Monday, July 7, 2008

Katie's 3rd Birthday

With Katie's birthday on July 5th, it is hard to follow the excitement of Valleyfair and late-night fireworks with any fanfare suitable for a 3-year-old's birthday party. On top of that, we are always tired after a long day at Valleyfair, especially the birthday girl.

We decided to take Katie to a cool playground called Chutes and Ladders driving all the way to Bloomington along with her cousin Teagan. Not having been there before, we had no idea that the playground was better suited for kids 5 or older. We decided to "bail" after 15 minutes and went to get dinner at McDonalds where there happened to be a more suitable playground for 3-year-olds across the street. Katie and Teagan had a great time.

Natasha made a special birthday cake for Katie made up of her favorite donut holes held together with frosting!

Katie watches carefully as Mema lights the candles on her birthday cake.


Here is a video of Katie blowing out the candles on her cake. It turns out that she needed the help of a little hot air from her Mema! (Did I say that?)

Here are a couple of pictures of Katie opening her presents.

1 comment:

Natasha said...

I think it's cute and funny how Katie is looking around during the Happy Birthday song. Is she making sure everyone is singing? Or maybe she is just soaking up the attention :)

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