the birthday girl!

Phebe celebrated her third birthday this past week. (In fact, Phebe's birthday (October 1st) falls on China's National Day!)

She was so excited about her special day. And after days of saying, "Yeahhh, I'm going to be three!" ...we had to keep reminding her on her actual birthday, "Phebe, now you ARE three!"

After walking Lilah to school, we stopped by the dollar store and bought three helium balloons. I snapped a few pictures of her on the front porch, wearing her 'I am 3' t-shirt and holding the three balloons she chose.

After that we started making brownies. Can you tell she enjoyed that experience, licking spoons, testing the M&Ms. she even had her mid-morning snack (mashed banana) sprinkled with M&Ms! Also, she absolutely loves any kind of transportation/automobiles, including, but not limited to: motorbikes, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, fire trucks, ambulances... so when I saw a neat wooden threading set at Scholars Choice the previous day, I knew it would be perfect for decorating the brownies. She chose her favourite three automobiles to decorate the brownies.

Later that evening, after fish & chips for supper (her choice!), we had warm brownies and ice-cream, and then she got to open her presents. As you can tell, most of the presents were related to her love or transportation! A Hello Kitty airplane and a Calico Critters motorbike. She also asked for an electric toothbrush, just like her big sister Lilahs! How could we say no to that? She was so pleased when she opened it, she immediately turned it on and put it in her mouth... which was probably necessary after all that chocolate brownie, ice-cream and an extra large helping of M&Ms!

Oh it's fun being three!

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Happy Birthday Phebe Jayne, we adore you.

[ the flickr set is here ]