After MUCH planning and anticipation, Elizabeth and Ryan turned 3 on January 15, 2011! Seriously, when we planned Andy's birthday party in May 2010, they started planning their own party...8 months in advance. And they actually stuck with the same theme for 8 months. Impressive. Elizabeth wanted a fancy shoes party (girl after my own heart!) and Ryan wanted a police man party (his uncle was especially thrilled!). And I believe that kids should get their birthday party of choice (within reason, of course), so we had a fancy shoes/police man party! But they were also adamant that only girls could attend Elizabeth's party and only boys could attend Ryan's party. So, we braved the weather and went to a park. Ryan happily wore his police man costume. Elizabeth was upset that I made her wear her pink sparly sneakers instead of dress up shoes (hello, park mulch and cold weather!), but we compromised and she wore a pink tutu over her clothes and carried around her dress up shoes "just in case". All the girls sat at Lizzie's table and wore fancy shoes (and received dress-up shoes as their treat) and the boys sat at Ryan's table and got to ride in Uncle Lance's police car (and received police man dress-up stuff as their treat). The two themes totally did not go together, but our little guests of honor were thrilled! And really, what else matters?
(Planning for their next party has been underway all summer...so stay tuned!)
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