Happy Birthday to Anna!

Yesterday, Anna had a party for her 3rd birthday.  She has been looking forward to this for weeks.  The theme was "Hello Kitty Stuck in the Mud".   Anna had a great time and got a lot of wonderful presents.  She said her favorite part was opening gifts and eating cake.  

Anna put the finishing touch on the Stuck in the Mud cake.

She was quite happy with her cake.  

Anna saw this dress and fell in love with it, so I got it for her to wear at the party.  She was so excited.  It was very motivational for potty training too.  She's been doing great with that.

Anna was dancing like a ballerina and Lukey was posing like a super hero. 

These pictures showed up better in sepia.  Maeve and Anna played princess very nicely together.

I didn't catch much of this game other than Maeve offering things to Anna.  It kind of looked like she was on the throne and Maeve was presenting her with various things like crowns, kitties, etc.

The kids all cheered with their Hello Kitty juice bottles.  They played nicely together.

Anna has been looking forward to and has been practicing singing that she was 3 years old for a few weeks now.  She did a great job!  I do not know what happened with our singing to her.  It was a total mess and people seemed to all be singing different things.  It was kind of funny.  I knew Anna was excited for her solo and she was starting to look a little worried with all the chaos, so sorry to anyone that I shushed, but this was a big moment for Anna.

This picture was edited.  Sorry, I couldn't resist...I'll change it back if requested. :)

Anna loves her baby cousin, Jacob.  He was very good at the party.  

I didn't really take pictures of Anna opening presents.  She got a lot of great ones though!

Mum Sisters.  Anna decided that we are the "Mum Sisters".  I don't know where she came up with this name but I think it is really nice.  It is a very exclusive club of just the two of us.  We have a secret handshake too.  It's especially nice when she knows it is a time when she has to be quiet and she whispers "We're Mum Sisters."  Yes, we are.

After everyone left and we were cleaning up, Anna stood here and played with her jewelry box until it was time to go to bed.  She was very happy about it.  This also made me realize that any nice jewelry will have to go in the bottom part so it doesn't get destroyed.

It was too cold to wear her new nightgown alone, but she really really wanted to wear it.  So, she wore it on top of her Hello Kitty pajamas.  Thanks to everyone who made her birthday so special.  Looking back at last years post about her birthday, she still likes the same things-macaroni and cheese, chocolate milk, kitties, etc.  She also really likes to dress up.  She pretty much knows all her letters, can count to about 20 when she tries, and is very good at talking and smiling.  She will be going to 3 year old preschool this fall and before then probably some classes like gymnastics and swimming.  For now, she's just having fun being Anna.