Olivia is growing up! She had a wonderful 3rd birthday this year with her family and friends. Her birthday came right at the end of the school year with all of those activities going on. Olivia's birthday was the week after the last day of school so she had her pre-school birthday party a week early. She was all decked out in the tutu and crown that her Granny and Granddaddy gave to her.
When I asked her what she wanted for her pre-school party she said cupcakes and balloons. I think she will always be happy if she has those two things!
Olivia got two special things for her birthday. The first was a handmade birthday outfit with an 'O' for Olivia made by my cousin. She is very talented and french! I think it turned out wonderfully. She also makes all kinds of other things that you can check out at her Etsy store.
The second special thing she got was a necklace from her daddy. For months she has been asking for a heart necklace just like mommy's necklace. She will hold it and say 'I like your necklace. I want a necklace like yours.' And then she would go to her daddy and say in the sweetest voice 'Daddy, will you get me a necklace like mommy's for my birthday?' Come on now... how can you resist such a sweet little girl with such a sweet request? So Clint went to Claire's and picked out a necklace that looked like mine and gave it to Olivia the morning on her party so she could wear it with her birthday outfit.
The theme for Olivia's birthday party was 'Olivia The Pig'! I love that show. I think it comes on Nick Jr although I'm not sure because we don't have satellite or cable. My friend Erin was the first to introduce us to the show. She mailed us a DVD when Olivia was probably about 6 months old and we have been hooked ever since. Olivia has two of the DVDs and several books (mostly from her friend Jojo).
We were able to have the party and Beans and strings and the decorations were pretty awesome. I made signs for Olivia's rule's of life such as 'Never miss a very important party' and 'Red is the very best color for absolutely, positively everything.' So of course EVERYTHING had to be RED! Twizzlers, red m&m's, strawberries, red grapes, peppermints, peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwiches, and homemade cupcakes with red sprinkles on top! I also made homemade play dough for the party favors.
Olivia had a great time at her party. She had a lot of her family there, some friends, cupcakes, and red balloons... All of the things to make her happy.
That afternoon we played on the back porch with her bubbles and with her new dress up box.
Her actually birthday was a few days later so we let her choose where she wanted to have her birthday lunch. 'Chickalay' is her favorite place so we met up there with Nana for some lunch. She took her birthday money to Walmart and picked out a 'BIIIIG'(with the hand motions) bouncy ball and a miniature Rapunzel doll. Olivia's gift from us was the movie Tangled and a popcorn that pops on the stove. She already had the larger Rapunzel doll and purple dress from Christmas so we had a princess night watching her new movie.
I cant believe she is already three years old and is becoming a little lady. Before she turned three, whenever anyone would say something about her growing up she would get upset and say "I'm not growin up. My mommy wants me to stay little!" But now she tells me "I'm going to grow up, but I'll still be Olivia." I guess I need to be reminded of that sometimes.
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