Sophia had a birthday last week. She turned 3 years old. This was a really fun birthday because it is the first birthday that she really knew what was going on. I woke her up and sang happy birthday to her and she was so excited. All day I would spontaneously sing happy birthday to her. Eventually it got to the point that she would also spontaneously sing happy birthday to herself. In the evening we had her open presents. This is also the first year that she really didn’t need help opening the gifts. She was so excited about everything. Then it was time for cake. Don’t look too closely at it. I had Corey make the cake and frosting and I decorated it. He used butter in the frosting that wasn’t completely softened and it wouldn’t come out of the tips very well. At some point one of the tips exploded on the cake and made a big pink mess. So then I just gave up on making it look decent. Sophia loved blowing out the candles it took a few tries and a little spit spray but eventually she got them out. We cut into the cake and something was very wrong. I asked Corey if he followed the directions and he said “yes”. We used a boxed cake but I used half of it for Preston’s cake a couple of weeks before. So we were using the other half for this one. Corey remembered to follow the directions but forgot to half the recipe. So we had too much egg, oil, and water. I didn’t care for the texture and taste of the cake but the kids still liked it so it wasn’t a total disaster. All in all she had a wonderful birthday and we had fun celebrating it with her. I can’t believe she is 3, what a big girl.