Ainslie turned three years old yesterday, January 13th, and she is so excited because she now thinks she is old enough to ride roller coasters. Each visit to Sea World has brought the question, "Can I ride the roller coaster?" We answered, "When you're older." Our mistake! She knows she's older now and so she must be able to ride the coasters. Ahhh, toddlers!! Always keeping us on our toes.
We celebrated her birthday on Saturday at Incredible Pizza where we ate pizza, cake and played lots and lots of games. Uncle Gary and Aunt Elizabeth as well as David, Michelle, Bailey and Brandee joined us for a fun day. We stayed about 5 hours and when we finally emerged we half expected it to be night time...apparently we tuckered out the kiddos as you'll see in the last pic.
The night before her actual birthday we tucked the kids in bed and waited awhile until we thought they were asleep. I started decorating the house with streamers and balloons and out pokes Maisie, wide awake and asking to help. We hung a happy birthday banner and decorated Ainslie's door. Finally, off to bed. I woke that night with Ainslie crying, asking for Daddy. Daddy went in and brought her into bed with us (3:30am) along with two toys and a book that she had in her hand. She couldn't sleep and was still awake a 4am when I caught her trying to sneak out of our bed. You see, she had seen the decorations and wanted to check them out. I corralled her and settled back down. At 4:30 I was awakened to a strange sound. I went out in the hallway and found Ainslie playing on her new push-scooter which we had left outside her door for her to find in the MORNING when she woke up. She had also discovered the bag attached to the front of the scooter where Craig had hidden some candy. She was eating candy and riding her scooter at 4:30am! Anyway, back to bed again and she finally fell asleep close to 5am. Back up at 6am for a school day!!! We were off to school, where I pinned a ribbon on her that said, "Kiss Me It's My Birthday!" She delivered the cookie pops that we had baked to her classmates and they sang her Happy Birthday. The day ended with all of the family together celebrating our sweet little Ainslie!