3rd birthday in review

Faith's birthday was a success!

These little girls of ours are lucky girls. I tell them that all the time. I remember when we were little, we of course had a little birthday celebration in the form of a party, but that was about it. These lovely little ladies get a week-long or so celebration. We don't ever go "overboard" persay, but we definitely love making a fuss over them on their special day and letting them pick what they like to do.

Faith's party was yesterday. It was her first real birthday party, and she loved it. She wanted a 'White party' and she's already asking for an 'Aurora party' for next year. I somehow managed a little Snow White cake (after the first attempt at a graham cracker cottage failed, Dan had the brilliant idea to put icing over some Swiss Cake rolls!), and she just loved it. The look on her face when she saw it was absolutely priceless. She told me "thank you, Momma" over and over again.

They had a dwarf scavenger hunt and some other little "games," and we went down to the duck pond with cousins. It was a beautiful day yesterday. November and January (Maddie) aren't the most ideal months for birthday parties here, but the weather was perfect yesterday-- mid 50's and sunny.

We spent today doing whatever she wanted to do. She picked pancakes for her breakfast, so I made her a stack of pancakes. My girl LOVES her pancakes. We gave her her present from us-- a little princess roll-out art desk-y type thing with crayons and markers (they are coloring and drawing non-stop these days) which she loved. She had picked shrimp corn chowder the other day as her birthday dinner of choice, and so she helped me make that this afternoon. She and her Dee made bead bracelets, and Faith finished painting her little plaster figurine from yesterday. And, we spent the afternoon at the library which she loves. Not to mention, as long as the weather holds out, we're headed to Sesame Place this weekend to cap off Faith's 3rd birthday week!

My little Flop is 3 years old now and, as sentimental as I get about her getting older, I am so very excited to spend another year with my little girl.

*** Last picture is a picture of a ghost she made the other day that I thought was adorable. She calls it her "ghost with one eye!"