Since we already celebrated Sofia's birthday with the pool party on Saturday, I decided to have her real birthday be all about whatever she wanted to do. Normally we go to the gym, run errands, or hang out at the house and despite going to the park, playing, or going swimming once CK is home, it's not exactly whatever she wants. I suggested going to the zoo or aquarium but she was pretty lukewarm on either idea, so I just decided to wait until that morning to see what she thought. She woke up, had her customary sippy of Ovaltine and played with her Thomas trains (what she does pretty much every morning). When I asked what she wanted to do, she said she wanted to play at the park, so we packed up, stopped by Einstein Bagels and headed to the park to eat them and play. We were able to spend almost two hours there! She did it all - the slides, swings, climbing wall, climbing fence, visited the pond to feed the turtles and fish, etc.
Our new fridge was being delivered so we had to be home for that, unfortunately. So, we headed home and played until we had lunch - leftover lasagna and strawberries. After lunch, Sofia wanted to play with Play Doh, so we played with that for a while until she got tired and took a short nap. After her nap, we headed to the grocery store to pick up her birthday cake and along the way stopped at Starbucks for a cool drink. While we waited for Sofia's Papa to get home from work, Sofia put on her swimsuit and played in the pool. We had dinner, then presents! The first one she opened was from Chester, Allison and Dawson and was a Thomas train beginner set. She wanted to play with her new set of track and Thomas and wasn't interested in opening any more presents! We had to coax her along with each new present - she was completely happy to open her gift and play with each one. Finally, she opened her two gifts from us - a car garage and a G series battery operated train. After present opening, we sang Sofia Happy Birthday and she blew out her candle before we dug into her frog cake and vanilla ice cream.
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Playing with her trains, including her newest train and
chicken flatcars (with real noise) from John and Lynn! |
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At the park enjoying her chocolate chip
bagel (I don't even think they had those when I was
growing up). It was delicious! |
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| YUM! |
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| Sofia loves the slide! |
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She became really good at climbing up
and down this |
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| Our pretty THREE year old! |
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| Sofia's second favorite - the climbing wall |
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Yum! Lunch - leftover lasagna and strawberries. |
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| One of her favorite things - playing with Play Doh |
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| Enjoying a Starbucks chocolate milk |
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| Happy Birthday cake - Ribbit! |
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A little birthday pool time. She makes "protein butter"
and leaves "food" out for the birds. |
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Opening her first present - a Thomas Train - she didn't want to
continue opening presents after that! |
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| Playing with her toys |
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| Blowing out her candle |
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| Singing Happy Birthday |
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| Yum, birthday cake! |
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| Setting up her new train with Papa |
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| A very happy three year old.... |
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