Saturday was Mikayla’s third birthday and in honor of the big day we spent time doing things she loves. Like eating donuts, opening presents and going to the "park and play". She still has a few more gifts to open, but we are saving those for her big (and by big I mean little) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday celebration this coming Saturday. Here are some snapshots we got from our day of celebrating!
Mikayla woke up to find her floor filled with balloons and "streamers" on her door. We looked all over for streamers and couldn’t find any so I glued some newspapers together and cut them into strips. Not quite a festive as colored streamers, but she loved them anyway!
Then we made donuts and of course we had to put sprinkles. I used this recipe for the donuts and they were delicious! Best the day they were made and well worth the effort it required!
Then she got down to opening her presents. The first is from us and was a toolbox filled with art supplies. She loves "crafting" things and so this was a hit.
She also opened gifts from her aunts and uncles. Here you can see her playing with her Candy Land game (thanks Aunt Chelsea and Uncle Tim) in her rocking new Toms (thanks Aunt Christa, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Christopher, Uncle Kris, Tyson, Tanner and Taylor). There were other games and craft items included in these gifts, but I didn’t get pictures of them all.
After our donut breakfast and packages we hit up a park about thirty minutes down the road. She ran and played and had a great time. After some time at the park we went and grabbed lunch. While at lunch Mikayla met an older couple (with a granddaughter her age) who she proudly told it was her birthday. They then called in the owner and told him to go to the store and buy her a birthday cake…which he did! They ended up inviting us to their house for coffee afterwards. They had a ton of geese, rabbits, chickens, and dogs that Mikayla got to interact with. She had so much fun.
After the park and animals we headed home for a dinner of cheeseburgers and french fries and of course some Funfetti cake!
Daddy continued the cake smashing tradition him and our friend Rod always had, but this year Mikayla took the brunt of it.
She didn’t seem to mind though, and I helped her to get him back!
We had a great day celebrating with her and she will now proudly tell anyone who listens that she is three!
Tags: birthday, Growing up, Mikayla