Addison turned three years old today (May 30th). It's hard to believe she is that old! Time flies by so fast and you just wonder where it went. We started the morning by throwing her pacifiers away - YES, I have prolonged this situation way too long, but with all the stress and moving it was the last thing we wanted to do. We've talked to her about it for a while, telling her that when she is 3, she's a big girl and can't have a paci anymore so she was prepared. She woke up this morning and I sang Happy Birthday to her and she handed me her pacifier. I got all three of them down and had her throw them in the trash can.
We let her open one present this morning which was a "Dorothy" barbie doll from the Wizard of Oz (which she LOVES!) It sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and she loves to sing along so here's a taste of her and Savannah this morning playing together: (And yes, I'm ignoring Colton saying "Mommy...." a million times)
Then we took her to Build a Bear to make an animal to replace her pacifiers and for her to have a buddy to sleep with. She chose a long-eared bunny (since they had retired the koala bear she had wanted) and named her "Princess" although now that we have her home, she calls her "Star" or "Bunny Rabbit" - whatever she's in the mood for. We'll see if Princess makes her happy at bedtime or if the screaming and crying for the pacifier will be unavoidable.
Later that evening we had pizza and a Disney Princess Cake. She got many presents (too many, in BJ's opinion) one of which was a Bus Tent that she and her brothers and sister have enjoyed playing with. Here's some pictures and a video of the "Cake moment".
