Caitlin came into my room in the morning all ready in her party dress. No surprise there. We snuggled in bed for a little while and I told her the story of when she was born and we looked at her baby book together. She loved looking at all the pictures of when she was little and had me re-tell her birth story many times throughout the day.
Caitlin told me for her birthday this year, she wanted to take her friends to the zoo. So we did! We took about 11 adults and 14 kiddos to the zoo and had a blast. Unfortunately the weather didn't get the memo about our party and it was very overcast with drizzling on and off but it didn't seem to dampen too many spirits. We explored the zoo for awhile and then picked a (covered) spot for lunch and cupcakes and presents. It was a fun day and Caitlin was in heaven with her friends, the animals and cupcake frosting and opening gifts.
As we were watching the elephants Caitlin stood on her tip toes and yelled "hi elephant! it's my birthday! It's my birthday elephant!"
All the kids were given their little party box that had: an animal, crayons and a little coloring book, fruit snacks and a zoo passport with pictures of different animals. Every time they found an animal they got to have a sticker by that picture. Some of them got really into it and it was so cute. They also each got an animal mask to wear and they were too cute.
I think her favorite part was when everyone sang Happy Birthday to her.
This was Nolan's second trip to the zoo (the first was when he was a tiny baby). He stayed in the stroller for the morning while it was more rainy but then came out towards the end and LOVED seeing the animals. As we were walking away from the giraffes, he was holding hands but then he stopped to turn back and wave. It was precious.
After the zoo we went straight home and changed into soccer clothes to go to Caitlin's first soccer game! That was an event! The kids all had a lot of fun. After the game we went home and had pizza and opened presents.
I'm thinking 3 will be a fun age for all of us.
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