Thea turned Three

Did I forget to mention that?  She had her birthday the day of the storm, so I made her cake a day in advance just in case.  Turns out it was the right call.  Black magic cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting, if you’re interested.  It was delicious.

Every year the girls get to pick their birthday dinner, and it’s usually a pretty big affair.  Ham, tacos, bacon, green bean casserole, meatloaf, etc.  I make them stick to maybe 3 big things, though, so we don’t get *super* cray.  Thea picked macaroni and cheese (yawn) and we ended up giving her the box kind since that’s all we could make once the power went out.  She didn’t care.

She’s been playing with play-doh a lot lot lot, and most of the stuff we have left is dried out and crusty, so we bought her a bunch to stock up, and she got some cool play-doh from AdriAunt & Tom, too.  She’s played with it just about every single day.

She also wanted red shoes for her birthday, which I thought was the cutest damn thing in the world.  I bought her these from Zappos.  Yes, I know, they cost a majillion dollars, but I plan to save them for her forever and ever.  Also, she’s worn them everywhere, even around the house.  Good purchase, I think.

I couldn’t figure out why she wanted red shoes in particular, until it was pointed out to me that I, in fact, own red shoes.  ERMAHGERD.  Now we’re twinsies.

She’s very into reading, so Bryan and I picked out a few more books we thought she would like.  The Neil Gaiman is a little bit old for her (her attention span is very low) but she loved Blueberries for Sal.  Anything with pictures to capture her interest works well.

I can’t believe how big she is now, what with her red shoes and super curly hair.  She cracks jokes with us, she likes to help us cook, and doesn’t bat an eyelash at helping clean up her room.  She gets annoyed if you call her baby, though, even affectionately.  She insists, “I. Am. A. Toddler!” so watch out.  She is certainly growing up.