Ivy's 3rd Birthday Fun

This first set of pictures is from our little celebration at the park with Ivy's friends. Many of her friends were leaving town for the weekend so we decided to celebrate with some cupcakes a few days before her actual birthday. So glad we did it that day because the next couple days ended up being rainy and cold! 

All her friends singing happy birthday to her.. Love all these kiddos!

Ivy's big day! My parents actually flew into town the day before to visit and we were so excited they could spend Ivy's birthday with us. I was also grateful to have a good distraction while Sam studied for his finals most of the weekend. Anyways, we started out the day opening gifts before Sam had to run off to school. No big gift this year; instead, just lots of smaller gifts.... She got her first backpack and was very excited about it. Also lots of books, Minnie Mouse Pet Salon(totally scored one for cheap on amazon!), and a Cinderella carriage to go with her little people castle:

 

While Sam was studying for a few hours, we showed Mema and Grandpa around our area and stopped at the library for some playtime. Then met Sam for lunch at the Pineapple Tea Room in the Cumberland Gap for lunch:

 

Grandpa showing Ivy how to make "3" with her fingers:

Looks like "2" but that third finger is up, lol:

Spent the afternoon making her cake with Mema, then changed back into her birthday outfit for dinner out at Heavy's BBQ (pics in the next post). Came home for cake and ice cream, which she was very excited about. It was hilarious watching her try to blow out the candles. She hasn't quite perfected the art of blowing actual air. Ends up just spitting everywhere, haha. Lovely.

Mema making sure she doesn't burn herself (she's done that before! Ha!):

Recruiting helpers, hehe:

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Happy Birthday baby girl!!! Can't believe how grown up you are! Glad we were able to have a happy, fun-filled day!