Shayd turned 3!!

I can't believe that my little man is 3! Wow the time really has flown right by. A week before his birthday I asked him what he wanted and his response was "I want to hit that thing! and candy comes out!!" So I said okay a pinata is what you want a pinata is what you will get. Keith decided a store bought one may be a little to hard for him to break so we decided to make a mickey mouse one. How hard could that be?? I am a very talented crafty person or so I thought. (A little side note. I don't know when it happened but our life has gotten really busy. And this summer I felt like I was running really in no particular direction but just busy with the kids, church, family life just got crazy.) So the day before his birthday Keith and I spent all day cleaning the main house and by the time I got home it was late and I was tired and I decided that I would make it first thing in the morning, so the on his birthday we made his Mickey Mouse pinata that turned out looking a little on the ill side. I don't know why but his ears didn't want to stay on so we had to tape them on and like I said I thought I was creative and crafty but decided that I was not after I seen my finished product. But none of this dampened the excitement that Shayd had. He was so excited to hit his pinata. We had so much candy that we couldn't hang it so we just sat it on this bucket and let the boys have at it. They had soo much fun that lasted all but 2 minutes. Shayd got a couple of toys and a cupcake for his cake. And because I am like the worlds best mom and forgot to make sure I had enough candles(which I did not) he got to blow one candle out 3 times. That night I felt like I had failed as a mom making his birthday awful but then Keith pointed out how much fun he had with his toys and pinata that I am very thankful he is just 3 so he doesn't really know what a bad mother I really am! But grandpa did awesome!! Shayd got to go spend the night with him and then the next morning I got a phone call from Shayd asking if he could have a turtle. Of course you can thinking that he found one around my dads house or something. Nope grandpa took Shayd over to the pet store and let him pick out a turtle. They brought it home put it in the aquarium and boys love it. We played with it for a couple of days but it didn't really like to play air hockey (it being the puck). So it is in the aquarium. It eats fish although it has only ate like 2 since we got it. His name is turtle and he is our new beloved pet!!!