On September 27, we celebrated Mylee's 3rd birthday. From 10:30 until 3 PM a sweet lady I serve with in Young Women's took Mylee out for the day. Mylee just LOVES her!! She has been like my mom here and has been like a grandmother to my girls. While Mylee was gone, I worked on her cake and other details involving her party. What I thought would take a couple of hours, ended up taking me the whole day!!I really wanted the make the day special for her though, so all the time and effort was worth it. I made her a crown birthday cake out of sugar cookies. It was a BIG hit and one of the best cakes I have made. Kelsey has already requested that she have the same cake for her birthday. When Mylee saw her cake she said, "Oh Wow!! My cake!!!" She immediately wanted to pick all the little candies off of it and eat the frosting. For dinner I made her favorite, homemade macaroni and cheese. I ended up scorching it a little bit, but hoped my family wouldn't notice. Guess who was the first to notice?! Blake, of course!! Mylee didn't notice though and that's all that matters.
A couple of days prior we all went to The Dollar Tree to pick out some birthday gifts. Kelsey helped pick out some things for Mylee and Mylee picked out something for Kelsey. Kelsey and I picked out some playdoh, bubbles, toy binoculars, fairy wings, and sidewalk chalk. Mylee got Kelsey a Princess and the Frog puzzle. All the presents were a hit!! Sadly though, the binoculars are already broken and most of the playdoh is all mixed together--Oh well. When singing happy birthday, Mylee sang along with us and when we said her name she would say, "TO ME!!". When we finished singing she wanted to sing again, so we lit the candles again and sang again. I love how animated she is. Mylee received birthday cards from many of you. She LOVED them and was so excited to find letters for her in the mail. Thank you for thinking of my little princess.
We were able to use the money many of you sent her to go towards her new snow white bike. We brought this present out very last and she almost couldn't contain her excitement!! She immediately got on it and started to ride it. As she pushed on the pedals she exclaimed, "It works!!!" Blake and I let her ride on the tile for a few trial runs. The next day, I took her outside to help her practice. When the bike wouldn't move she would frustratingly say, "It's not working!" As I helped push her along, it was so fun to hear her giggle with delight.
It's been fun to see a different side of Mylee these last couple of weeks with Kelsey in school. She's much mellower without Kelsey around. I've enjoyed some one-on-one Mylee time. She is such a sweet little girl and I can't imagine my life without her. She completes our family. We LOVE you Mylee!!!
