Carly's 3rd Birthday

Holy Cow! I can't believe my girl is 3. There has been a lot more sass that comes with that age. Surprise surprise. She is creeping into that imaginary stage which has exponentially increased since getting her birthday toys (like her play kitchen & a new doll house). It's been pretty great. Tonight she ran to her kitchen, opened & closed her oven, said "Woohoo! I did it! I made popcorn and cupcakes!" Then she shared some with Morgan and I. Carly's favorite color is pink. She loves to wear jammies. Every night when she notices it's getting dark she says, "It's dark outside. I wear jammies?" She likes to express emotions & feelings. She always let's me know when she's tired, "Mommy? I feeling really tired." She tells me when she's feeling scared, sad, or happy. She loves to read books. Our friend told us about Fancy Nancy and I have been loving reading these books to Carly. She likes to "read" the books back to her stuffed animals or Benson's plastic hippopotamus. A recent favorite was "Polar Bear Polar Bear What do You Hear?" Carly has been doing ok with potty training. She always poops in the toilet, but only goes potty by chance that she's sitting on the toilet (only a few times). In the past 3 months, Carly has only pooped once in her diaper. So now to going potty on the toilet...

Favorite things:
Veggies & Ranch, oatmeal, bran flakes, bean with bacon soup, refried beans.
Her soft pink blankey.
Little toys (small books, tiny little action figure toys).
Singing (ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Once there was a snowman).
Finding Nemo (Every fish we see now is Nemo).
Frozen (especially Olaf which means she loves every snowman).

 Uncle Sam is ready to cheer her on!

 Apparently what she's doing is more important than cupcakes....

 She likes to eat the frosting, then the cupcake. Her new frozen plate (Frozen dish set) from Grandma Barb - she loves it!

 Little Mermaid costume. Don't want to brag too much, but I got a steal of a deal. Walgreens marked their halloween stuff 90% off, so I paid $2.69. Not the mismatched costume mess you find at Walmart. How's that for an awkward smile?

 3 year checkup. "It poke. It ouchie.... but it's getting better." No shots, just a toe (or finger) poke to check blood count. PS Those hot pink shoes are from Grandma Deanna and have apparently replaced her silver sparkly shoes (she doesn't even think of wearing them since getting these new "birthday shoes".) Note to self: fruit snacks during toe poke - smart idea! I asked her if she wanted the poke to be on her finger or toe, then let her pick which foot she wanted. It went really well. I was also glad I had a cookie for her :)

 Here's the Olaf I made for the "Pin the nose on Olaf game".

 She is loving her new Ariel backpack!

 Of course she had to wear her tiara when she played with play dough today :)

 Posing with friends & of course Olaf. It was a fun birthday! Thanks to everyone who came to the party :)