Hi! I am stuck in kind of a pickle. On Oct. 20th (a Thursday) my son turns 3 AND my husband graduates from a class in the army and is officially an officer (He has been in the Army for almost 8 years and works SO hard and it is a very big deal that he accomplished this!) My husband will have been away for 6 weeks when he graduates so it will also be a homecoming (kind of) for him. My Mother In Law is flying down to visit us the next day and will be in town all weekend.

I am wanting to do a Birthday party for my son AND a graduation/congrats party for my husband. We just moved down here but we have made several friends and most of them have kids around my sons age so finding guests probably will not be a problem.

I don't know if I should have a theme for my sons part of the party... And if so, what should it be? I considered a helicopter theme because my husband is going to school to fly them in a few months but that seemed a little cheesy to me. Should I get two cakes? What are some activities we can do to involve adults AND kids??? October is the rainy season here in Alabama so outdoor stuff may be a little iffy.

Also, when I had my son's 1st birthday party my mother in law was there. After the party she ordered me a bunch of cook books on baking birthday cakes. (she is kind of a B!+ch!) so I am probably just going to have the cakes made by someone else (I am going to have a busy week already as it is)

Any thoughts on themes and/or cake ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thx