Now we are three

Yes indeed, Toddler Jeneric, nay Jeneric has turned 3. On Sunday, we had a small party, complete with cake, balloons and friends.
The festivities began with our weekly trip to the supermarket. Jeneric has been begging for a ride in one of the 'movie carts' and we indulged on her birthday weekend. She and Toddler Wily were mesmerized!


On Saturday, the family was in full party-prep gear, with cake baking, vege chopping (yes, we had broccoli at a kid's birthday party!) and decorating. Here, Jenni is getting started on the cake - hmm, what's going on?


Our first game on Sunday was a cross between jumping in leaves and drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. Then we morphed into a rousing game of twister (right hand red!).


Neither the birthday girl nor the guests could wait until the cake to open presents, so we did things a little differently. Presents first, lunch and cake later.




Next up: the first craft of the day. Food coloring on paper towels.


Lunch degenerated into a toddler joke fest: You're a banana. Yeah? Well you're a grape. You're a rabbit ear. etc, etc, etc.


Then we sang while three candles flickered.


Jeneric was good at blowing the candles out.


And even better at eating her rainbow cake.