The Big 0-3

Sophie was very excited and aware about her birthday this year. As it approached she kept asking how much longer she needed to wait. This is the bedroom door fanciness she woke up to when that day finally arrived.

Bryan took the day off from work, so Sophie enjoyed attention from both parents while the big kids were in school. Then, once we were all back together, we celebrated by going to see Moana. I highly recommend it, we all loved it. It might be my new favorite princess movie.

We got to the theater a bit too early, so we hung out in the arcade pretending to play video games.

We found a local theater that offers a discount day once a week. Lucky us, Sophie's birthday fell on that day. They also discount all the treats, so this ended up being an extra fun and extra sugary adventure.

Speaking of sugary, this is what Sophie requested for her birthday cake. I had baked all three layers before the movie, then I built it very quickly when we got home.

After her fancy-to-a-three-year-old Burger King dinner, she enjoyed opening her presents and loves this super soft Teddy bear that came from my parents. The other kids caught Sophie's excitement for her birthday and put a lot of thought into her gifts. Phoebe made Sophie her own bracelet, Cooper gave her a knit hot-pad to add to her kitchen toys, and Peter used Duplo blocks that we already had and drew out step-by-step instructions for her to build a house. I was impressed by their sweetness, especially because I never told them they needed to get her anything.

Next we gathered in the kitchen for singing and cake cutting.

She maybe had help blowing out the candles.

She wanted a purple layer, a pink layer, and a green layer. I just bought cake mixes in the requested colors. I didn't eat any of it myself, but I was told by the bigger members of the family that it was pretty gross. Sophie liked it though, and that's all that matters.

Here are three-year-old Sophie's favorite things:
FAVORITE FOOD: Strawberry cake

FAVORITE ANIMAL: Delly (Adele, her stuffed red panda.)

FAVORITE CANDY: Zombies! (That's not a candy.) Ummmm... Skittles

FAVORITE BOOK: Peter Pan

FAVORITE COLOR: Pink

FAVORITE SHOW: Little Einsteins 

FAVORITE MOVIE: Finding Dory
FAVORITE SONG: Eine Kleine Nauchtmusik
FAVORITE BOARD GAME: Candyland
FAVORITE THINGS TO DO: Play with my mom and my dad and spinning around
FAVORITE MEMORY FROM BEING 2: Playing with my sister and my brother and my sister and my two brothers. (Not an announcement, she still just has one sister and two brothers.)
FAVORITE PLACE: Parker's house (That's a friend from IL.)

FRIENDS: Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Parker, Andrew, Sophia, Phoebe, Cooper, Peter