Nealy Turned 3!!

Well, it has been a week of birthday fun. This year, Nealy's birthday fell on a Monday, and her birthday party was held the following Saturday due to the fact that we returned from our Spring Break vacation the Saturday before her birthday. So that meant:

• Cupcakes at School on Monday

• Dinner of choice Monday night

• More cake at home Monday night followed by gifts

• Squeezing in fun Easter events during the week

• Family coming into town on Friday and Saturday morning for the party

• Crazy/Insane party prep in the days before the party (which wasn't all that much - just cake pick up/favor acquisition/reminder to friends to come to the party)

• Birthday party event on Saturday

• Wind down Saturday mid-day before launching directly into more Easter activities

It's been kind of a crazy week.....

Luckily, Nealy has been taking tumbling at day care this past year through Premier Spirit Academy, and a Premier party was just what she wanted. She waffled quite a bit on the party theme (princess, Rapunzel, Dora, princess again, Fairies, Hello Kitty), but in the end we settled on Hello Kitty. Thanks to the ease of the Premier party, all I had to worry about was getting the cake (and my cake baker, Mandi Buckalew of Cakeapotomous is a Hello Kitty aficionado), some extra snacks, and additional favors for the cups that Mr. Frank of Premier already had prepared for us. Gotta love the Premier party!
Okay, my party prep story is growing tiresome. Here are some pictures:

Brother and Sister pre-party - holding hands and smiling big. So super sweet...Pure joy

One of many, many attempts at a group picture. This is one of my favorites because Nealy is cracking up at something. We love Mr. Frank! He takes good care of all the babies - such a good daddy.

Nealy posing by her cakes.
Time to enjoy some party food!!
Fun was had by all!! Phew - another birthday party down. Just 6 short months until it's time for another one. Jacks is already planning for it.....

Thanks to all of Nealy's sweet friends for coming and celebrating her big day with her, and thanks to our parents for traveling great distances to be here for the party.