Jordyn had a great birthday! I made her a special birthday breakfast. She asked for pancakes. She LOVES to cook and bake, so she asked if she could help. I must teach her that your
birthday is a day off from this and other tasks! She ate her breakfast off the special birthday plate, a tradition in the Stuart house. Her birthday fell on dance night. Being that dance is one of her favorite activities it was icing on the cake. Afterward she wanted to go to Applebees, or as she calls it "The Neighborhood" (from their advertisements), for dinner. Her favorite part of the meal/day was the birthday sundae. She received a few cards and a package in the mail. She loves getting mail!!! She opened her mail as well as some small gifts we bought her. She's at the age where she wanted the gifts to keep coming! Friday night we had her party. She chose to have it at Jump and Bounce (a bouncy castle place). What a great idea. The kids were perfectly behaved, as they were having too much fun to be
anything but happy. After exhausting themselves, they sat very still and quietly while they had a snack and some cake. I didn't have to pick up a mess at my house or worry about anything else. How fabulous! As usual, the child was spoiled rotten and got so many cute and thoughtful gifts. She's been playing dress up and playing with all of her new and wonderful gifts. She had a BLAST with her friends and family. What a memorable 
birthday party. We went to dinner, with my parents and her 2 uncles, at Red Robin after the party. Although she just had cake and ice cream at her party, she had ANOTHER birthday dessert after dinner. They sang her a special birthday song, which she wasn't too sure about, but it was entertaining. On Saturday she tried out her new big-girl bike, which we gave to her at her party. When she was done riding it she wanted to play in the snow. What is left of the snow is not significant enough to play in. It seems like we are always ruining her great ideas. She did stand on some mounds and kick at it for a bit.
Well, she's 3 now. Wow! Where has the time gone??? We really enjoyed celebrating, and we know that she had a GREAT birthday. Especially since her birthday stretched out over the course of quite a few days. Is one day ever enough?? :)
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a cute picture of a special party guest. :)
