Birthday Boy

Jakob is turning three next weekend. I cannot believe that he is three already. We have his party planned at Build-a-Bear. It is going to be so fun. All the children will get to make an animal of their choice, bear, dog, monkey, duck, cow, frog, dinosaur, you name it – they have it. After they all get their animals made we will go down to the food court for cake and snacks. I wish that they had a room up in the store to do the cake, but they don’t, so the food court will have to do. I don’t think we will have a problem getting the space on a Sunday afternoon. I just have to figure out how we are going to set up and make in festive. It’s my challenge. Hmmmm… I’ll figure it out. I am really looking forward to making his cake. I don’t want to say what it is quite yet – don’t want to wreck the surprise. And I am going to make cookies (of course) and probably chocolates too. As my friend J blogged, these seem to be the favours of choice these days. I think it is so much nicer than a baggie of dollar store thingys. And it will give me a chance to showcase my wares. Three years old. Where has my little baby gone? He is such a big kid now. He does things that make me sad. He no longer needs help getting undressed (though he has no interest in dressing himself), he can get himself in and out of the bathtub by himself, he helps himself to snacks and drinks from the fridge and shelves, he answers the door, and he answers the phone. The best thing these days is something I didn’t think would happen… he has an imaginary friend. He is following in his Uncle’s footsteps and has created a friend named Goo Goo. Goo Goo showed up a few days ago. He is orange, has two arms and legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. And he likes to hang out in the kitchen. Goo Goo has played, read books, and coloured pictures. Jakob doesn’t really talk to him. He just tells me about Goo Goo and the things they have done together. It will be interesting to see if Goo Goo hangs around or if this is a short phase.