Family Madsen Blog: Benjamin's 3rd birthday party

We celebrated Benjamin's 3rd birthday with family and Godparents this past Saturday. As a member on the board at the preschool we are able to borrow the preschool for parties, etc if we wish. So this year we held his Minion themed party at the preschool. It turned out really well and all the kids had a good time exploring and finding things to play with. It was nice to have so much room and options of things to play with. After cake and present opening we went outside and played on the big playground and had a few competitions with bubbles.

Benjamin is not a huge fan of cake, but I had seen him eat a banana layer cake recently so I decided to try that. While we were making it he was super excited about it. But when it came time to have the cake at the party he said "My not like cake, my not like bananas!" Hmm...he ate a few carmels and left to go play. That was however after he blew out the candles and got a little too close and singed his eyelashes and bangs!!

For dinner her had said he wanted hotdogs so of course we had that. Our friend Jette brought homemade buns and they were really good and filling. We also had mandarin salad, pickles and chips. Benjamin especially liked the "pasta chips"...chips shaped like pasta spirals.

He got a lot of good presents, but so far he really likes the playdoh kit he got where you can put plastic eyes, noses, mouths, etc, to make faces out of the playdoh. Other presents included: 2 board games, paw patrol tatoos, a garbage truck, 2 books, a playhouse, duplo, puzzle, and a glass cow!

That brings us to the story of his actual birthday on Thursday. When asked what he wanted for his birthday, Benjamin would always respond...a glass cow and a hammer. He wanted a glass cow he could smash! Funny enough Silas and I went out looking for a glass cow at a thrift store 5 minutes before it closed, but unfortunately could not find a glass cow, so instead went to the counter to buy a piggy bank. While checking out I told her the story about how he wanted a glass cow and she said "A glass cow?, come with me"... Then she took me to the back and showed me a glass cow that had come in earlier that day! Yay, Silas and I were so excited!! And when he opened it on his birthday he was also very happy!

For his birthday we went up to preschool with some cookies and celebrated in his group. Then Benjamin and I came home and played until we picked up Silas. Benjamin got a new playhouse for his birthday and the boys went outside multiple times to play. Our friend Kirsten came over in the afternoon and hung out with us and we had some goodies for a snack. Søren came home at dinner time and we had one of Benjamin's favorites, PITA pockets with sausages, cucumber and corn. Then we had brownies and ice cream for dessert before bed time. It was a nice day!

ACTUAL BIRTHDAY