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Thanks to our amazing friends and family, Gibbs had his dream third birthday party this weekend – and loved every minute. It was all about trucks, trucks, trucks!

Birthday Boy

Invitation

First, the food and decorations:

Truck Garland:

Truck Garland

Truck Garland 2

Party Favors:

Book Basket

Truck Book

The Table:

Food Table

Food Table Close

Big Rig Centerpiece (with “Dirt and Wheel” Pudding Cups nestled in the cars):

Big Rig Centerpiece

Pretzel “Wheel” Snack Mix:

Snack Mix

Pesto “Wheel” Pasta Salad:

Pesto Wheels

Veggie Trucks:

Veggie Truck

Pizza:

Pizza Time

and a Truck cake:

Truck Cake

Blowing out Candles

There was a truck pinata,

Truck Pinata

which the boys were happy to whack,

Gibbs Pinata

Charlie Pinata

Gibbs Pinata 2

Charlie Pinata 2

while the girls were a bit more gentle.

Elly Pinata 2

Katie

Ultimately, we had to bring in the big guns in order to get the thing open. Enter, Uncle Kevin:

Kevin Pinata

and a slow pitch from Uncle Jeff:

Jeff Kevin Pinata

Until finally, we had candy.

Pinata Candy

Gibbs Eating with Tina

And what did Casey do throughout the afternoon? Eat. As far as I can tell from the photographic evidence, Casey marched from one person to next collecting as much candy as possible.

Starting with Uncle Kevin:

Casey Eating Kevin

and on to Mommy:

Casey Eating Mommy

Then Aunt Tina:

Casey Eating Tina

and his grandmother:

Casey Eating Carole

With a little break in there for reading.

Casey Bek Bek Reading

Gibbs loved his presents and the opportunity to celebrate with his favorite people.

Gibbs Present

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making the occasion so special!

Thank you

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    1. Thanks, Joyce! We had a great time, and it’s so fun that Gibbs is finally old enough to appreciate the celebration!