Happy 3rd Birthday!

*warning - pic heavy post*

On Saturday, our sweet girl turned three. We celebrated the day with lots of hugs and kisses, and ended the evening eating a delicious meal with dear friends.

On Wednesday, we had a party with a handful of very special friends ages three and under. As you can imagine, for the next several hours, our home was filled with lots of laughter, and it brought me so much joy to see Bethany have so much fun with her friends.

Despite her traumatic encounter with Hello Kitty a year ago, I went ahead with a Hello Kitty themed party. Being the good mom that I am, I of course made sure there were no life size versions of Hello Kitty around. ;)

Welcome!

 

I had two "stations" set up for the girls.

The first one was for Hello Kitty tattoos.

 

And the second was a Hello Kitty cookie decorating station with iced cookies, edible markers and baggies to take the cookies home in.

 

Soon it was time to fill our tummies with some party food. Party food is what these little girls wanted, and since it was a special day, I was more than happy to oblige.

After their tummies were quite full, they worked it off with some more running, jumping, squealing and playing. Then it was finally time for what they had really been waiting for.... dessert!

 

After getting their sugar high, the little girls were ready for some more fun in their new found play area.

 We managed to wrangle them in for a few minutes to take a group picture, and after many attempts, this was the best we could get.

Thank you dear friends for celebrating Bethany's 3rd birthday with us. We thank God for each and every one of you!

*a special thanks to my friend judy for taking most of these pictures!*