Birthday Party!!!

My first baby is almost three! We had a birthday celebration for her with my family on Sunday. I did not have it all together. Late Saturday night, I realized that I had not purchased a birthday gift for her yet. So, out to Meijer with Helen *hoping* that they carried some acceptable set of duplos. They did. Yay! Then, after gift-opening and a meal that went quite well, dessert time! Oops! The only birthday candle in the house was one left from her first birthday...in the shape of a 1. We turned it sideways and used it anyway. She blew it out before we had a chance to sing, so we lit it again. She blew again, but missed, then blew it out. At least she blew three times!

Her grandparents also gave her duplos, but it was a different set, so it was great. She has been playing with them ever since. The only trouble is that my independent player now wants Mark or me to play with her all the time. We made a piano with a bench today. Since her daddy is the one who plays the piano in our house, she sat the "daddy" duplo man on the bench.