ND's Third Birthday!

What a fabulous birthday it was. My only complaint is that I had a bit of a cold through it. It at least stayed at bay until yesterday afternoon. Now I have a sinus infection and am missing a lot of work, but am still happy about the party.
This was ND's first birthday party. In honor of the occasion we invited our friends who used to live next door and now live a 3 or 4 hour drive away. They arrived on Sat. night very late when ND was already asleep. The next morning their older son and ND warmed up to each other almost instantly, even after months without seeing each other.

At last the party actually began and we had about 20 guests -- half children and half adults. We had an amazing cake from my friend at Ivy Lane Cakes:

As you can guess, it was a Curious George themed party. 

We read Curious George and the Birthday Surprise, we played stick the butterfly to George, played Bingo, colored, made special visors and, best of all, played "The Man With The Yellow Hat Says..."

The next day when ND woke up she suddenly looked up at me, smiled and said, "I'm three now!"

(Incidentally, for any curious family members, here are many more videos, but they are very long.)