Faith turned three yesterday. Her birthday has been kind of a week-long affair, with celebrations with both extended families, as well as our own immediate family. Last Sunday we went down to Jeff's parents' house and had cake while watching the Super Bowl. She REALLY wanted a "horsey" cake after seeing these pillars in my cake closet.
(No, that isn't ALL cake. The bottom is actually a cake dummy. Only the top is cake.)
She woke up yesterday morning and informed me that she was three. Then she proceeded to want three of everything all day "because I'm three." She wanted three ponytails in her hair, three pancakes for breakfast, etc. It was pretty funny.
I've never made much of a big deal for birthdays before, but really, it's like their very own holiday. So I want to make them special. This year I let Faith choose what we had for breakfast. Then we had Kenzie and Julia over for lunch, which was mac and cheese, veggies and ranch, and cake for dessert. (Thanks for coming, April. It was so fun!) Of course, I didn't get a single photo of the three of them.
When Michael came home from school we gave her some birthday presents. Michael gave her a little Strawberry Shortcake doll that has cute dresses and accessories, and a book of "Stories for Three-Year-Olds." She was really excited. Jeff and I gave her a dollhouse, which has been a big hit. She wants to play with it constantly. Actually, she wants to play with Strawberry Shortcake in the dollhouse constantly, so it's really cute.
We went to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner that night. Isn't that the look of a happy girl?
Tomorrow we are going to Gunnison for a Hansen family quarterly activity. We will have cake again. Faith is crazy about ladybugs and flowers, so here's what we came up with.
I can't believe she's already three. She is so much fun, so darling, and so frustrating all at once. She makes me want to scream one moment and then hug her the next. She definitely has her own ideas and opinions. She's spicy and sweet, and pretty much the funnest 3-year-old I know!
The Clarks are pretty much the coolest people ever. Not only did Chay install all of our trim, but April took the kids while he was doing it so that Jeff and I could go on a date. Love them!
The smell of new carpet is so good.
We pulled the recliner out of storage. The kids had a blast rocking, putting the footrest out, putting it back in, etc. Okay, so Michael and Faith had a blast. Lauren would pretty much prefer to not be on it.
I think we're done with home improvement projects for a while - at least until the weather is warmer, when we have a fence to put in, a patio to build, grapes to plant....
