Elena was excited to rip into it, and she was thrilled to find a new bathingsuit and sundress.
She insisted on trying on the dress. She still needs to grow into it a bit, but she enjoyed wearing it around the house.
The morning fun continued with one of her favorite activities, playing at the pool.
When she got tired, she sat in the shade and snacked on cheerios.
After lunch and a rest, we headed over to Fun Planet at the mall. We had invited some of her buddies to join us there for playing and cupcakes. At first it was just Elena and Vivi.
But then the rest of her buddies showed up, and the party really got started. Brave Jeff stayed in with them, while I sat outside with the grandparents and other moms.
The birthday girl was having so much fun she even went in the sand box.
A balloon had gotten in there, and she and her buddy kept trying to cover it in sand.
After all that running around, they were hungry, so we took a break for cupcakes. Everyone sang her happy birthday, and she loved it.
She also loved her cupcake. I'm really glad I didn't frost them, because just the cupcake was mess enough.
I had asked for no presents, since we're trying to get rid of stuff ahead of our move, but some of her friends still wanted to do something special, so they made her cute birthday pictures. She particularly liked this one.
She knows most of her letters and numbers, but her favorite thing to do is find the letter E on anything written. If there's a letter E, she decides that whatever it's written on is for Elena.
After the sugar hit, the kids went back in to play some more. They started off calmly drawing.
But it wasn't long before the crazy took hold.
Vivian took a well deserved break from the little kids for a cooking class.
Eventually, we called it a day and headed home for dinner. The birthday girl requested pizza, so pizza it was.
She slept well that night. I think it was a pretty awesome birthday for a three year old.
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