3rd Birthday!

Teresa turned 3 this past week.  This was the first year that she really understood what a birthday was and she was quite excited.  I think she was most excited about her cake.  She was ready to have it about 5 minutes after she woke up!  Instead we started with opening gifts.  She got a kitty book, whale book and cash register from us.

 

Both Grandmas had sent gifts so we did a little skype time with them so they could see Teresa open her gifts.  It was really neat to be able to share the moment with family even when they were far away.

Teresa got some great presents and she spent a lot of the day going fro one gift to the next...sea creatures and ice cream and books and the cash register.  She was a happy girl!

We met up with Troy at Ihop for a special birthday lunch.Pancakes are a favorite of Teresa's so it was a great lunch!

Sibling love at Ihop!

Teresa of course wanted some cake after lunch and wanted some cake for snack too.  It is amazing we made it through the day!  I made a cake with all of her favorite animals...kitties, puppies, whales, sharks, horses and fish.  A day before her birthday she tried to tell me she wanted a castle cake that Timothy showed her in a cookbook.  But in the end I think she liked her cake a lot.  It was chocolate cake with a m&m cookie layer on the bottom!

To help pass the afternoon, Timothy and Teresa did a little preview of the party games we would play. Toss the sea creatures, a variation of ring-around the rosie, and shark, shark fish.

At the party we only played two games as we had to be inside due to rain.  Two of the party 'guests' were not too interested in games anyway.  Only Teresa, Timothy and Timothy's friend Anna played.  But as the picture shows, Teresa was pretty excited at her party, so the games must have been okay!

And finally it was cake time!!  A very happy three year old got to blow and her candles...

...and enjoy the cake she had been waiting all day for.

Once cake time was over, Teresa was soon done with her party.  She wanted me to come play with her and not talk to other adults.  (We had invited some neighbors over and a college friend of mine.  There were a couple kids near her age, but she did not know them well, and they were pretty interested in her toys, not her!)  So after about an hour, she was asking to go to bed and read stories.  All in all, I think it was a good day for our growing up girl!