Jen loves Scott: Preston's third birthday par-tee

This little stinker turned three on Saturday. Three! My chubby little baby is now a curious, goofy, smart, cuddly boy who is obsessed with golf. So it's only fitting that we celebrated his birth with a golf "par-tee." While it seemed crazy in the midst of its planning, execution and clean up, the party itself was lots of fun. The weather was perfect, Preston wasn't sick (after battling ear infections for the past six months), and no one was hit in the head with a golf club, which was a big concern of mine when you mix three year olds and golf clubs.

For months, Scott had been planning, plotting and stressing about how he would make a golf course in our backyard. All of his research (he actually watched YouTube tutorials) and Lowe's visits paid off, I think, because the one-hold golf course he created in our backyard was perfect. And it wasn't just for the kids because Scott and my dad had a great time playing on it after the party. I have a feeling the hole will be there for the rest of the season because Scott and Preston both enjoy having it around.

Meanwhile, I got a Chandler Mrs. Pacman claw hand from cutting out the banner, flag, cupcake toppers and the rest of the decor from an Etsy printable I bought.

The party was more like an Oprah's Favorite Things but for Preston. We had golf, his favorite people, his favorite foods, and his favorite music. This was Preston's first birthday party with friends his age in addition to the adults who play such a huge part in helping us raise our precious boy. We integrated lots of Preston's favorite foods into the party. While we had chicken salad and pimento cheese sandwiches, we also had chips and crackers of all kinds, guacamole, veggie straws, pickles and fruit salad in the style of Chick-fil-A.

As party favors, all of the little golfers got their own plastic set of clubs to play the course with and a foam visor to decorate with stickers. At our craziest, Scott and I had pitched the idea of getting caddy bibs for each kid's parent with the child's name on it or finding a tiny green Master's blazer to put on Preston at the end. But we had to winnow down or else risk being those parents.