Celebrating Our 3-Year Old

Our sweet (not so) little birthday girl:

Karis was so excited to have a party.  She wanted EVERYBODY to be there, so we invited her favorite friends, young and old.  The theme was Curious George since that is one of her current favorite shows (along with Clifford).  

I created a spread of a few of her favorite things:  Pirates Booty, chocolate chip cookies (which she helped me make), cupcakes, licorice and lollipops.  

We had a bounce house in the front yard for the kids to enjoy. 

We had a couple of crafts.  One was with foam stickers which Karis loves to play with.  We have them all the time and every day she works on a "project."

We had mac n cheese and chicken nuggets for the kids.  My sister made a chili bar with two kinds of chili and a bunch of toppings.  It was a huge hit!

Afterwards, we sang Happy Birthday to Karis and she was enjoying every second of it. 

The adults enjoyed the red velvet cake while the kids had cupcakes. 

We opened the gifts a few at a time all throughout the rest of the day.

Thanks to my sister for also taking great photos to capture the day.

It was so much fun watching Karis enjoy herself on her birthday.  We made a big deal about her being three and she was so proud.  At the end of the day, it was late and Derek was putting Karis down for the night.  I'm not sure how it came about, but Derek told Karis that "tomorrow isn't your birthday" and Karis (exhausted and crashing from a day-long sugar high) started to cry.  

I guess she really did have a good day!