3rd Birthday

This sweet girl turned THREE on Sunday! 

It's been a bit confusing for her since we kept saying her birthday was after Shae's, but she still doesn't have much of a sense for time. She has asked pretty much everyday since Shae's birthday, "My brfday now?" This past week it was so cute to see her understand more and more that it was coming as she started getting cards/packages in the mail. Oh how her face would light up when we'd open the mailbox and there would be a card for her. "For me!" 

And all she wanted in the whole wide world was a ballerina party, as she so sweetly told us a thousand and one times in the weeks leading up to her birthday. We turned it in to a "Dress Up" party since she loves dressing up so much. 

Of course there was dancing. (Darin was a pirate--hard to tell without seeing the eye patch).

 I was a demonic butterfly.

 J/k j/k, just some crazy dance move that was caught on camera.

 There was, of course, storytelling. 

 And bean bag throwing.

 We played a game of charades where the kids got to act out different animals. At one point they all turned their hats into rhino horns and went after the butterfly. 

 I was so sad that my cake stand got shattered a few weeks before the kids birthdays. So a pizza pan had to substitute. I had also ordered Belén a little ballerina cake topper that didn't end up getting to us in time (it ended up arriving that afternoon!) So we grabbed a couple princesses and called it good. Love these little kids, they are so easy to please, (you know, most of the time).

  So fun throwing these little kid parties with my main squeeze. 

 We let her open up a few of her presents on Saturday (after changing in to a new costume of course).

All the kids had a blast dancing around to this CD from her aunt to finish off the party.

 Barely took any pictures on the actual day of her birthday...just a couple quick shots after church, waiting patiently to open her presents. 

 She got this Rapunzel hair from  my parents, I'm dying looking at these pictures. 

So stinkin' cute. But American's REAL next top model is definitely this one:

Ohhhh yesssss. Watch out world. 

We had a few friends over for dinner and cake that night. She had a blast running around with her little friends. It was the best to watching her glow with excitement on this special day. She's just the best.