We cannot believe that Avery is 3 already...my oh my how the time flies! It's so crazy. We had a fun filled week of birthday fun and surprises (with the last one happening on Sunday, stay tuned:)
I got Avery's actual birthday off last minute (a friend covered for me:) so I got to be with my girl all day long and I am so grateful because it was a perfect day. In the morning we all got up together (a rarity in this house with our opposite schedules) and I made everyone blueberry, banana chocolate chip pancakes and boy were they good! Aves of course had a candle in hers...
Then Daddy helped us girls get ready and we were off to the nail salon. I know what you're thinking, who takes their 3 year old to the nail salon? I always judged people for bringing their super young girls in BUT we decided to do it and it was totally worth it. Aves felt like a princess. She left her feet in the spa chair the whole time and even let them do the leg massage, she had a smile on her face the whole time.
Then I headed to the movie theatre where we saw the movie "Brave". Aves loved that as well (Myla not so much:). At the end of the movie the Mom and daughter in the movie were crying because they thought they might never see each other again and I looked over at my sweet little 3 year old who had crocodile tears falling down her face. I asked her what was wrong and she responded, "she's never going to see her mommy again." Then I cried too, it was too dear.
Here's Aves a couple days later in her dance outfit (and cowboy boots) from Dawson:)
Then we headed home...and to our surprise Daddy came home early from work! We enjoyed lunch as a family and then put Aves down (no...she did not sleep, she was way too excited). I was slaving away on her favorite dinner, homemade "Vermont" mac-n-cheese, ribs, and corn, one of the most high maintenance meals I've ever made. After a couple of hours of room time, Aves was allowed to come out because her bestie Dawson came over to bring her a present (which was the cutest little dance outfit ever:) They played for a while and then he had to go...Aves was very sad until Nana and Pop-pop (my parents) came over for dinner. We all enjoyed Avery's favorite dinner and gave her all the attention for the whole meal. Then we let her open presents, we sang and gave her brownies and ice cream. Overall, it was a glorious day and she felt very special and loved, you could definitely tell.
Then Saturday we had her birthday party! It was a pool party at Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dave's house and it was soooooo much fun. Us big kids may have had a little more fun than the little ones but overall Avery felt very special and loved. It was "yo gabba gabba" themed with everything from the invites to the candle toppers on the cupcakes (Kathy you would have been proud:) We swam, ate all of Avery's favorite foods (chips and dips, fruit, and hot dogs with some cheeseburgers thrown in for the rest of us) and the kids ran around a lot. It was a good time had for all.
Yummy food
Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dave have a gorgeous backyard!
sporting my gabba whistle and necklace:)
the birthday girl!
yummy!
we even had gabba confetti!
so glad auntie erica and uncle bryan made it back on time!
the fam:)
dawson swimming all by himself!
me and my birthday girl!
closing her eyes waiting for the cupcakes...
getting everybody to close their eyes...
so excited she can't wait
she didn't even need my help to blow out candles...made me a little sad.
picking hers out quick
sharing with cousin michael!
this just shows how happy she was:)
happiness continues
and continues
and continues:)
As for Myla, you'll get an update on her later but overall she's great. she just keeps growing and jumping (she loves her johny jump up:) here's my twin children that aren't actually twins, we unfortunately couldn't get the same angle but you get the idea...apparently andy and i have strong genes!
Adios until next time:)
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