We do family parties for our kids until they turn four and every other year after that. But we still always have a fun theme. Lily chose a Jessie the cowgirl theme (from Toy Story 2).
A little cow print, red, and yellow and we were set! Here is a picture of the cake I made. It was chocolate inside with Oreo frosting and then I bought a tub of dark chocolate frosting I piped on to make it look like a cow print cake... :)
Lily was pretty happy to wake up to that.
We opened a few gifts in the morning, played with those, then headed to the zoo. It was a fabulous day. 79 degrees for the high, sunny, a nice breeze. We had fun. She looked so cute in this hat and her new "This Birthday girl wants cake!" shirt.
I told Lily I would either buy her something from the gift shop or we could ride the zoo train. She picked the train. I'm glad I got this pick of her excitement-
Because the train ride was l a m e. Like $8.00 for all four of us to ride and it was such a dinky short ride. It was our first and last time riding that train! :)
Then we went home and opened a few more presents. Lily especially liked this Our Generation doll from her grandma and grandpa. She has been wanting one to be just like her sisters. This one is named Lily Anna. :)
She got tons of fun toys and the girls played with them happily for days!
When Merrick got home from work we had pizza and went swimming at our neighborhood pool. It was a pretty great day for a three year old!
Time to blow out the candles!
We love our three year old! She is so fun and spunky and she makes us laugh a lot. She is also very stubborn and did not want to potty train for the longest time. But a month before her birthday she started showing signs that she was really ready and so once our company left after Avery's baptism I put her in underwear and printed off this Daniel Tiger potty chart. She pretty much potty trained herself! When she needed to go, she told me and would run to the potty. We did it cold turkey and didn't do pull ups at night or anything and in the past 5-6 weeks she's only wet the bed three times I think. It has been great and it make her seem extra grown up to me too. Thank goodness for a break with no diaper changing for a few months before baby #4 comes! :)
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