i would like to preface this post by saying that in our opinion, no amount of weddings, engagement sessions, family sessions OR even kids sessions can totally prepare you for the the chaos that is...a three year olds birthday party...seriously!! last weekend parker turned 3 and his super cool mom and dad invited us to document the BIG day...and this wasn't just any old 3rd birthday party, oh no, it was complete with a 12 foot tall dinosaur, an exploding volcano cake, a water balloon fight, a silly-string fight and an egg fight, and all the yummy food you could think of!! it was GREAT to see kids running around, being silly, and having a blast...it was a good break from the "norm" for us...happy birthday parker!!
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l. & r.
and here he is...the birthday boy!!

how CUTE is he?!?! grass on his face, soaking wet, right on the brink of tears...but doesn't it just make you smile?!?! : )

see...i TOLD you there were dinosaurs in the backyard!! HA!!
next, it was time for the SILLY STRING!!

they were all laughing SO hard, and when the cans were empty, all of them were completely covered from head to toe!!
then after the silly string, they did an egg race...yes, that's right an EGG RACE, it was hilarious!!

such a stud already, surrounded by two girls...he's THREE!!!

ready, set, GO!

please note that mr. parker has the spoon in one hand and the egg in the other...he's the birthday boy, and he played by his own rules. : )

these next two images are TOO funny...this little boy was so tiny and cute!!
isn't that how we all eat our cake though, i mean really?!?!

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this cutie made this face with NO prompting from us...what a little HAM!!

this one makes it look like we were at jurassic park.