Before I blog about anything Halloween, I must blog about my children's development. :)
Someone had a BIRTHDAY! My sweet little McKenna turned 3 on Oct. 19th.
3 Year Stats
Height: 37in (3in increase in 1 year) 50th percentile
Weight: 30lbs (5.2lb increase in 1 year) 25th percentile
The night before, I went shopping for some presents and Dan had a good time decorating the house. (Not pictured are the cute crown and balloons he drew on her bathroom mirror so when she stood on the stool to wash her hands the crown would be on her head. :] )
Upon waking up she opened presents from Mom, Dad, and Ben.
(Two princesses: Rapunzel and Belle, and some play food.)
After breakfast, we went to Kangaroo Zoo with almost ALL of her Webster cousins.
Bouncing with Katie and Whitney
One of the BIG slides she did on her own!
I wish I could zoom in on her face though- she's kind of terrified. :) I went on some other big ones with her though, and she did great!
After dinner that night, we went swimming at the Rec Center as a family. Then home for cake and ice cream.
I'm actually really embarrassed to post this picture of the cake. Don't laugh too hard. :) And don't worry, I won't quit my day job.
When I asked McKenna what kind of cake she wanted she simply said, "Chocolate!" What kind of frosting? "White." Anything else? "Sprinkles." I took the liberty of buying pink frosting to write on the cake with. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, apparently I can't make even this simple thing look halfway decent. The good news, she's only THREE and couldn't have cared less what it looked like. And the even better news is hopefully I can only get better at cake decorating from here...Hopefully!
Right after she blew out the candles
And YUMMM! Success!
We also celebrated all the October Webster birthday at a Webster Family Sunday Dinner. Awesome Aunt Lara made this sweet pig (of Angry Birds fame) pinata. This monster survived 20 kids and grown-ups taking swings at it before the last piece of candy fell.
One September BD and 5 Octobers BDs.
Again, this is one happy girl.
It's important to note she received many loving phone calls and cards in the mail. She also did much better this year at NOT crying when we sang, "Happy Birthday." Generally, she's doing better at handling loud noises.
The night after her birthday she REALLY grew up because we said good-bye to the BINKI!! Potty training is also coming along fairly well. Still working on #2 in the potty, but she's been accident free for about three weeks.
And, I think one of the biggest milestones in a toddler's life is their speech development. Her vocabulary is growing leaps and bounds and the last time I posted about the funny things she's said was February. I think it's time to share a few more. (As if this blog post wasn't already long enough...) :)
While watching "Biggest Loser" and seeing a contestant get upset at the weigh-in, she said, "She can't believe it." (A reference from Sleeping Beauty.)
- When I cut her cheese into long skinny rectangles, she asks for "more Ls."
- Grabs a bag full of random toys and says she's going "visiting teaching."
- Quotes movies like crazy!
- Grabs my hand and pulls be along saying, "Me and Baloo, we've got things to do."
- Sniffs air at a restaurant and says, "I smell food." Glad to know her sniffer works since her Daddy's doesn't. Although when asked what the food smells like, she says "beenanas and gwapes." :)
- Started naming flavors of things (mint and peach) end of March.
- While looking at my bridal portrait she said, "Mommy wear crown. Mommy a princess."
- After struggling to swallow a big bite of food, she said, "That was a big swallow!"
- Said, "Can I want _____?" instead of "have."
- When eating a piece of bread from a sandwich with guacamole on it, she said, "I don't like this jelly."
- Trampoline is a "jumpoline-tramp."
- When driving into a dark parking garage she said, "I don't want to go to a wash-clean." Meaning she didn't want to go to a car wash.
- After running and accidentally flipping over a bean bag chair, she said, "Did you see that?!? Watch my new trick!"
- When sharing a bowl of cottage cheese, "You eat the big bites and I'll eat the little bites."
- "That's mines!!"
- Got her first bee sting in August and called the remnants a "bee spot."
- She went through a phase where she loved Pocahontas and was especially fascinated by the part where Kokoum (sp?) was shot and fell in the water. One night she was telling daddy how our evening was. "Benny bonked his head. He was sad and mommy picked him up like Kokoum."
This picture also tells the story of Kokoum as a bear...so sad...
5 comments:
Sounds like such a fun birthday day! I love all her sayings. She is such a funny girl! And the Kokoum... What a funny girl :)
Oh my cuteness! She is so cute and smart!!! :) I was laughing at some of those things she says, just 'cause now I can kinda picture her saying it. What an awesome little girl you guys have, and what great parents she has also. :)
This is like a trip down memory lane, because the movies McKenna loves and the movies Emma loved when she was 3 are identical. Of course Emma had different things she said (whenever she wanted my legs out straight she'd say, "Make a boat!" and I still have no idea what she meant by that, but by golly I knew what to do when she said it) but all these little references and quotes remind me so much of 14 years ago. She's growing so fast!
I LOVE THIS GIRL!! Happy Birthday MyKenna! She is getting so big and so smart! Fun times for sure! Love your Ben post, too! He's so stinkin handsome! Love you all!
i say the cake was successful--she asked, you gave and she loved the final result. so who cares about the rest of it? :) or make justin come over and do it--that's who ices our cakes ;)
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