Joshua is Three!

I have a three year old boy! Eeek! Do you know what that means? Mostly it means that there is an explosion every morning of trucks and trains across the living room floor, Thomas the Train is the most requested cartoon, and that there is a great deal of laughter in our house now associated with bodily functions of all kinds, but it also means that there is an easy going, very sweet three year old boy in our house who loves snuggles and delights us daily with his contagious enthusiasm. Our lives continue to be blessed so much by this little guy! 

Joshua chose to ride on a train this year instead of having a party, so we celebrated as a family on Tuesday and then I brought in cupcakes (Thomas the Train, of course) for his class on Wednesday. 

Since Joshua's birthday choice was to ride on a train, we went up to Branson to ride on the Branson Scenic Railway. The train ride is about an hour and forty-five minutes of scenic overlooks that were especially pretty this time of year with the changing leaves. Jeremy had a day off in the middle of the week, so we took advantage of it and went on a Thursday. It wasn't too crowded, and the kids all had a blast! 

The excitement on their faces totally made up for the "we didn't nap long enough" crying in the car on the way home! Happy third birthday to my sweet Joshua!