We Made It!!!

RACHEL IS 3!!! We made it through the terrible two's, and she is not throwing temper tantrums so much any more. She talks a lot and plays with her toys and is an enjoyable little girl once again.

We had a Princess Everything Birthday Party with just the family for Rachel. I bought the Princess plates and cups and all. Rachel chose hotdogs, chips, and grapes for her dinner which she did not eat.

We opened presents after dinner. Ruth, Kate, and Johnny bought Rachel a TinkerBell costume. She is absolutely delighted with that. She would not take it off to go to bed. She wore it straight until she spilt hot cocoa on it some time the next day.

John and I bought her this Snow White doll (Barbie size). But we are not getting into to Barbies. John also got her a giant Princess Aurora coloring book. My parents bought her a Snow White Polly Pocket, and a my mother made her a satin Princess quilt.

Rachel is still saying Thank you in her prayers for her birthday.

We had cake and ice cream last. Because we did a lot of grocery shopping, and because we had 2 showings on Rachel's birthday we bought her this lovely cake from Target. She is lucky to have her birthday near Easter when the cakes are prettier than usual. The cake was fine, but the frosting is nasty. Needless to say we still have birthday cake hanging around after 3 days.

So Congratulations, Rachel. We are glad that you are in our family, and have become such a sweet little princess.