Jackson's Third Birthday - Fun!

Here's the birthday boy. He was so excited about his party.
We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was so nice outside! Last year it rained and we had to sit in the garage (bummer), so it was such a treat to be in the backyard.
Cooper, sporting his dino shirt. He didn't get a homemade one; I found it on the clearance rack at babygap.
When all the kids arrived, we had dinosaur masks for them to wear...

...and sticker sheets to play with.
Heather was so sweet to loan us their bounce house. The kids LOVED it!
We got Jackson a sand table for his birthday, and then buried lots of little dinosaurs in it. The kids had a blast in the "dino dig" and enjoyed pouring sand all over the place.
After playing for a while, everyone had lunch, and then cake and icecream.

After cake and icecream, we had an egg hunt and the kids got to "hatch" an egg. We made dino eggs using a mixture of water, sand, and flour. I found the recipe here. After the kids each found a dino egg (some of them kept bringing regular rocks to us from around the yard... it was pretty cute). Once Colin smashed them with a mallet, the kids got to soak them in water until they got to the little dinosaur inside. It was a hit.

Finally, Jackson opened his presents and then we gave the kids dinosaur tattoos.

Here are a few more pictures of sweet moments from the party.

We made some wonderful memories from this party, and are so happy that so many of Jackson's friends were able to make it!
I have two more posts on his birthday party here and here. in case you're not sick of pictures, yet!