Happy 3rd Birthday Turtle and Monkey!

We have been celebrating the girls' birthday for the last two days! October 22 was the actual day, and today was their birthday party. This was the first real birthday party we've had for them, and it was a smashing success if I do say so myself. We had a pumpkin decorating craft project, followed by playtime, then pizza lunch, cake and singing, and then a pinata finale. There were no meltdowns by anyone as far as I can tell (out of 17 kids!), and no one got hit in the head by the pinata stick, so I would say it was a pretty darn good party. The girls have really enjoyed all of it, and are looking forward to tomorrow, when the birthday celebration continues with leftover cake and more than a dozen unopened presents left from today's festivities.

I really enjoyed all of it myself, too, and I feel that I'm maturing and relaxing (just a tiny bit) into my role as the mother of preschoolers.