Reeve is Three!

Reeve knows her birthday comes after Libby's, so pretty much every day for nearly a month, Reeve would wake up saying, "Is today my birthday?" Helping her count down to her big day not only failed to help her grasp the time frame, but also fueled her fire to ask constantly. After lunch, after her quiet time, when daddy got home from school. (As if I would have failed to mention her birthday until, say, 4 pm!)

So earlier this month we were so excited to wake Reeve up with a "GOOD MORNING! TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!"


We started the day off right with some gooey cinnamon rolls.


Her birthday fell on General Conference, which was sorta great and sorta a bummer. I love General Conference, but I did feel a little bad that we spent most of the day watching church on TV. Luckily, she didn't seem to mind, and was quite excited to get her General Conference packet of coloring pages and activities. (This coloring and watching lasted, oh, about 2.1 seconds before degrading into running around, playing with toys, etc. Oh well. We tried. Maybe for her 17th birthday we'll enjoy a nice, quiet, spiritual Conference??)


For her birthday, one of Reeve's top priorities was to make party hats, so of course we obliged this request with pink paper hats, glue, and oodles of preschool-friendly decorations.



Reeve's only other request for her birthday were the "letter candles." She had found these candles that spell out "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" in the cupboard a few weeks before her birthday, and latched onto them. She would seriously hoard them and hide the package in different places around the house to be sure no one else would use them. When I asked her what kind of theme she wanted for her birthday, she replied she wanted the letter candles. I explained she could still have any theme she wanted (pink? Dora and Diego? Princesses?) plus the letter candles on her cake, but she would not be swayed and replied she wanted a "letter party" so she could have her candles. The girl knew what she wanted, and couldn't have been happier to blow them out.


She was quite pleased with how the cake tasted, too. =)


After cake it was on to the other best part of birthdays: presents!


What a lucky little girl!


Reeve is one of those kids who is such a joy to have in a family, and we feel so blessed to have her in ours. She is fun and happy and knows how to get out of trouble with a charming smile and a few well-timed declarations of love and adoration. She follows her big sister around like a little shadow, and dotes on her baby brother. She is imaginative, funny, and just an all-around great kid.


We always welcome the chance to celebrate this girl of ours. Happy birthday, big girl!