Phineas' Fifth Birthday

Phineas turned 5 years old last Sunday.  His birthday began in an airport hotel bar, where we were still getting dinner at 12:00 a.m. after getting rerouted because United canceled one of our flights back from Wyoming (there was nowhere else open!).  We finally got home around 1 pm and an hour later Gido, Sandy, Grammie Friend, James and Trisha came over to celebrate.  Phineas was very happy and had a great time, and got lots of neat new presents.  Thanks!

(here's Phineas, 10 minutes before midnight, playing cars and completely oblivious of the bad situation we were all in!)

Phineas's 4th Birthday!

On July 13 Phineas turned four years old!  We opened a few quick presents at our house and then jumped into the car and drove to his grandparents' camp in Brooklin where we met his cousins Henry and Ben as well as many other family members for a party.  He had a monster truck cake and played in both the pool and the ocean and had so much fun that he completely wore himself out!

Happy Birthday Phineas!

Phineas turned three on July 13th.  Mom made him a chocolate cake with butter cream frosting.  For months Phineas requested a firetruck cake but, despite major efforts, we couldn't quite get a dark enough red food coloring to make it work.  Instead, we put a truck on top driving along a chocolate road and then had Phineas help it put out the candle flames.

He got lots of truck toys, including a Hess truck and many Matchbox toys.  He got a play car mat that has streets laid out on it that is the perfect size for the Matchbox cars.  And he got a balance bike, which he helped Dad put together and then took for a test drive in the house.