Both girls slept until about 8 which was definitely needed after a week of Mia waking up around 2:30 as she's been a little under the weather. I heard Lily start to come out of her hallway, but then she was surprised to see Josh and his friend, Zac, sleeping in our living room, so she turned around and shut the door. It was quiet for a few more minutes and then I heard little feet come into our room; she was holding a glue stick. We had moved all her coloring books, art supplies, etc from our dining area counters into the office to get it out of the way. Instead of going back to her room after seeing Josh and Zac, she went into the office and found the supplies. Thankfully, it did not appear that she had glued anything. We got out of bed and Lily feasted on two waffles and half a yogurt (the girl loves breakfast foods). Ryan fed Mia, and we all just enjoyed a nice morning.
About 9, we started getting the last few things ready for the Little Einsteins party. I made pigs in a blanket while Ryan went to Party City to pick up the balloons we had ordered. The guys went to Chick-fil-a, and Liz cleaned off the outside tables and straightened up the inside. We hung the "Happy Birthday" sign over the living room entryway, placed the balloons outside, took out the paper goods, drinks and goody bags and got everyone dressed. Everyone started arriving right at 11 and by 11:15, I think everyone was here. The kids had a great time playing outside; the playground was cleaned and ready, the jumpy was inflated and we had pictures of the Little Einsteins on the kid's table for them to color. It took Lily a little bit to warm up, but once Molly arrived, she was so excited and started having a great time. Our family and friends seemed to have fun watching the kids and catching up with one another.
Chick-fil-a arrived with the nuggets, chicken salad sandwiches and chargrilled chicken wraps at 11:45, so we called everyone in to fix plates at noon. We had pigs in a blanket and Goldfish in addition to Chick-fil-a; we decided to keep it very simple this year! The kids continued to play after they ate, so we brought the cake down to the outside patio about 12:30. We bought a cake from Publix (it was a vanilla cake with white cream cheese icing, a green piped border and "Happy Birthday Lily!" written in green), but then put our own Little Einstein figurines and a "3" candle on it. Lily really seemed to like it.
Lily had been a little off all day. She refused two phone calls from family calling to wish her happy birthday (she usually loves talking on the phone). Also, I know she gets overwhelmed by big crowds and since there were 40 people there, I think that made her nervous. Anyway, she climbed into the chair to see the cake and then said "No Mommy, you sit here and I'll sit in your lap." Okay, that's not a big deal, so I did. Then everyone started singing the happy birthday song. Lily immediately turned her head into my neck and started bawling; she did that through the whole song! I couldn't believe it; she loves the birthday song (she sings it to us all the time). When it was over, I blew out her candle and then walked her away from everyone to calm her down while everyone else had a piece of cake. When we were alone, I asked what was wrong. Through her tears she said "I no want to hear happy birthday song!" I just gave her a big hug and said we were done singing. I asked if she wanted cake, and she said "Yes. I sit on the wall and Mommy sit in the chair right next to me." So we walked over to where she wanted to sit and pulled up a chair. I got us some cake and she dug in. Molly came over and sat next to her, and she perked right back up. She used a fork for several bites, but then decided it would be much more fun to use her fingers to scoop up the icing and eat it that way. She was laughing and having a great time again.
After we finished the cake, we brought all her presents down. She (with the help of a few friends) had a fun time opening presents. She was so excited about each one of them and wanted to play with each one right then. I had to tell her "we'll play with them after we open all of them" after each gift. I would tell her that and she would say "okay, I want another present." She remembered to thank some people too when she opened the gifts which I appreciated. The last present was a tricycle from my parents, so we let her and her friends take turns on it (which Lily gladly shared - miracle!) while others cleaned up (I think mostly the grandparents, but I didn't see because I was watching Lily). Then it was time for everyone to go, so we went back inside, handed out goody-bags and said our thank yous and good-byes.
After most everyone had left, Lily wanted to bust open the other presents. She first wanted to play with the toy laptop Wayne and his family had given. She is fascinated with our computer (often typing in a Word document to "check my email"), so she was thrilled with this. Then she wanted to play with the Little People Princess Palace Ryan and I gave her; she played with this for a long time which made me really happy. By this time, it was about 3:00, and I could see she was getting tired. I told her it was time for a nap, and she readily went to her room. She slept for just over an hour while we finished cleaning up and relaxed with Ryan's family.
When she came back out after nap time, she wanted to put on her new chefs outfit that included an apron, hat, pot holder, tea towel and hot pad. She then cooked for me in her Tokyo restaurant. After that, she wanted to put on her new Cinderella dress; it was absolutely adorable. She kept that on and played for about an hour and a half. Our friends, the Vonderahes, even came by for a little bit; they weren't able to come to her party but wanted to drop off a present and say happy birthday which was so nice of them. When the Vonderahes left, we convinced Lily to change clothes so we could go to dinner. She said she wanted to go to Figo Pasta, so that's where we headed.
Two cute stories from dinner. When we arrived she said "We're at Figo Pasta! I'm going to eat figo." Apparently she calls the food there "figo" instead of pasta. I said "you're going to eat figo pasta?" and she replied "No the restaurant is Figo Pasta. I eat figo." Second, she told me she had a poppy diaper (we let her wear diapers instead of panties today to avoid accidents), so we went to change it, but it wasn't poopy. As we came back, Lily stood about 30 feet from our table and announced to everyone (though talking to Bama) "Bama! I not have a poopy diaper! It only wet!" Nice. I'm sure everyone wanted to know that.
As I said before, this was a wonderful day, and a perfect day to have a birthday party. We are so lucky to have great friends and family who were able to share this day celebrating our precious Lily. We absolutely adore and love her. We can't wait to see what this third year holds for her!
Parker with Ms Jill, and Molly going down the slide.
Peyton and Alexis enjoyed the slide too.
Molly and McKayla...sweet sisters.
Sofia and Anna Powell having fun.
Not so sure about the Happy Birthday song.
Happy again!
What a great day!
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