Happy Birthday, Cash!

Emerson, along with his mama and daddy, were invited to a birthday party this past Saturday. His buddy, Cash, was turning 3 years old. Cash's parents are great buddies with Emerson's parents...and since we were in town, an invitation was extended for Emerson to bring along the rest of his family.
Cash was trying his hand at a game in the carnival. His mama spent no telling how much time, putting together an incredible 'carnival' in the garage. There were probably 6-8 different games for the kids to play. Little prizes were awarded for each one. Katrina had little colored bags for each of the kids so they had somewhere to put their prizes...
Emerson and Benjamin enjoyed 'fishing' with their papa.
Emerson was examining one of the fish to see if it was 'real'...
This is Wyatt...big brother of the birthday boy! Wyatt loves his fireman's clothes...
The boys 'fished' for quite a while...Benjamin was equally enjoying just splashing the water around...

Benjamin threw some of his 'prizes' in the water to see if they'd float. Papa to the rescue!
Cash, the birthday boy, tried his hand at fishing, too!
Cash and Wyatt have this great wooden structure in the backyard...it has a slide, swings, and this little room.... the boys LOVED it...

They would both go inside and hang out...or one would go in, close the door, and then they'd look at each other through the windows saying, "Hi!" back and forth to each other. They made my heart melt!
Natalie is a little doll....she's also Emerson's cousin, but she's not Benjamin's cousin...can you figure that one out? I can tell she is familiar with cameras! I'd be taking some pictures of her, she'd see me, and start giving me this adorable smile!

My little guy, Emerson!
This little doll is 12 hours younger than Cash, the birthday boy.
As I said, Wyatt loves his fireman's clothes...
Besides the wooden structure, there was also this little house. Benjamin found it and found out it had a doorbell...a working doorbell...

Cash, the birthday boy's mama and daddy, fixed up the entire house for this 3rd birthday party. Not only was there a carnival in the garage but look at this candy shop! I asked Katrina how long it took to put all this together, making the games, collecting it all... "About 2 months," she said. Wow!
No, this is not a real aquarium! This is a real window, with all this added outside.
Cash, the birthday boy, was practicing his bubble-blowing.


His daddy was making sure he captured it all!
When it was cake time, all the little people gathered around the cake in the 'candy shop' to sing Happy Birthday to Cash!
Emerson decided to try the fireman's hat, seeing as there were flames in the house (because of Cash's BIG 3 candle!)
Benjamin decided to try the fireman's hat on for size, too!
Gabe and Cash's daddy...commonly called Christian!
Cash had a Black and Decker drill set in his room. Natalie was trying to show Benjamin how to work it. He told her he already knew how to work it!
Emerson came in to check on his cousin...

What a fun party...both for the kids and for the adults, too!