February 8th finally arrived, and boy was our Joely excited! A month earlier we had taken the kids to see Frozen at the movie theater (their first time at a theater) and Joely fell in love with the music and Olaf, the happy snowman. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted, she knew it had to be an Olaf cake! For her birthday, we decided to deck her out in her snowman clothes as well...
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| Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle, but put me in summer and I'll be a...Happy Snowman! |
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| Happy 3 Year Old! |
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| My favorite part of the cake is the nose...it was so fun to make and turned out really good. |
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| She's wearing snowman everything. |
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| Whoa! A little bit crazy...she was ready for me to be done taking her picture. |
For dinner we cooked Papa Murphy's pizza. We had blue jello jiggler squares that were "ice cubes" and white powdered sugar donut holes that were "snowballs". We had carrots (or snowman noses) and olives (snowman eyes) and other veggies with spinach dip. It was yummy!
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| So many presents! I love the flower/card Aunt Sjani made to go with her gift. It was beautiful! |
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Joely was super excited to open presents, so we went ahead and did that after dinner and before cake. She was given so many nice gifts! Here are pictures of most of them.
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| Joely had made this bear at Build-A-Bear a couple months earlier, and had waited patiently to have it. When you push the paw it plays Joely's favorite son, "You Don't Know You're Beautiful!" She named him Polar. |
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| The Whetstones sent a Frozen book and coloring book. She LOVES them! |
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| Her big gift from Mom and Dad was a karaoke machine. Joely loves to sing and perform. |
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| She serenaded us with her rendition of "Let It Go" from Frozen. |
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| Grandma and Grandpa McClure gave her all kind of fun baby doll things like a shopping cart and a crib. Joely was in heaven! |
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| Right before the birthday song...Candles are lit. |
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| Joely and her CUTE cousin Atti. I love his cheesy smile! |
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| The gang's all here...well, almost. Poor Dad had to leave right as the party was starting to help someone with an emergency move. It definitely wasn't good timing for us. He didn't get home until after the party was over and everyone else had gone home. At least we had lots of family come to help make it a special day. |
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| And one with me in it... |
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| One more before pajama time. |
Other than Dad missing out on the entire party, it was a great evening! We're SO GLAD to live close to the McClures and Aunt Sjani's family. Having them celebrate with us made it a special day!
I gave Joely the Birthday Interview (a couple months later) and these are her responses:
1. Who is your favorite person in the whole world?
Mom
2. What is your favorite color?
Pink
3. What's your favorite television show?
Fireman Sam/ Frozen Movie
4. What's your favorite outfit?
Skirts to dance in
5. What sport do you like best?
Soccer
6. What song do you love?
Let It Go, Olaf singing "In Summer"
7. What's your favorite cereal?
Fruit Loops
8. Who is your best friend?
Elynn Hunt
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A mom
10. What is your favorite book?
Frozen
11. What are you really good at?
"Reading," Singing
12. Where do you wish you could go on vacation?
Camping
13. What is your best memory?
Jesus loves me.
14. What would you buy if you had $1,000?
A picture of Jesus
15. What vegetable do you hate the most?
I love broccoli.
16. If you could have a wish, what would it be?
No answer
17. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Mint
18. Who is your biggest hero?
Emma
19. What do you like to do best with your friends?
Play baby dolls.
20. What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday?
Play with toys a lot!
