On the eve of her birthday, Drew and I blew up balloons to cover the floor in her bedroom. I had seen the idea elsewhere and thought it looked like fun. We snuck in her room late to drop off the balloons and snap a quick picture...
When we walked in her room in the morning, she seemed dazed and was just sitting on the floor staring. Haha! Then she finally "woke up" and enjoyed playing with the balloons.
Grant even got in on the balloon fun.
Then Jenna got breakfast in bed with her "You're Special Today" plate. Since we didn't want a huge mess to clean up, she just got a donut, which she only licked the topping off and didn't even touch the actual donut part.
She also got to open a present in bed - a Veggie Tales puzzle. She's really into puzzles right now and is quite good at them. Plus she loves Veggie Tales.
When we went downstairs, she got to open the rest of her presents. This one's from Aunt Cathy - a princess purse with some fun jewelry and colored hair clips. Can you tell she's happy about it? :)
We also got her a My Little Pony.
"B" got her some Wikki Stix and alphabet cards to go with them. Wikki Stix are waxy pieces of yarn that are flexible and will "stick" to the card surfaces, but you can also peel them off and use them again. These will be great practice for her alphabet. She played with them for probably the next half hour after opening them. Lots of fun! (And the pink strand in her hair is the colored hair clip from Aunt Cathy, plus her colorful necklace).
Our big present to Jenna was a new bike! We thought she could get some practice now so that she's able to ride come Spring and Summer. She's already doing a GREAT job riding it and just needs to work on her steering.
A few weeks later we had a Princess themed birthday party for her with extended family. I debated whether to have a party with her friends, but realized she's still too young to truly appreciate that. We'll hold off a few more years for that.
Jenna's not a fan of cake, so I tried making a variation of an ice-cream cake using ice-cream sandwiches as the base. I think it turned out pretty good.
Jenna wanted to wear her Belle dress for the occasion. Perfect for her Princess party!
I thought this was funny...her card had a mirror on the front, so she was looking very intently into it trying to see her reflection. :)
Paw-Paw tickling the birthday girl on her Princess mat from Uncle Brian and Aunt Kelley.
Jenna got a Rapunzel doll from Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw, which she LOVED!
Happy birthday sweet Jenna!! We love you!
3 comments:
Jenna is now smiling so much for the camera! Yeah! It is hard to believe she is 3 years old! What a wonderful family time - Jenna is such a doll!
GREAT pics!! I can't believe how old she's getting! I loved the balloon idea...what a special morning for her! And thanks for taking pics of the gifts we send - that's fun to see her opening them!! Ya'll are great parents with fabulous kids :) Love ya'll!
So fun! BTW, wikkistix are great to take on plane and car rides, so long as you don't mind a bit of waxy residue. They are easy to pack in a ziplock and our kids have gotten hours of entertainment from them :)
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