BirthDAY

I can't even count the number of birthday celebrations we've had for Allie over the past 10 days. This particular post is documenting the actual 2-17-2011 birthday events. The next few posts will have pictures from all the other fun times we had celebrating her sweet little 3-year old self.
Her favorite food is Ravioli and the place that she'll eat the whole plate is the Olive Garden. So that's where we went for her birthday dinner.

How old are you, Allie?
Some birthday Daddy-love:

The waitress brought a cute bowl of ice cream and wrote "Happy Birthday Allie" in chocolate. The kids loved it. I snapped this picture just as that glop of ice cream landed in her lap.

This is my girl, right here. She decided the chocolate was too good to waste, so she licked it off the plate!

Some birthday brother-love:

We took her to Build-a-Bear to pick out a new stuffed animal. She chose a monkey and immediately named it "Jo-jo"...which is very cute (but also a bit mysterious)!

She's supposed to step on the lever (?) to get the stuffing moving. Daddy was helping a little!

Checking the softness/firmness:

My kids don't enjoy loud noises. After stuffing the monkey, Allie was supposed to take it to the
"dryer" to comb off all the fuzzies. She did this and had Daddy do the combing.

Look at her beautiful curls:

Happy Ending!