Birthday continued...

Birthday Lunch...CFA was requested by the birthday girl along with
Krispy Kreme which we got later that day!

Looking for the perfect bicycle! She has been talking
about this for so long!

Found the one!!

She rode it all around the store!  

Fairhope...Mardi Gras

The weather was actually really great while we were down last weekend.  It is was a little cool at night but felt great during the day!  This was the first weekend of parades in the Fairhope and Daphne area.  We ate a the East Shore Cafe in Daphne (our normal breakfast spot) on Friday night and then watched the parade from there and then on Saturday the parade was in Fairhope.  Keeping AK entertained while we were waiting on the parade to start was quite a challenge...thank goodness for Pop Pop!  He walked all over with her and she quickly learned to say his name! :)  Once the parade started, she was good to go!  Anna Riley got hit in the head with the really big beads on the first night and so every time they threw them she wanted me to cover her head! She did not want to wear the beads...she just wanted to collect them in our bag! ;)  She especially liked all the toys we got! 

Reading books on the way down!

Love when they play together!

Mardi Gras means CRAWFISH!!! :) YUM!

Playing on the bay on Friday after the zoo

AK is mad because she can't walk straight into
the water...summer should be FUN! haha

Mr. Bill Alread ate with us on Friday night and
AR LOVED him!!  She called him Uncle Bill
and was right up under him the whole time!

This is a bad picture but she was so excited about
the first parade!

When we are in town, we usually see these girls!
AR loves playing with Paulette and Mary Harley.

Before the doggy parade on Saturday with Paulette, MH and their
friend. 

She loves MH!

She kept Pop Pop on the GO!

The little Zoo that Could

We went down to Fairhope last Thursday and decided to drive over to Gulf Shores on Friday to go to the zoo.  The girls loved it!  We took the stroller in with high hopes that AK would stay in it but since that child learned to walk, she does not like to sit still!  So I ended up strolling the empty stroller while she walked around.  The zoo was pretty empty since it was on Friday so that was nice.  The animals were all awake and active (that never happens when we go to the Birmingham zoo...they are always asleep or hiding!)  Ava Kate just giggled at the ones that would come up for you to feed them!  Anna Riley was so funny about whose turn it was to have food next!   She would say "no sir, it not your turn...its the donkey's turn!"  

Circus

I am a little behind on blogging...hopefully I will catch up soon.  I will probably post date some of these to get them in order!

We went to the Circus on Sunday afternoon after Anna Riley's party.  We stopped at the Bright Star in Bessemer for lunch and then we headed that way.  We did not take Ava Kate since she does not sit still very long.  But don't worry, Ava Kate was left out completely...she got to go spend the night with Mom and Dad on Saturday night and go to church with them.  She has never went by herself so it was a big treat for her and I am sure she was soaking up all the attention!  Anna Riley really enjoyed the circus  and we made it through most all of it...we left at the very end to beat the traffic and since she was getting tired anyway.  She fell asleep before we even got out of the parking deck. She said her favorites were the tigers, elephants and the poodles!

Anna Riley is 3... Birthday interview

I can't believe my sweet girl is already 3!  She has gotten to be such a big girl! There really is such a difference between 2 and 3!  We did a little birthday interview with her yesterday and it was really funny to see her answers!!

1. How old are you?  3

2. What makes you happy? Cupcakes  --This is very true along with any other "big treat" as she calls them!

3. What is your favorite animal? giraffe--She has never said giraffe before and we haven't seen one in a while either.

4. What is your favorite thing to do? draw

5. What is your favorite TV show? Team Umizoomi

6. What are you really good at? cleaning-- HAHA!  I wish!!

7. What is your favorite movie? The Little Mermaid

8. What is your favorite color? Purple...I mean pink! It changes daily but most days it is pink!

9. Who is your best friend? Uncle Wes--He was here visiting and so it made his day! She does love her uncle Wes!

10. What do you and your Mommy do together? Dress up

11. What do you and your Daddy do together? Play Duck, duck goose--This made me laugh!  She just learned how to play this game.

12. What is your favorite sport? Football

13. Where is your favorite place to go? The Doctor--This is so true! She gets upset when AK gets to go to the doctor and she is at school!  She loves it!!  Dr. Roberts let her help a lot though and is so sweet...I don't know if she will like it as much when Dr. R moves this summer and we have a new dr!

14. What is your favorite book? The one about penguins-- She said this is a book they read at school...not sure what it was.
15. What is your favorite food?  Strawberries-- I would not say this is her favorite by any means...but I guess that was the first thing she thought of!

16. What do you want to be when you grow up? A princess--Doesn't every little girl?!

Let's eat Cake...and open Presents!

Anna Riley had been looking forward to blowing our her candles and eating cake for a while!  She even helped find a picture of what she wanted her cake to look like!  The cake is serious business for this girl!! :)  So she ask me several times that morning if it was time for cake!  She was also excited to open her presents!!

She was so funny opening presents this year!  Every present was "Oh, is that for ME??"  or "A barbie just for me!!"  haha!  

She got a Lee Middleton doll from Mom and Dad that she named Ella.  She also got several Barbies,  several princess things,  a cute outfit and a swimsuit and coverup, money, a year subscription to Disney Junior Magazine.  

We are so glad so many of our friends and family could come and celebrate with us!