love with your monkey pillow pet and blue blanket. When you go to bed you must have Choc LATE Milllllk (you say this in a deep slow voice to make us laugh) and since you share a room with the Baby and he's usually asleep before you, we help you "sneak" into your bed so as not to wake him up. You'll say, "let's sneak" in a whisper.

Truly adorable.

Your brother's are your pals and you love to be included, but you also aren't going to be pestered into anything you aren't fond of. Which is good and a little disappointing for them.

You are obsessed with the Baby and when I pick him up off the ground you get sad and say,

Put him down,

he's my best friend or

he's my baby.

We're not sure how the Baby feels :)

Just kidding.

He loves you and grabs your head to give you a big hug.

You don't really have an inside voice which can cause complications during church but with your long eyelashes and big eyes - we are quick to forgive.

You are anti-potty training.

When I change your diaper you sing a little song to me,

"No poop, just PEE"

over and over again. :)

You surprise me on how much you truly take in during our "learning times" a couple days a week.

(hopefully a couple days a week)

Sometimes during the activity you don't seem motivated at all to learn but when reviewing the lesson at the end you haven't missed a thing. You try writing your letters over and over again to get them perfectly, which is hard for a toddler, and won't let up until you are satisfied. I'll say, "it looks great buddy" and you'll respond, "no it doesn't, that's not right." Sounding  absolutely devastated.

You are a carnivore and have a sweet tooth that can beat out all the rest.

Your older brothers aren't huge candy eaters but watch out world when the Ruckus comes to town.

Amidst all the pure "BOY-NESS" in you, there's a tenderness and sensitivity that makes you irresistible. You love to give your brothers kisses before you go to bed and if Mommy or Daddy forgets to come in and say we love you, goodnight, you feel a little miffed and shout for us until we appear.

We love you my little sweetheart!

Love,

Mama