Happy 3rd birthday, EV!

This year because of our renovations, we had a small get together with EV's closest friends at my sister's house. But regardless of the size of the party, I had to make the most out of the decorations. Once again, Pinterest came to the rescue and gave me some really great ideas. The decorations came out the way I envisioned (even though I didn't get to do everything I wanted) and EV had a blast. I had EV's friends make a book for EV and it came out so well. It's the best birthday gift ever!

Story station:

Decorations:

The birthday girl:

Blowing out her candles:

Crafting and jumping:

Gina eemo and EV are partied out:

Ballet Class

I swore when I found out that I was having a girl that I would not put EV in pink and expose her to the world of princesses and ballerinas.  But almost everything cute out there for baby girls is in pink and so many playthings for toddler girls all reference princesses and ballerinas.  So, here we are the week before EV's third birthday at her first ballet class.  Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against ballet and she is the cutest little ballerina I have laid eyes on, but I just don't want it to become an obsession.

I have to say, I have never seen EV concentrate so hard and look so intense.  The ballet class is at a local community center, so it's a mix of beginners and girls who already have had a session or two.  I was surprised at how they jumped right into things, but EV kept up for the most part.  I was so proud of her, she would volunteer herself and when it was her turn, she would jump, skip, gallop, twirl her way across the classroom.  After class was over she said it was a lot of fun and she wanted to do it again.  Maybe we have a little ballerina on our hands.