I still can't believe our baby girl is 3! No longer a baby but a big girl, and she reminds us of that daily. Three is an exciting age, she is really starting to understand so much more and her vocabulary beats that of most teenagers I hear these days! Kaylin is also really starting to remember things so this year's celebration meant that much more. Grandpa Ron came down for the weekend of Kaylin's birthday and because K was still getting over a cold and it was still really hot out for October we took it easy. Saturday we enjoyed lunch at a food truck rally followed by a long nap for all of us and a dip in the pool. Steve grilled Kaylin's favorite for dinner, cheeseburgers, and I made her a pink rose cake. Sunday Grandpa Ron surprised Kaylin by taking her shopping to pick out a big girl bike! We tested out an adorable 12" pink bike and decided if she was going to get a big girl bike then she was going to get a big one! Kaylin hopped right on a sea green 16" bicycle and after quickly learning how to pedal she was off circling the store. On the way home from the bike store we stopped by the Buddhist Temple for lunch at the Sunday market. Relaxing weekend with our 3 year old, little did we know how much energy was going to be at our house the next weekend!
Birthday celebration number two was yesterday, and wow was the energy level in the house up from last weekend! In spite of my hate for anything character related I put together a Dora the Explorer themed party for Kaylin and 6 of her closest friends. I really love my daughter. The day started with a rummage sale in our driveway (who doesn't plan two huge events in one day?!) Grandma Hedlund came over for lunch and surprised Kaylin with a 3 foot tall doll house and all the furnishings! The doll house is awesome, I'm not sure who will play with it more, me or Kaylin.. Somehow we managed to get the birthday girl down for a nap so we could set up for the party. We rented a huge (and I mean huge!) bounce house and by 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon the shrieks and shrills of 7 three year olds filled our yard. Cake #2 a Dora cake complete with purple dress was a huge hit (thanks to Skype & Stacy who helped me decorate it from a thousand miles away!)
After such an exciting day she slept hard! I took this picture with the flash on and she didn't even budge!
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