Rosemary's Third Birthday

A couple weeks ago we celebrated Rosemary's third birthday. This was the first one where she was really excited beforehand so it was so much fun getting everything together. 

Lots of friends and family came to the house to celebrate with us. Thank you all for coming!

Rosemary wasn't particularly picky about most things, but there were two things she insisted upon: the theme had to be Curious George and the cake had to have Curious George on it. Unfortunately, I really don't like making cakes and last year got so frustrated I almost threw her cake in the trash. Fortunately, our friend Brandi does like to make cakes and they're delicious and beautiful all at once. :-) She made the awesome George cake which was perfect. (And it was funfetti...the best cake flavor of all time). Check out Brandi's other cakes at brandisdandis.blogspot.com. 

The banner was from an idea on MarthaStewart.com. When Rosemary got up the morning of her party she saw it was very excited to see an "R" on the banner. "Just like in 'Rosemary,'" she said. I saved it to use for Ben's party. It's gender neutral, right? And yes, I will change the name to say Benjamin.
Once again, we were out in the garage for opening presents. Maybe one year it will actually be above 60 degrees on the day of her party. Thankfully our garage isn't too 'garage-y' it's more like a late 1970's rec room. Strange to be thankful for that.



The kids made ice cream in a bag. I was trying to do things like the kids do on the Curious George episodes that would easy enough for preschoolers. I was pleasantly surprised that the ice cream actually tasted good too. It melted pretty fast, but was good to eat.

Rosemary was eating a chocolate dipped banana. If you've ever seen the boxes of the mix in Publix and wondered if it was any good, the answer is YES! Oh my goodness, those were delicious.



Rosemary really looked forward to blowing out her candles and everyone singing.

Our girl is three!