It's Party Time

Paula displays Sophie's birthday cake

Yum, doesn't that look good?

Sophie & her cousin, Grace, do some stickers

Abbie smiles at Aunt Martha

This year, Sophie wanted me to make her birthday cake. I said, "Are you sure?" I'm thinking, she does not know what she's asking or who she's asking. Well, anyway, it turned out OK. I baked a cake and made it into the shape of a butterfly. Matt and my mom helped me decorate it because that is really not my forte. The last two years, Publix has done a wonderful job providing us with Sophie's birthday cakes. I had seen this cake on the Easter M& M's package and it looked doable. I also baked some cupcakes. All in all, there were about 15 of us at Sophie's birthday party. We didn't do a good job getting everyone's picture but I think my sister did so we'll have to get copies of her pictures. =)

Sophie enjoyed playing with her cousin Grace and seeing several other family members. Abbie behaved very well during the party too! I can't believe that Sophie is 3. She got a little indoor basketball goal, a nice easel she can draw on, clothes, books and a few other things. Overall, she had a nice birthday! Her birthday's not totally over yet but I think it's going to be hard for her to come down from the birthday high of thinking every day she gets cupcakes or cookies. =)

Sophie's 3!

Here's Sophie on her birthday playing on her new swingset. We had beautiful weather for Sophie's birthday so we were able to go outside a lot.

Here's Abbie and Sophie

Sophie helped put sprinkles on the cupcakes for her party.

our family before Sophie's birthday party

Sophie just celebrated her 3rd birthday on Thursday. She's been so excited about it. On Friday, Nana made special rabbit shaped sugar cookies with blue icing (as Sophie's birthday drew closer she became more and more detailed about what kind of cookies she wanted). I was just going to go to Publix and buy some but Nana made these special cookies for Sophie to share with her class. Thanks, Nana!

This year, I decided that we would just have a family birthday party and invite all of Sophie's aunts and uncles that live in the area (which is quite a few). This is the first year that we've been in Nashville since Sophie's been born. We had the party at our home on Saturday and everyone had a nice time!

Early Birthday Gift

Sophie with her new playset

Sophie & her friend, Carley, swinging

Sophie's 3rd birthday is coming up soon. For her main birthday gift, Sophie received this playset (a little early) from both sets of grandparents and from us. Matt hired someone to help him assemble it. When Sophie arrived home from school the other day, she had a big surprise waiting for her-her new playset. She kept saying, "now I have 2 playgrounds." She really likes her new playset! Abbie can use the little one because it will be more her size for a while with the little swing and slide. Sophie has been playing on it every day so far. Her favorite thing to do is swing. When her friends, Carley & Jessie, came over they got to try it out too.