Monday, March 28 will mark Kira's 3rd birthday. I can't believe how quickly these 3 years have gone by. This year we decided to keep things quiet and just having small family parties instead of a larger birthday party with her friends. Tonight we had an early birthday party with my side of the family. Kira was very excited to have her Aunties and Uncles over, as well as Grandma and Grandpa and her cousin, Sophia.
We dressed her up in her special birthday dress (a Dora dress, naturally) and she showed it off to everyone. We weren't too sure if she fully understood the whole concept of birthday quite yet, but we know now that she definitely does. When it was time to do the birthday cake, she sat at the table and waited for the "number 3 candle" to be lit; when it was lit she sat, smiled, and then counted "1, 2, 3!". We all kind of looked at each other wondering if she was expecting us to sing to her, because if there is one thing my family does not do, it's sing. Of course, that is exactly what Kira was expecting, and when no one started to sing she looked a little confused. So Jon told her to count again and we all sang happy birthday. Well, let me tell you, I have never, ever, seen her smile so big in all my life! She loved having us sing for her and then after she blew the candle out she giggled and clapped, still beaming. Jon and I now regret not throwing a bigger party for her because she obviously knows what her birthday is and loves every second of it.
"Cheese!"
Her HUGE smile while we were singing Happy Birthday to her
Blowing out the candle
It was a fun evening, Kira had a blast and crashed not long after everyone went home. Tomorrow she will get to re-live the experience as it will be her actual birthday and there will be a little party for her at daycare. Happy birthday Kira!
***The cake was actually made by me, it was supposed to be a lego "castle house" (one of her favourite things to build); but the "lego blocks" design was thrown out the window after a key part of the decoration failed. I didn't want to redo everything (that is, I didn't have time to redo everything), so I just went with 3 of Kira's favourite things as cake decorations - money, hersey kisses, and numbers. Note to all pseudo-bakers out there, you CANNOT frost the bottom of a cupcake!***
5 comments:
Happy birthday Kira! Love your big smile.
Happy birthday Kira!! she is adorable and you must feel old now...ha
Happy Birthday Kira! How time flies eh? Julie
Birthday wishes from all of us! It sounds like it was a great, fun day!
Happy Birthday Kira!!
Great cake Janine! I'm proud of you for trying. It looks yummy!!
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