birthday 3.0

the real birthday finally came, whew! It was on a Sunday and Madeleine was unusually well-behaved in church with the threat of no presents hanging over her head. It also happened to be the first Sunday Henry went to nursery and the first time in 3 years I haven't had a baby for the full 3 hours of church :)


Simplicity wins out, she loved it


her prized present. Living large with her cherished scooter and IKEA kitchen. Best present ever. Both Madeleine and Henry spent hours every day upstairs playing and Madeleine even gets excited to clean up all the pieces every night before bed. The night she got the kitchen we hadn't put it in her room and in the middle of the night (3:30ish) I woke up to Madeleine making some pancakes.

Me: "Madeleine it's the middle of the night, we need to go back to bed."

Her three year old response, "oh yeah, I forgot"


Madeleine trying to find a way to look out the peep hole to see if her friends had arrived for the party


3 and beaming

And the picture that is missing is all the people that came to her party. Right before they came she was saying, "Mommy my friends are coming, and your friends are coming, and Henry's friends are coming, and Daddy's friends are coming..."

She's right because the best part of the party was that they're all the same!!! We had our good friends and neighbors over for cake - only other child was Henry. And you know what? Madeleine LOVED it. All this girl needs is attention and a listening ear to the endless stories she tells (like the one tonight when she used to be a little piggy...) and you'll get some serious three year old love.

She was beaming when we lit the candles and all the sudden everyone whipped out their phones and took videos and picutres of her on her special day at a special moment. It was also special to me to see our friends, who are our ages, not only care so much about me, but also care so much about my kids! True friends.