Much ado about Three!

We had a great time celebrating Madeline’s third birthday.



We held a preschooler party on Sunday that included some small animals from a local pet shop, and italian ices,

3 friends and their families. Plus her cousin Dimitri who will be 5 next week. But when you ask Madeline what she did for her birthday, her recurring answer is:”I got BALLOONS!!”. good thing we made the midnight run to party city the night before her birthday!  Its a tradition now, I suppose, for her to wake up to a bouquet of balloons in her room.

i want one!

 

and they ran around and played in the yard together. it was so much fun to watch. Three is a great age for learning to play with friends…

 

Baby brothers and sisters had a blast too, or some just kind of enjoyed

watching… …bopping …napping

 

Also- last weekend we had some neighbors and friends over for a barbecue. Madeline has friends of all ages and we wanted to make sure that everyone got a chance to sing and celebrate, and mom and dad got to hang out with some friends who dont happen to have preschoolers too!

It was a great opportunity to eat cupcakes as it was the day after my birthday and a week before Madeline’s. The kids and adults were raving about how good an all natural vegan cupcake could be. I must admit, i think i ate 4! Sticky Fingers is awesome!

eating sushi, pre-bbq   and eating strawberry shortcake

cupcakes after the birthday song and candles!

Everyone kicked back and had a blast.

They adjourned to the basement where madeline impressed everyone with her Air Guitar skills and daddy sang and played with all the kids!

Finally, they did a little celebration at school so she had a third rendition of the birthday song and got to wear a crown. It was certainly the highlight of the day for her.  

 

She received many generous gifts and enjoyed opening them over the course of the week. Gifts seemed to just arrive

every day and culminated at her party- a “please no gifts party” but how can you tell a preschooler that they may not bring their friend a gift!  One sweet boy, Isaac told his mom that his favorite thing to do was give gifts- how could she resist?!

Thank you to all of our friends, family and classmates who made madeline’s birthday such a special time for all of us. The cards and presents which began weeks and weeks ago in Pennsylvania and weeks before that when folks started shipping and Amazoning to us from California, Massachusets, New York, Indianna, Florida…the streamers and balloons which mark the week of fun, the calls from loved ones singing the birthday song, the treats from cupcakes to guacamole, the webcamming, the heartfelt birthday wishes. It was a time she will remember. Thank you especially for the visit from Nana all the way from san mateo. we would not have survived this week without you. we so miss you already!

XOXO