A Mickey Mouse Birthday

Jackson's first birthday was a Winter ONEderland.  When he turned two we had a Milk & Cookies celebration.  For his third birthday we decide to forgo a formal party and instead had a day long celebration featuring his favorite "pal", Mickey Mouse.

Of course, every birthday boy needs a special birthday outfit so I whipped up this tee shirt the night before.

I'm not nearly as skilled as my sister-in-law, Abby, when it comes to these types of projects but for my first attempt I considered it a success.

The celebrating started right away with a special breakfast of...

Mickey Mouse pancakes!

We continued the theme at school when Drew & I delivered Mickey Mouse cupcakes (made by yours truely) to the class for snack time.

Then we picked up some Mickey Mouse balloons on the way home.

The gift opening started with a musical Mickey Mouse card, of course.

And then came the haul.

As a side bar, to all the toy manufacturers/packaging companies out there, is this really necessary? 

I mean, I realize Buzz Lightyear can be quite a hot commodity.  But it's a toy.  And not even a particularly expensive one at that.  Call me crazy, but removing a plastic toy from a cardboard box should not be this complicated.  Jeesh.

After the gift opening, there were 2 surprises in store for Jackson.  The first, involved a phone call from none other than Mickey Mouse himself.

Thanks Auntie Cortney for an absolutely awesome idea!

Jackson's next surprise was a visit from Gram & Grump.  They joined us for dinner (pizza was the birthday boy's request), cake and, of course, more presents!

Packages also arrived from Aunt Abby, Uncle Adrian and Cousin Linus (notice the Mickey themed wrapping paper - told you Aunt Abby was creative!).

As well as Aunt Kate, Uncle Austin and Cousin Attia.

Our super fun day ended with a Mickey Mouse cake.

It was good.

And now my little guy is three.

Hope you had as much fun as I did, Jackson.  And I hope all your birthday wishes come true!