Taelyn's Birthday Weekend

We celebrated Taelyn's third birthday this weekend with friends at the zoo and family time in a hot air balloon. It was a perfect weekend, and for the first time, Taelyn really understood what it meant to be her birthday. She was incredibly excited this past week anticipating the birthday fun that was to come. The hardest part for her during the week was when Kaelia and I went to the store so Kaelia could pick out a birthday present for her sister. Taelyn knew what was happening and she knew that she couldn't come; the suspense was unbearable!

On Saturday, we started off the weekend with a small birthday party at the zoo. We met our closest friends there, the Jettners who have a little daughter that is our girls' closest friend too. After a couple of hours of walking around the zoo and looking at animals, we set up a little picnic and had cake. Taelyn wanted a Mickey Mouse birthday cake this year with all the clubhouse gang.

Once we finished eating, the kids played on the playground for a little while, and then Taelyn opened up her present from her friend, Arianna. She got a chalkboard and chalk for the playroom, and she loves it!

Next, we headed home and took a nap (all of us actually; we were pretty tuckered out from the birthday fun). Then Taelyn opened up the rest of her presents when we all woke up. She got a birthday play set from Grandma and Grandpa Pepera, some board games from Kaelia, and a bike from us. She absolutely loves all of her presents! We also know that other people have sent things our way for Taelyn, but we have not received them yet. Thank you to everyone who thought of Taelyn on her 3rd birthday!

The birthday weekend ended today with a trip in a hot air balloon. There is one just down the street from us that we see every time we drive anywhere, and Taelyn has been talking about riding in this balloon for about six months now. So we all climbed in today to see the sights from high above. Both girls had a great time. Now when we see the balloon while driving, Taelyn is saying "there's the balloon we went in" instead of "I want to go in there."

We all had a wonderful weekend, and Taelyn had a fantastic third birthday!

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