March here in South Carolina has come in like a lion every year for the last four years. Odds are that it will come in like a lion this year too although if it decided to come in as a lamb I would be really excited.
We have had a mild winter here in the Upstate. We have had no snow. There have been many days that have been in the 60s. JDaniel hasn’t worn his mittens or his woolen hat this year at all. It looks like a lamb year might be in the making.
But…
March has a way of changing the weather here dramatically. JDaniel’s birthday is on March 5th and he had interesting weather each of his almost four years of life.
His Birth Day
The day JDaniel was born there were huge downpours of rain. We could hear the rain pounding against our hospital room windows. I was so grateful to be in a warm and cozy room with my guys. I remember thinking the weather really didn’t match how I was feeling on our first day as a family. It looked so grim and wet outside.
Year One
We had a snowstorm right before JDaniel’s first birthday. I dragged JDaniel outside in a snowsuit that I didn’t think we would ever need to take pictures of.
He was so bundled up that he probably couldn’t have moved his arms or his legs if he tried to. I am not sure what he made of this cold wet snow that I sat him in to take a picture. He didn’t fuss but, I am not sure that he liked it too much.
JDaniel’s playgroup came over for his first birthday party a few days after the storm hit and most of the snow had melted. The weather had warmed up so much that I had bottles of sunblock for the children to put on when we went out to play on the deck. There was still snow in a few places in the yard but, I don’t think any of the children had coats on and many had sun hats or baseball caps.
Year Two
After having mild weather the year before, I decided to have JDaniel’s birthday at the zoo. The weather was cold and a little windy. It was fine we were running through the zoo. It was cold when we stopped moving to have monkey cupcakes under one of the pavilions.
That year all the children had on woolen hats or hoods and most wore mittens until it was time to have cupcakes. I think I decided to bring his presents home instead of opening them there. It was just too cold.
Year Three
JDaniel wanted a construction site party. I thought our yard would be the perfect place to dig in and play with JDaniel construction equipment. The weather was cold and windy once again after being pretty the week before.
The children crowded into our kitchen to have lunch and eat cake. They played in our two upstairs bedrooms with the construction equipment while the moms chatted in the living room.
Our Cape Cod-style house was okay for eight children and their moms when JDaniel was one but, it felt really crowded with eight three or close to three and their moms.
I decided that the party needed to somewhere else the next year and it would probably need to be inside.
Year Four
I don’t know what kind of weather we will have next week for JDaniel’s birthday. I do know that I have been stuck by the decision to have inside somewhere outside of our house.
We will be at Chuck E. Cheese next week where there is plenty of room to play and where they will do the clean-up even if we have to dig out our driveway to get there.
I have a birthday in early March the day before my daughters and over me Ummm 30+ years it has been very varied, we have had the paddling pool out in the garden, sledged down a snow covered hill, been flooded out of our tent whilst camping.
Last year for T’s birth it was glorious sun shine from our hospital window we could see where my husband worked with a heat haze around it in the distance.
I hope Jdaniel has a wonderful 4th birthday – we will be celebrating our birthday’s 3 and 4 days after.
It sounds like March has left you guessing about birthdays too.
Love the recap. Happy birthday to JDaniel! May this be his most fun birthday yet!
I think he is at an age now that he will get a lot out of his birthday.
Happy birthday to your sweet boy! I hope he has an amazing day!
He is so excited. I think he will make it amazing!
I hoe he has a great party! We never know what we will get for Sammy’s birthday either! His birthday is at the end of April and it could be to cold to go outside or so hot you can’t go outside 😛
Spring birthdays are so tricky.
This post made me think that even though I have photos from the birthday parties of my girls, until I started this blog (and really just on Monday’s post), I never really wrote down anything about them. Looks like you just gave me a fun way to pause and capture the moments. Hope you all have a blast at Chuck E Cheese and hooray for not having to clean up when it is all over!!
I am loving that I won’t have to clean to have it destroyed and then cleaning again.
Smart mom! I think our kids were the same age when we started doing parties outside our home. Too stressful for me…especially when the kids are much more wild than mine. 🙂
Last year’s party was zoo like.
