Maddie Turns 3!

Somehow, our little one is 3 years old. It is amazing how much has happened in just 3 years and how much she has grown. She is a talking machine and is the funniest person Nick and I know. She is such a joy and we are such lucky parents.

For Maddie's birthday, Nick and I bought her a doll house. When I ask her what she did at school, she often tells me she played with the "peoples." We thought it would be fun for her to have her own doll house. I ordered one online ... and it turned out to be a small mansion. Nick put it together the night before her birthday and we hid it behind a blanket.
We woke up on the morning of her birthday and Maddie was super excited! We put on a birthday outfit and posed for a few thousand cute shots.


How old will you be Maddie?!

Mommy may have gone a little overboard on letting people know it was Maddie's birthday ...
They had a nice birthday party at school. I asked what treat Maddie wanted to bring for her party and she said "Cheetoes and fruit snacks," so we did. They sang happy birthday and partied the day away!
When we got home from school, Maddie and I had lots of birthday fun.
I gave Maddie a lipstick to play with and she disappeared for a few minutes. When I found her (she was hiding in her princess house), I found this. Thank you Aunty Katie and Aunt Summer.
When we got home, we found a box full of beautiful cookies from Nana and Teddy. They were delicious!
Maddie knew something was hiding under the blanket in the living room, but she was such a good girl and waited until Daddy got home. She just LOVED the doll house!

I asked Maddie what she wanted for dinner and she gave me the most unexpected answer ever. She asked for chicken and scrambled eggs. We have never had that as a meal, but there you go.

After dinner, we celebrated together with an ice cream cup cake (see video as well). Maddie even sang to herself.

She was very happy with her blue cotton candy flavored ice cream.

After dinner, Magnus wanted to join in on the birthday fun.

We played with the doll house and tried posing for a photo. Maddie was too hopped up on sugar, though, to sit still.

Maddie introduced Barbie to her doll house family. Barbie too the daddy for a ride in her pink Corvette and then moved into the attic. She moves fast, that Barbie! Maddie thought it was very funny. Look at that face!

It was a wonderful 3rd birthday. Maddie, we love you so much!