In October, I asked Ethan what kind of birthday party he’d like this year. “A digger party with a bulldozer cake” was his quick reply.

I wasn’t surprised, the kid can’t stop talking about diggers, graders, back-hoes, bulldozers, and cranes, it only made sense that he’d want them incorporated in his third birthday celebration.

Everything was DIY’d: cake, decorations, favors, “helmets”, even the huge wrecking crane that was the favorite activity of the party. I went so far as to talk a local construction company doing work nearby to drive one of their Bobcats over for a makeshift photo booth. The kids thought it was amazing.

Read more about it on my blog.