That construction site cake is classic!
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I was so please with how it turned out.
I guess you just never know what you’re gonna get, huh? 😉 Love the monkey cupcakes! Hope he has great fun for his party this year. 🙂
We are hoping for good weather but, you are right we just don’t know.
Happy birthday to your boy! Love that you took a trip down memory lane of his birthday parties. We have had a party at chuck e cheese and I remember my son loving it.
This weather is really so unpredictable here this year!
Good luck at Chuck E Cheese. I don’t think I’m brave enough for that yet!
Thank goodness JDaniel is young enough that his friend’s moms will stay to help!
Hah! March is coming in like a lion here to. We are expecting a couple of feet of snow between now and Friday night!
Chuck E. Cheese is soooo easy and the clean up is a snap!
We ended up with a lamb day. The temperature is 65 degrees and the sky is deep blue.
We would have loved some snow.
MY friends birthday is on the third of March and we have had times that we couldn’t get there because of the snow. We have nice warm weather now so we will definitely go there this year. My birthday is in the middle o April and then also we can;t count on beautiful weather. we will just have to wait and see.
I hope your birthday is as pretty and warm as it is in South Carolina today.
The forecast in NC is for sunny skies then but who knows 🙂 Our winter has been mild but I wouldn’t be surprised if we had some winter weather in March!
JDaniel was hoping snow would appear today but, I think he will enjoy the warm weather we got instead.
What a coincidence! Q’s first birthday is next week, too (March 8), and we’re having a party for him this Sunday. And I’m doing a “In like a lion, out like a lamb” theme! I just love those monkey cupcakes and the construction site cake. Very creative! I’m a March baby, too, and growing up in Michigan we never knew what the weather would do. One year my mom was snowed in with eight seven-year-olds after my sleepover party. The next year, we were all running around in shorts. Weird. 🙂
Our guys have birthdays that are so close together. I love your party theme.
I hope JDaniel has a wonderful party at Chuck E. Cheese!
He is so excited!
It’s sure to be a fun party!
Pizza and games with no clean up for mom should be great!
I know when we have mild winters it always scares me that March will ahve some surprises!
JDaniel is still hoping for some snow!
Happy birthday to him! And I think your idea is perfect–the room somewhere else. Enjoy it!
I am looking forward to not having to clean up!
It’s been crazy weather in UT this winter also. Hope that the weather is just what you want it to be for JDaniel’s special day!
We have all had such odd weather this year.
As long as Daniel has fun on his birthday, it’s good:)
If he stays this excited, it should be a blast.
Great *O* post – happy returns to Daniel!
Have a great Alphabe-Thursday,
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It was fun to write.
Hope he has a great 4th birthday. My eldest is also having his birthday on the 5th of MArch..he will be turning 8yrs old. We are having an aeroplane theme this year.
The 5th was an awesome day to have boys. I didn’t realize our guys had the same birthday.
Wish him a great birthday, and the weather is nice enough to accompany his wishes on what he wants to do!
It looks like it will be a great day outside and you know how much he loves that.
Summer birthdays are definitely much easier. Eldest is lucky. I have considered celebrating the other two on their half birthdays, but they’ve never been too keen. Have a great day regardless of the weather.
Dana
He is so excited. It will be great just because he is going to be so happy.
Such cute photos! I’m a big fan of having birthday parties someplace I don’t have to clean up. 🙂 JDaniel and I share the same birthday…half a century apart. 🙂
I hope you have a wonderful birthday too!
I miss the south Hope he has a good birthday
The weather here has been amazing!
Love the story. How exciting that JD is turning 4 soon. We have the same problem with unpredictable weather for Anna’s birthday (it’s in mid October), and we keep having her birthday in Pump It Up (a bouncy place). I love the fact that I don’t have to supervise and clean up 🙂
I am so looking forward to not cleaing up!
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Hope JDaniel had a fun-filled day!
March & April are those funny months where anything can happen weather-wise. Last year here in PA, we had snow in April!
Lovely post & photos.
Thanks for sharing & visiting.
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Love the construction cake! You are such a creative Mom! No matter what the weather is on his birthday I know you will make it memorable!
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