A very happy Un-Birthday!

Because Stephen won't be here when Katie actually turns three next month we decided to have her big birthday party before the baby was born and before Stephen left. My mom and I spent HOURS making Katie's princess castle birthday cake which turned out pretty cute although, I have decided that cake decorating is also not a talent of mine so don't look to close! We had the party at the park and we played "pin the tale on the donkey" and we had a pinata. When we bought the pinata and brought it home I explained to Katie that the pretty pink and yellow flower (which she loved) was not going to be around forever. I explained the whole concept behind a pinata and she even helped me fill the pinata up with all the goodies. She seemed fine at home with the idea but once all the kids actually started to hit her beautiful flower she fell to pieces. I felt so bad! She was heart broken to think that her new flower was going to be destroyed. After some calming down and some reminding of all the candy on the inside of the pinata she finally came around and helped in the fun. Katie was such a lucky girl and got lots and lots of gifts from her family. She got some play makeup, a bowling set, a battery operated pet hamster, some awesome learning puzzles, a big ball that she can bounce on, a computer game and a few other things. I am so lucky to have the love and support of my family. Overall she had a great party. Our camera was acting up so we didn't get a lot of pictures of the event but here is what we have!