If you ask Charlotte how old she is, she'll hold up her fingers and say, "I'm number 3." We celebrated three ways. Charlotte's birthday part 1. Her birthday happened to fall on the same day as the Twin Cities Marathon Family Day, so we had a nice breakfast (pancakes, Charlotte's favorite) and headed over to the capital to sign Charlotte up for the toddler trot.
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| Birthday breakfast sausage |
We also signed Happy up for the Diaper Dash. We debated whether or not it was worth it, after all she is nowhere near crawling, but we agreed that it was worth it for the photo op alone. I think you will agree.
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| Happy at the starting line |
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| Totally worth $11! |
There are not many things more joyful than watching a 3 year old run. All the kids got race t-shirts and Charlotte wore hers for 3 days in a row. I had to bargain with her to get it off her long enough to wash it Sunday night.
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| Happy's souvenir from her first race - CUTE! |
Then we went home and took naps to get ready for
Chartlotte's birthday part 2. After dinner it was time for cupcakes and presents! Charlotte has a mild obsession with cupcakes. Ever since her
birthday last year she has asked to look at pictures of her birthday cupcake on my phone at least once a week. She has fond memories of the "fire" and frosting. This year's cupcake did not disappoint - Oreo! The frosting tasted like the filling of an Oreo.
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| She's in love. |
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Charlotte got this gift from her friends Nathan, Noah and Alma.
I think these fruit snacks were her favorite present. |
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| Trying to tempt her with another present, but she can't stop talking about those fruit snacks! |
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| Frog Trouble - Sandra Boynton's best work yet. Seriously, I would listen to this without any kids around. |
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| Charlotte's big present - a sweet stove. |
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| And to top it off, cupcake PJs!! |
A week later, we had a little party with
Netta and Bailey for
birthday part 3! We had a little cake and went to the park to play. Charlotte was very excited for Netta and Bailey to come over and spent the morning talking about which burner of her new stove would be for which cousin to cook on.
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| Bailey, Netta and Charlotte turning 3 together. |
Mike and Emily- I'm not sure if Jim and I have weighed in on the great news of Abigail's arrival. If not, know that we have been here watching you all on the blog and are very excited that she has joined you and Charlotte to make the family even more fantastic. It was really fun to hear her squawking and wiggling around in the little video you posted. Happy birthday to Charlotte. Three is such a great age. She scored with that stove - good work parents. We miss you guys! Congratulations and thanks for sending us the baby announcement. It is front and center on the fridge and gets daily visits from Max- he's into baby faces these days. big hugs- Rachel and Jim
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