A day in the life of a brand new 3-year-old

7:10am - wake up. get mad at your parents when they tell you that you're 3 today.

7:15am - get excited because you realize that you're big and so now you can wear your sister's clothes. get mad because your parents inform you that you still can't wear her clothes because they're girl clothes.

7:30am - still mad at the world but you get to watch the fireman movie before breakfast.

8:00am - your mom made you delicious buttermilk pancakes and put a #3 candle in it for you. you're still mad so you refuse to eat.

8:30am - decide to eat the pancake, and then 4 more. things are looking up.

9:00am- get dressed all by yourself in your #3 shirt and not-so-much matching camo shorts so that you can go outside and play with Grant.

11:00am- decorate a big envelope for the mail

11:30am - collect pacifiers from their various hiding places around the house and put them in the envelope because big 3-year-olds don't need pacifiers anymore. suck one of them one last time.

11:40am - put the envelope full of pacifiers in the mail to send them away

12:00pm - eat mac n cheese and apple slices for lunch, per your request

12:30pm - read the book about moods and then decide you're in a pretty good mood afterall. tell your sister that it's not her birthday- it's YOUR birthday!

1:00pm - naptime. without pacifiers :( you get the new big huge blue stuffed dog that you picked out at the store as a consolation prize. you're not quite sure about it.

1:10pm - come out of your room and inform your mom that you want your pacifiers and that you don't want to be 3. mom puts you back to bed and snuggles with you.

2:30pm - wake up from the shortest nap ever. eat a snack.

4:30pm - load up bikes and hit the town for your birthday dinner

5:00pm - first stop: Round Table Pizza
5:15pm - next stop: a park for a picnic5:45pm - attempted kite flying. the wind died down so that didn't work out too well6:15pm- don't cooperate for a family photo op. start the ride home.
7:14pm- home and tucked into bed with your sister's gigantic stuffed dog to snuggle with since the blue one you picked out wasn't quite good enough. snuggle with your dad as he prays that you'll be able to sleep.

8:15pm- still awake and missing your pacifiers

8:30pm - fast asleep :)