Darci's Birthday was on a Saturday this year. I asked her what she wanted to do, she said she wanted to have a party at Grandma and Grandpa's and eat hotdogs and cake (apparently she really had a good Birthday last year, that's exactly what we did then too!). Here are some pictures, in no particular order.

Jarret LOVES Strawberries (you will see more on that in the next post)!

Darci got to pick out her cake this year! She was SOO excited about her choice, she told the lady at the checkout at Safeway (as she bounced up and down) that she got a PRINCESS cake!

For whatever reason, Randy thinks it's funny to give Darci his frosting, he is not a fan of frosting, especially a lot, so I gave him the corner piece with the most frosting, I should've known he would give it to Darci....

...she wasn't super excited about it. ;)

 

The kids, ready for prayer

 "I this many" or "I three!"

Blowing out her candles

Happy 3rd Birthday Darci

Today Darci turns 3! This morning our conversation went something like this:

Me: ...yay Darci, now you are 3!
Darci: no, I not 3, I 2.
Me: Darci today is your Birthday, now you are 3!
Darci: NO, I not 3 yet, I almost 3! I still 2!
me: ok... when will you be 3? 
Darci: after I eat my Dinner!

She cracks me up! I can't believe my little girl is 3! The time sure does fly. Here are some questions I asked her for her Birthday! (I got this idea from my sister-in-law. It's a cute, fun thing to do every year on their Birthday and see how things change):

1. What is your favorite color? purple

2. What is your favorite toy? My jeep

3. What is your favorite fruit? bananas

4. What is your favorite T.V. show? Mickey Mouse

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Macaroni and Cheese

6. What is your favorite outfit? My new suits (not sure what she is talking about)

7. What is your favorite game? Princess game (the matching game)

8. What is your favorite snack? Fruit snacks

9. What is your favorite animal? rabbits

10. What is your favorite song? Popcorn popping

11. What is your favorite book? Bears in the night

12. Who is your best friend? Wyatt and Easton

13. What is your favorite cereal? Cereals (?)

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? sing

15. What is your favorite drink? Water, at night

16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and Easter

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? All my animal friends

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? oatmeal

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Hot dogs

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A mommy

I was surprised at how well she answered these questions, I was expecting it to be difficult for her to cooperate, but she sat next to me and we went through all of them and she answerd quickly and new exactly what I was talking about, except the last one, she didn't quite get it, so I said "what do you want to be when you get big like Mommy?" So of course her answer was "a mommy!"
We are so excited to celebrate her Birthday today, we started yesterday by taking her to Toys r us (after her dentist appointment) to pick out a toy with some of her Birthday money, she picked out a new puzzle and a mini magna-doodle. And then we went to McDonald's and got to eat inside, her choice and she chose which McDonald's we went to. Silly girl. I pulled into the McDonald's by toys r us, and she said, "No, not this one, the one by Wyatt's house!" (is it sad that she knows just where McDonald's is? I really don't go there THAT much ;)

This picture was taken last week, we went to a children's rodeo in St Paul (she picked out her outfit) and then we stopped at the Woodburn outlet Mall to exchange some clothes. They had this tree made from a ton of flowers, she LOVED it.