Kenna's Birthday!

I can't believe our little Kenna is 3 years old already! Time goes by so fast! She has been so excited all month for her birthday. Friday night we took her out for a birthday dinner, she chose pizza. We tried a place called Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizzeria. It was the best pizza we have ever had! Because it was her birthday they gave her free ice cream and put a candle in it, we sang to her and let her blow the candle out. It made her day. She wanted Brad to take her shopping for a "beautiful dress" so her and Brad went to Target and she chose a dress with black velvet top with pink (of course) satin with a chiffon overlay for the bottom. Brad tried and tried to get her to like a black and gold one that had a matching one for Bryn but it was not happening. She told us she wouldn't wear it, only the pink one. So the pink one she got.

Aunt Jena sent a card in the mail with some money she had a blast walking around the toy isles trying to pick something out. Every corner we went around she would say "I found something Dad!'' only to go around another corner to have found yet another something. She narrowed her decision down to a game. After debating over Chutes and Ladders, Memory, or Hungry Hippos for a good 5 minutes, she finally decided on Memory. She is rather good at the game, we need to work on only turning 2 pieces over each turn.

On Saturday (her actual birthday) she had some friends over for a party. Kids parties are so easy to do, a little craft, a simple game, food, play with presents. It went very well, Kenna chose a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. So we decorated mouse ears that I painstakingly cut out the night before. They played pin the bow on Daisy, ate a preschoolers dream lunch of dinonuggets and fries with juice.She has a good bunch of friends that all come from good families that are teaching them well. I was so impressed when we sat down to eat lunch I suggested that we say a blessing on our food. Then ten 3 year old sitting at my table all folded their arms, bowed their little noggins, and closed their eyes. That was the only quiet time during the party.

Brad made an amazing Micky Mouse cake. She opened her presents they played and had cake and ice cream. Brad and I got her a bike with a helmet and knee pads to go with it. I was excited to give this to her, I bought it back in April and it had been sitting in our garage. We also got her a Rainbow Dash newborn (My little Pony), and a fisher price doctor kit that she had been asking for. Another thing I love at this age is the inability to keep a secrete, each friend when they handed her a gift told her what it was they all were just as excited as she was as you can see in the photo below. So cute.

Later that evening the door bell rang and some flowers from her Grandma and Grandpa Murray arrived with a balloon attached. She was in heaven. We then let her open the presents Grandma Murray had sent. She had a very big day and felt special. As I was putting her to bed she told me that Birthdays are my favorite and best days. Thank you to everyone for calling and sending cards.