big 3

my gift to you both on your 3rd birthday is a life filled with love from daddy and me – happiness – love – lots of hugs – and having a world of opportunities to grow to be happy, loving people.
I almost starting crying when everyone was singing “happy birthday” to my babies – you two are the most important people in daddy’s and my life and we are so happy to have such beautiful, wonderful children.
we wanted to celebrate “the big 3” for 3 important reasons: 1) our new family, 2) our newly renovated home and 3) most important of all, the kid’s 3rd birthday. we had 37 guests and so many presents. the kids were so absorbed with the first gift they opened that it was difficult to get them to open any more. so we finally began opening them! our daughter looked like a princess in her long white dress and new shoes. and I received several compliments on how nice her hair turned out. the kid’s social worker was thrilled with the turnout and the love and support we have from friends, family and neighbors. our daughter’s favorite gift was her “first purse.” she played with it all day, especially because it had a fake cell phone. she was frantic the next day when she lost the phone; we had to search the entire house to find it. our son was dressed in new clothes too. his favorite toy was a farmer’s tractor.
we had the food catered and rented tables and chairs and bought 100 balloons! everyone had a great time. we only scheduled 3 hours, even that was stretching their attention span. it was fun and fulfilling to show off “our” kids. to share with our friends and families what we had done and to see how beautiful they were. we’ve already celebrated their 4th birthday too but we decided to keep it low key, like birthdays we remember growing up… a few friends and family and cake and ice cream. there seems to be a trend with the kid’s classmates to invite the entire class and celebrate at a children’s gym or farm but we figure we’ll save those parties for later and just enjoy these few birthdays with those close to us nearby.