Adventures of Kailie and Kolton Matthews: 3 YEARS OLD!

What fun it is to be a kid and celebrating a birthday - it's never just one day it seems that the younger you are the longer the celebrations!!!

We've had a great time celebrating with Kailie. On the day before Halloween we had her friends over for a Halloween-Birthday-Bouncy-Costume-Party and it was SO much fun. It poured rain all morning so we were pretty worried but just as Kailie's guests started to arrive the rain cleared up and we managed a great mostly-outdoor party! The bouncy castle was a bit of a let down as it wouldn't quite inflate enough but what was lost here was gained with a bubble machine - the kids went crazy!!!!

Then in between her birthday party and her actual birthday was Halloween of course - Kailie hooked up with her good pal Brooke and the two girls had a great time Trick or Treating . . . until we got rained out (seeing a theme here?!). I think Kailie thought Halloween was all part of the birthday celebrations!

Today on her actual birthday (with many evenings of presents in between!) we had a special celebration for her at school. Mummy & Daddy both made an appearance with pizza and cupcakes for everyone - there was a lot of singing and attention given to Kailie and she LOVED every minute of it!! Then of course we had a nice family birthday dinner with our big girl to round off the celebrations:)

It's been an incredible 3 years. There were many momentous moments on this day 3 years ago but the one that stands out for me was Kailie and I sitting in a rocking chair at the hospital and I was just so overwhelmed with happiness that I just cried and cried. I knew then I was in for a lifetime of happiness like I had never experienced and my baby girl hasn't let me down - in fact it's been a better journey than I could have ever imagined!! There are challenging moments of course and I trust there will be more, but all those tough moments are quickly forgotten when I think of the blessing and total joy that Kailie has been in our life. I'm so proud of my sweet baby girl who has blossomed into a sweet bubbly loving little 3 year old - what a lucky Mummy I am:)

Here are all sorts of birthday pic's - and some miscellaneous October pictures thrown in . . .

Thanks Grammie Kim for the Dora outfit - she's definitely my fav these days!

At Kailie's school they celebrated International Day rather than Halloween - here's our little Native American Bermuda Girl!

She looks a bit grumpy in this picture - and I don't really blame her - it was a super hot day and the kids were on a parade up and down a very big hill! It was still very cute to see all of them all dressed up.

Now onto Birthday Stuff:) My plan for Kailie's cake was a dress for Dora - however my dear husband was a bit too quick to point out that it looks like Dora is stuck in the Gooey Guyzer, when Kailie confirmed this sentiment I decided just to go with it - so it became the Gooey Guyzer Cake!!

I should really stop subjecting my kids to me making their cakes as I'm even less artistic than most accountants, however Kailie loved it and was very excited about her cake and that was enough for me:)

My poor second child!! This is where he was put while we scrambled around to get ready for Kailie's birthday party - I guess he finally got sick of waiting for someone to put him down in his bed for a nap!!

The calm before the storm!

Let the party begin!

Super-Grover kept everyone well fed!

Check out this face!! Kailie just LOVED it when everyone sang to her - it was so sweet to watch - and blowing out the candles was a close second, we were hardly finished singing and those 3 candles were OUT!

Family Pic:)

The Burkes got into the spirit too!

Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles!!!!!!!!!!!

Super Grover, Oscar, Cookie . . . and a Lil Pumpkin!

Our littlest Treat :)

This is what happens to Miss Cookie when she doesn't get a nap!! Too much fun at school so she needed a little power nap before we hit the streets for Trick or Treating.

Brooke & Kailie ready to Go!

Our little Pumpkin . . . not quite so ready . . . !

Check out the Sock Monkey - Kailie talked about him for a long time!

Birthday Celebrations at Kailie's school - she was so excited to have Mummy & Daddy bring pizza and cupcakes! We loved going and seeing her in her new element too:)