Mather had been looking forward to her third birthday for quite some time. She's been boasting for months about being two-and-a-half. She never quite caught on to being two-and-three-quarters but she certainly knew that her birthday was the day after Halloween and that it was coming up fast.
A few weeks ago, she helped me pick out her birthday cake design. On Saturday, she went with us to pick up the cake, snacks and drinks for her party. The excitement was building as she readied herself for Halloween festivities, all the while letting us know that she was about to be three. When we put her to bed after Halloween night we said, "you're going to bed a two-year-old and when you wake up, you'll be three!" She was grinning from ear to ear when we chose "Happy Birthday" as her extra bedtime song.
Then came the big day! We hosted her party at Children's Fairyland in Oakland.
We reserved a picnic area for a few hours and invited some friends to join us for brunch and cake. After that, Mather went exploring around the park. Some of her favorite spots were the kid-sized ferris wheel...
There she is in the upper right. I think she rode it 5 times!She also spent a lot of time in the reading room...
I remembered late into the day that I had brought her birthday hat. Yes, she's wearing her Halloween costume again... who can argue with a Birthday Girl's sense of style?
We rode a few times on the Jolly Trolly...
Mather and her buddy Charlotte were having a grand ole time licking lollipops and making funny faces..
And we stayed until the park closed! At which point Mather had gone a little loopy...
As if the funny faces weren't goofy enough... she started taking off her clothes... now THAT is a good party!The festivities continued back at Nanna and Grandfather's house where we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, opened presents and had another cake!
Happy Birthday to my big girl Mather!
