Happy Birthday Owen #3

Owen turned 3 today. Since Anne and Papaw are coming next week, we decided to save the birthday cake and party until they get here. So we just did a bunch of other really fun things today.

We started with a trip to Krispy Kreme. Owen chose a soccer ball in honor of the World Cup.
Our Krispy Kreme has a great kids play area which we just newly discovered since it's hidden upstairs in the back. And of course we were the only ones there at 9am because Turks couldn't fathom eating something so sweet for breakfast. It's totally a dessert food here.
After breakfast we headed to Goztepe Park to play in the giant sandbox.
When we got home he got to open presents from Grandma and Grandpa and one from Mommy and Daddy.
This is a bug sucking vacuum gun...every little boys dream!
He requested Green Monster Macaroni for lunch (remember we can't get mac and cheese here, so it's a special treat).
For Owen's 3rd birthday we took him to see Toy Story 3 in 3D. This was Owen's first time to go to a movie theater and we had been talking about it for weeks, so to say he was excited is an understatement.
They usually dub kids movies into the local language, so we had a search around to find a theater showing it in English. But we found one at a theater on the other side of the water, so we loaded into the car around 4 to catch the 6pm showing.
We wanted to get our tickets early to make sure we got them. After purchasing our tickets we ate dinner at Num Nums and waited for the movie. Aunt Ta gave Owen some dinosaur plastic bracelets during dinner (apparently they are all the rave in the states).
Owen got a free ice cream sundae and they put on Happy Birthday music as they brought out the dessert with candles.
After buying the promised popcorn, we headed into the theater to watch the movie.
Owen sat through the entire movie, eating popcorn, laughing at the appropriate places and having the time of his life. It was the perfect movie for this 3 year old and this Toy Story loving family! I even cried (If you're a mom and have seen the movie, you'll understand why).Happy 3rd Birthday sweet boy! We love you very much!