They say it's your birthday

Noelle turned 3 yesterday! I was hoping for a drastic improvement in behavior (she is the definition of "terrible twos"), but no such luck. It started out as a really rough day. Libby and Noelle were fighting non-stop. At noon I finally put both of them in the tub. Usually this has a calming effect, but it resulted in the opposite. After having a pitcher of water dumped on me- this was not in jest- I lost it and sent them both to bed. Libby promptly fell asleep. This was her first nap in two years. Noelle never did fall asleep, but that is nothing new. Not sounding like much of a birthday, is it?



































New sippy cups and silverware. I love practical gifts.

The day started looking up when we had Noelle's birthday dinner. Check out that cake- made by yours truly (thanks to Audrey for the cake pan). Noelle was feeling shy as we sang Happy Birthday to her.

My aunt and uncle, Steve and Vickie, happened to be at my parents so they came over and joined the party. As did Nana Holley and Aunt Kim. It is so fun to have them all with us.
Notice Ty in the back ground of this photo, he is assembling Noelles trike. Props to Ty for being such an awesome uncle (Dave too!).

Libby "helped" open every gift.
















Don't dis my wrap job (the blanket)- I was too busy making an elmo cake to worry about wrapping paper!

A new, pink trike!

It drives like a dream.

Happy Birthday Noelle!