Happy 3rd Birthday Lucy!!

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday Dear Lucy...Happy Birthday to you!!

Well, it doesn't seem possible that 3 years have past by but sure enough they have! Lucy turned the big "3" on Sat.....it seems like Gideon just turned 3 but he'll be 5 in November!! My kids are growing up waaaayyyyy to fast! Well, we pretty much celebrated all weekend with Lucy for her birthday. Friday daddy took the day off work and we spent the day just hanging out as a family. For supper we went over to Nani and Papa's and then we canned peaches and ate fresh peaches with icecream while Lucy opened up a few gifts! She got a musical birthday card which played "You can Fly" from Peter Pan and she played it over and over and over and over again. On Sat. she got her choice of breakfast which ended up being Pancakes! After lunch a special package came in the mail from Uncle Drew and Aunt Melinda...an Aurora (sleeping beauty) barbie doll that's dress changes from pink to blue....she was thrilled and played with the doll and sang "I know you I walked with you Once Upon a Dream" the rest of the afternoon....she also kept saying "Pink.....No Blue.....No Pink.....No Blue" (If you've seen the movie you'll understand it). Then we headed off to Grammy and PaPa's for supper and fun with cousins. Lucy had a blast at a special supper just for her with corn on the cob, tomatoes, hotdogs and macaroni and cheese. She got lots of nice presents like a Giselle Barbie, a Cinderella costume and a really cool bag that Grammy made for her shoes and tutu for dance classes (which was our gift to her) She starts tonight and I am excited to see what all they do and if she'll like it or not! We finished off the night by taking a walk down to the dock and hunting for and throwing Buckeyes in the water and then went back to Grammy and Papa's for Caramel Corn before calling it a night. On Sunday we went to church in the morning and then met Nani and Papa at Mcdonalds for a birthday lunch and Lucy got another princess skirt made by Nani (she loves it and is currently parading around the room in it) Then, we went to Sauder Village for the afternoon to check out the new areas. It was really fun. Gideon and Lucy milked the cow, played in the cabin churning butter and playing dress up and tea party and saw Oxen and took a horse and buggy ride by Big Guy (a retired race horse) We all had a lot of fun at the Natives and Newcomers area where we sat in a wigwam, a teepee and went to the traders post to pet beaver, fox, bear, fisher, racoon, mink, and ferret pelts. Gideon was especially interested in how the aniamels were killed (yah...) The kids had a blast and were tired last night and ready for a good nights sleep!
So....Happy Birthday to our Princess Lucy......so dear to our hearts.....one minute we can't get enough snuggle and the next we're ready to pull our hair out!! But....we love her so much and can't imagine our lives without our beautiful princess girl!