More birthday

The party was the night before her actual birthday, so on her birthday morning, she got to use her special princess dishes and open one present that I had forgotten about the night before...

Can you tell she has a fat lip? She had a spill on her bike (daddy got ambitious and took off the training wheels) and banged herself up pretty good. Ah, the joys of being three...

The present she got to open was from Amit, and it was a face and hair painting kit!!! I am so glad we had an artist in residence! (Mimi was here for a couple of days...)



Are we done taking pictures yet?! Joel got in on the fun, too!

Mimi also did some fun watercolor painting with them...she wrote messages and drew pictures in white crayon, then when the kids painted over them it showed up! They had a ton of fun doing this...thanks Mimi! And thank you, Amit, for the face painting kit, it was a hit!

Maren is 3!

Monday the 2nd was Maren's 3rd birthday! It seems like so long ago that she was a little 5lb 2oz newborn. She is still small for her age, but makes up for it in spunk! She is a crazy little whirlwind of energy and attitude and is a joy to our family. Here are a couple of pictures from her birthday... We had a fun little dessert party with Julia & Madeline...the kids played hard for about an hour (getting out ALL the toys in both of the kids' rooms!) while the adults got to sit and talk. Then we all had ice cream and Maren opened presents. It was just perfect for a 3rd birthday party.

She didn't want cake or cupcakes, just ice cream. So I gave her three little scoops and put her candles in them! I also made brownies for anyone who doesn't like or can't eat ice cream - Joel & Mommy.

She got some new pens and paper, Crocs (fake ones), some cute clothes from Mimi, and a new baby doll and book from the girls. She also got some money from Grandparents (Nealon) and Aunt Ruth and got to pick out some toys at the store! She chose a little Dr kit, a polly pocket and some play jewelry...she had a wonderful birthday!