Eli is 3!

We had a fun-filled birthday weekend: the zoo on Saturday morning, family swim in the evening, then on Sunday, Eli's birthday, we went to the science museum, where Eli reassembled a body:

 Balanced on a balance beam:

and pumped a model heart.

 Afterwards, we went out for pizza, his pick!

Then back at home we opened some presents.  The first one was from mom and dad.  

 It's a construction bin!

 Then one from grandma and grandpa, opening it very carefully...

 It's a Lamborghini!  Or as he calls it, a zucchini!

 And one from Ye Ye and Nai Nai, again, he loved the unwrapping part of the process:

 A racetrack!

And last but not least, after dinner was the birthday cake, made to his exact specifications: chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, sprinkles and a monster truck.  

Trader Joe's did the hard part, Calvin hunted it down and I decorated it.  Definitely the easiest birthday cake I have ever "made".  Here's the birthday boy with mom, cutting the cake:

And again with dad!

Happy birthday little guy!  Oops, I mean big guy, I know you hate to be called little.  :)  We love you!