Miss Molly is 3!

Happy, happy third birthday to Miss Molly!

This year was the first that Molly knew what to expect - so she was really excited for her birthday! She had planned the menu for the whole day, and made her requests for cake decorations, and made a list of the presents she would like. When she got up in the morning, she was so excited to come down and find the kitchen already decorated in pink streamers and balloons - and a Hello Kitty balloon!

We had blueberry pancakes and smoothies for breakfast. Molly's pancakes were shaped like the number 3 and the letter M. (Shaped pancakes are a lot harder when they have blueberries in them, FYI.) She loved her breakfast!

Showing off her finger number 3, and her pancake number 3

Mmmm, blueberry, strawberry and yogurt smoothie!

The kids went to the park with Nana before lunch, and then we had Molly's favorite lunch: mac 'n cheese with peas. Both kids took a great nap (yay!) which gave us time to get ready for more celebration. Bobbi joined us in the afternoon, and Daddy came home after work to celebrate with us. We had "noodles and white sauce" for Molly's birthday dinner, and then had presents and cake and ice cream.

Molly has been asking to have Hello Kitty for her birthday for several months. I was so glad to be able to borrow this cool pan so I could make just what she wanted! It ended up requiring the help of both Bobbi and Nana to get the fondant on, but we all had a good laugh working on it. Molly loved it!

So excited for her cake!

I was surprised that Molly knew just what to do with those candles this year. I guess she's not a baby anymore!

And she blew them all out by herself!

I forgot to take a wide-angle picture of Molly with all her decorations - you'll just have to imagine lots of pink streamers and all those pink balloons behind her. =)

It was so special to be able to celebrate Molly's birthday with both Nana and Bobbi!

Molly got a bitty baby from Bobbi!

And LOTS of fun accessories!

Opening more presents

We had so much fun celebrating Molly today! She is so grown-up and fun. I loved watching her enjoy her birthday today. She had enough expectations to realize what was going on and enjoy it, but was still so surprised and delighted when she received the things that she asked for. I don't know if birthdays get any better than that! Happy Birthday, sweet girl!