How many Birthday Celebrations does one child need?

As most of you know Olivia turned 3 (yes I said 3!!!!!!!!!) last Monday the 13th. Well first of all I cannot believe my beautiful little first born baby is 3! I just can’t!

Here she is just hours old, and now she is 3 going on 16 with her “Realllllly Mom?” comments. Ok so now that I am over that, (not really) I must say that she had a fantastic Birthday with 3 (there is that number again!) Birthday Celebrations!

The first one was with all of her little friends and cousins at Adventure Landing on September 3rd filled with miniature golf, the WOW factory, games, bounce houses, and pizza and cake (yea even I was exhausted after that day!). I think all the kids had a blast and I know I had fun too!

Her second Birthday Party was the day before her Birthday at her Bampga’s (Grandpa) house with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We flew kites, played with bubbles, and ate good food! OH did I mention she got a 4-wheeler???? This was from Uncle Shane and Bampga among her other dozens of Princess, Dora, and Ni Hao Kai Lan toys that she accumulated at all of her parties.

Her last celebration was on her actual Birthday. Her Daddy and I took the girls to Bounce it Out with a couple of her friends, and McDonalds for lunch. Then, (yes there is more) after naps we went to Toys R Us so she could pick out something with her gift cards. She picked out the “sick baby” with the stethoscope, band aids, medicine, and thermometer. She let Bellie pick out a baby too because she is such a nice sister! After that we went to Applebees for dinner with Maggie and Poppa and ended with the restaurant singing her Happy Birthday and a hot fudge sundae!!!!!

The next day she asked me ” Mommy is today my Birthday?” I said ” No honey, your birthday is alllll over until next year. Next is Belle’s Birthday!” She then said “Oh Happy Birthday Belle!!!” :) Guess what her new favorite game is?????? Making a cake with candles out of anything she can find, like marbles and crayons, for instance, and singing Happy Birthday over and over again while blowing out the candles! What have I done???

Did I over do it? Probably. Was it worth it? Absolutely. I enjoy seeing my kids smile and laugh and have fun. It fills up my heart! Whether we are reading a funny book, coloring pictures, watching a movie, playing outside, or even having 3 different Birthday Parties I LOVE IT ALL!

So Belle turns 2 in January….at least I have a couple of months to recover!