Abby recently turned 3 years old and we had a great party to celebrate. Kay made this beautiful birthday cake; Abby requested that her cake look like “Abby in her dress”. We had homemade pizza and IBC rootbeer for dinner.

Kay decorated our dinning room with handmade pompoms; it looked spectacular. When Abby walked in the room for dinner, she paused and in a hushed voice exclaimed, “Wow!”

Abby loved opening her presents. Oliver really wanted to get her something for her birthday, so he asked me if he could make her a present. He decided to make her a pair of “binoculars” made out of paper taped together. He made them all by himself and then I helped him wrap the present. It was fun to see him doing something so nice for his sister. We got her a Pigeon that had a matching game inside of it (the Pigeon comes from a series of children’s books illustrated by Mo Willems that Abby loves). Grandma Kotter sent her a barbie in a Volkswagen Beetle and Grandma James sent her a bumblebee pillow pet. Abby went to bed a happy girl.

This video shows Abby blowing out her birthday candles. We had a minor technical difficulty with the candles the first time through, so we had to try a second take.

These next two videos are a bit long and not too exciting, but I’m including them mainly for the benefit of Grandmas. This one shows Abby opening Grandma James’ present.

This one shows Abby opening Grandma Kotter’s present.