Sweet Karoline is 3!

Last Monday was our Karoline's 3rd birthday! I cannot believe that 3 years has already flown by!

I like to make a big deal about birthdays in our house. Not a big party or expensive gifts, but I just put a lot of effort into making them feel celebrated and special. Their birthday is special to me because it's celebrating the day I fell in love them. It's the day they came into my life and I really try to let them know how special they are to me. I always make sure they wake up to some simple decorations like streamers and balloons and make them a special birthday breakfast. We make the day all about them and let them decide what we do or eat. Karoline still doesn't quite understand, but we still celebrated her big day!

I had a dentist appointment that morning so she got to spend the morning with Nana Donna. She even brought her a birthday muffin and sang her happy 

birthday. 

The rest of the day was a pretty low key regular Monday. She did get to open one gift from us. She is obsessed with horses so of course we added another horse to our enormous collection. She has played with it nonstop since so it was worth it :)

On Saturday we had her birthday party. It was just a small family party and of course it was horse themed! She had a blast and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.  She was SO excited about her horse cake! She talked about it for weeks and could not wait to eat it!

I kept the decorations simple since a lot of my time is devoted to baby boy, but I think everything turned out cute. Karoline said it was perfect so that's all that matters :) My favorite decoration was definitely her birthday banner. 

We are so blessed to have her in our life! She is our sassy wild child with a huge heart. She's so smart and funny. Seriously, she's hilarious! She loves her big sister and copies her every move. And she is obsessed with her baby brother and has settled right into being a great big sister!

Here are few things about our Sweet Karoline: 

- She's super smart! (I know all parents say this:) She knows all her colors and shapes. She can count to 10 and can almost get to 20. She know most of her letters, but doesn't quite get them in order :) 

- At this time she will ONLY wear dresses or skirts. I'm sure it's just a phase...I hope. 

- She has a great vocabulary! But there are a few words she mispronounces and it really funny. I don't correct her because I think it's cute and she'll figure it out on her own. 

Polka dots= coconuts

Unicorn= hornicorn

Chocolate milk= chocolate milk and milk

Cinderella= Sunbrella

Before Ezra was born she called him Bezbra :)

- She's a good eater and will try mostly anything. She does have a sweet tooth though and loves ice cream!

- Over the past year she has grown really attached to a purple blanket. She loves it and always sleeps with it. 

- She loves books! She loves being read to, going to the library and atory time every Wednesday!

- She's a great sleeper. She sleeps 12 hours at night and still takes a good nap most days. 

- She is the complete opposite of her big sister, but they (mostly) get along great. 

- She doesn't go to school or day care, but she does really well with other kids! She loves going to story time and church to play with her friends. 

She's such a sweet blessing. I love watching her grow and learn and I can't wait to see what the next year holds!