Josie turned 3 last Tuesday. Just because her birthday is actually only on one day is no reason that she should not be able to celebrate for at least a week, right?! The weekend before she had a bunch of friends over for a friend's party. The day after her friend party Auntie Kim came down from Bellingham with gifts and kisses. Thanks, Kim!The day before her birthday we made cupcakes to take to preschool. She thoroughly enjoyed licking the beaters. 
The morning of her birthday she got her gifts from us: the new ladybug bedding for her new "big girl bed" and her two favorite books. These are Spanish books that we had checked out at the library and she was always sad when we had to return them. You can see she is happy when she realizes that these are for her to keep.
On her birthday she was so excited to wear her new back pack from Grandma and Papa. Thanks, Grandma and Papa! She loves wearing a back pack and feels like a big kid.
We brought the cupcakes that we made to share with her preschool friends. It was one of those funny "wow, I really am a mom" moment for me. I remember having the same feeling when I gave my first test as a teacher. I know I've been a mom for 3+ years now but I have such fond memories of my mom bringing cupcakes to my classroom every year. Without fail she baked, packed and delivered cupcakes for each of us kids - and there were 4 of us and we are all born in November!!! Thanks, Mom! More and more I'm realizing all that you did for us :)
The celebration continued into last weekend when we had the whole Riemer clan over for breakfast. Again, Josie was spoiled with gifts. Thanks, Liz, Ed, Eric and Stephanie!
And, of course, the big hit was the scooter from Oma. Thanks, Oma!
A few days after the final celebration, Bryn and Josie had fun with her new "Let's go Fishing" game. Josie often asks Marty, "Daddy, can we go fishing?" and he replies, "I never thought I'd hear a child of mine ask that!"
Josie is thoroughly spoiled by not only gifts but by a loving family and friends!
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