Little Miss 4th of July

Today we got to celebrate 2 birthdays! Our countries and Rebecca's. Rebecca has been counting down to her birthday for weeks and today was the day she turned 3!!

It was kind of sad putting her to bed lastnight because we knew it was the last time we'd ever put a 2 year child of ours to bed again!

This morning she woke up and crawled into bed with us. I love it when she cuddles with us in the morning!


When we convinced dad to get up (at 7:30) we headed into the kitchen to see her presents and decorations. I usually don't buy very many themed birthday items, but I did get her a Dora birthday banner and plates. Next week she's having a Dora Birthday adventure with her friends to get the cupcakes back from Swipper.

The look of pure joy on her face when she walked into the dinning room was so sweet!

Each of the kids gave her a present. Ammon was so excited to give her 2 heart shaped bubble necklaces. Corrine gave her a set of Birthday cake Duplos. Simeon gave her a Brave dress up doll. (Between her and Corrine we have most of the princesses like this.) Mom & Dad gave her a wagon for her dolls.

For breakfast we had pancakes, but not just any old white pancakes. We made red and blue pancake mix and had some fun. We made 3's, flags, stars, letters and some other fun shapes. I was surprised how easy they were to make! We topped them with strawberries, blueberries and whipcream. Ammon LOVES whip cream and can eat a plateful of it for a sweet treat, so his plate was more whipcream then anything else!
 
It's been so hot and humid that we didn't do a whole lot today. We stayed home and played until late in the afternoon when Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Justin and cousins Jonas and Ian came over.


We ate some yummy food, played on the slip-n-slide and sprinklers out back, then opened presents ate sprinkle cupcakes and played some more.
   
We finished the night off going downtown to watch the fireworks. We always go on a parking ramp and watch them from the van. We got there only 10 minutes before they started (they started 15 mins early for some reason) and were able to get a great spot. We ate some snacks drank some fresh lemonade and enjoyed the show.


 
The fireworks lasted half hour and were great! Within 5 minutes of them being over and driving home Rebecca was sound asleep. A sign that she had a great (and tiring) birthday.

We love you sweet Rebecca Lucy. We are so grateful to have you in our family!