Happy 3rd Birthday, Naomi!

In case you were wondering how far behind I still am, this should give you some insight.  

All the same, Naomi’s party, when it happened, came off pretty nicely and with minimal effort on my part—woo-hoo!

                            
We had a small tea party with just a few friends.  The fans served as party favors and I gave myself bonus points for “authentic” Japanese fans from the 100 Yen store.  (I stocked up before we left.)

                         
It’s not necessarily because of this event, but Naomi’s standard response when we are praying together and I ask her what she’s thankful for, is “cupcakes.”  Every night, for months, she’s been thankful for cupcakes.  I don’t know when she last ate one, we don’t have them around the house very often, but still it’s “cupcakes.”

Yep, she’s a funny little thing.

  
Happy birthday, Sunshine!
 
                
For party fun, we kept things simple with a dress-up station . . .

    

          
and Naomi’s new doll house set up for group play.  (The third picture is from a few days pre-party when we picked up the doll house—it was a craigslist find—I put it here so that you could get a better sense of scale, as compared to the kids.)

Being now halfway through her 3’s, I can tell you that so far it’s been a very good year for her.  Like the sun, sometimes she has little flare-ups, but she makes our life brighter and her smile warms my heart.