We love attending extravagent child birthday parties, but that's not really our style. At this point as the Mom, I don't feel any guilt trying to keep up with anyone else's idea of a party. It's not my area of expertise to plan, prepare, cook for, or host a large group "for my child". So I'm perfectly fine being on the attending side of things.
I'm sure as the children get older we will do more "themed" parties, inviting friends over, etc. For now, we like to keep it simple in this house.
Focusing on our child and who they are.
This year we joined forces with Ellie's cousins who's 1st and 3rd Birthdays are exactly one week & two weeks after hers. It was a triple birthday party! We had it at Sis-in-Law's house. Pizza, cupcakes, cake..and only us, one friend, and grandparents! We should hardly call it a "party" but it was a simple way to mark the occasion.
On her actual birthday I went & bought her a new blanket to sleep with, like sister's and a balloon.
Like I said.
Simple :)
Here she is in all of her adorableness with her birthday balloon.
Instead of saying a simple
"Yes"
if I ask her if she would like something, she says
"Yes I do, Mom. Yes I do"
She never has just one bowl of cereal with milk.
Usually two, most days three.
First thing in the morning she says "I awake now. Can I Eat? I hungee".
She is hungry FIRST thing when she wakes up.
And every two hours thereafter :)
She will fall on her head and get back up, no tears.
She finds taunting the dog, trying to get her to nip, hilarious.
She will jump/flip/tumble onto people, with out them having so much as a warning to catch her.
She is fearless about most everything...
But is PETRIFIED if a fly gets inside.
Yes, houseflys are her weakness.
She has barely drank milk since 13 months. Just never liked it.
Gets plenty of calcium through diet instead.
When I tell her I love her she replies
"I lub you so much too Mom"
Although verbal, she is not as verbal as her big sis was at this age, but she still understands everything!
A favorite learning game lately is to look at story books & I ask her to "find" this or that. She is quick!
For awhile she would only say "I can't do it!" when frustrated with something.
With Mom's encouragement the phrase has now changed to
"I can't do it! ...But I try, okay?"
She is very interested in my belly. Kissing & hugging baby.
Resting her hand on me then saying
"He kick me!"
She breaks out in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star at any given time of day.
And her mother is officially jealous of her
long curled dark eyelashes & green eyes.
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