THREE!!!

Let the birthday begin. My lovelies are three!!! Jack and Sadie celebrated this momentous occasion yesterday with an action-packed day. Grammy and Papa flew in from Florida Tuesday night to be here for the big day. We started out the day with a trip to the Long Beach Aquarium, where Sadie squealed, "Mama, that biggest string ray I've ever seen!" She was right, it was also the first string ray she'd ever seen. Jack had the most fun conquering a fishing vessel, which he immediately climbed and was at the bow before any of us could blink an eye. Fortunately it was landlocked. The big highlight was Grammy's communion with Australian parrots who crawled all over her hands, arms, and shoulders.

In the evening we took the kids out to dinner including ice cream sundaes. Thankfully many of the patrons at Twoeey's were won over by Jack and Sadie's birthday zeal and did not ask to have our boisterous crew thrown out.

After dinner we opened birthday presents. There's nothing quite like a three year-old in a room full of presents after having eaten a ice cream sundae, or make that 2 three year-olds. It was a big day to wind down from and it took a LONG time for the kids to get to sleep, but it was a great birthday and we're all excited for the big birthday party on Saturday!