Three

Three years ago we brought home this sweet 10+ pound bundle of joy...

And I don't know how it went so fast, but she has now turned into a still sweet sometimes, full of energy, goes to school 5 days a week, always making us laugh, three year old kid.

We celebrated this crazy girl all weekend long:

 Mommy Daughter date to the Little Angels Puppet Theatre in Islington for a puppet show of one of our new favorite books " Dogs don't do Ballet". We had front row seats, and it was neat to see the book come to life right in front of us. 

                    

We took a family trip to "The American Food Store" ( It is called just that) to buy some birthday celebration essentials - Kraft Mac and Cheese for birthday dinner, confetti cake, actual Motts applesauce and real American skittles. (All of the food below cost 34 GBP which is equivalent to about 54 US dollars... but so worth splurging for over here once in a while)

Avery loved her cake and of course the presents, and Mom's favorite memory of her big girls third birthday will be cuddling up on the couch with two forks and the remainder of the cake still sitting on the cake plate. We fought each other for every last crumb. That's my girl.

A new puzzle!

We had a great weekend and are so thankful for all of the facebook/email/twitter/instagram messages we received wishing Avery a happy day, the visits from friends ( well, we don't have many here but of course The Brown family came to celebrate with us), and the handful of Facetime calls we got to share with Avery from family back home. Even this guy gave us a ring to make sure he told his favorite gal how much he loved and missed her on her big day:

~Happy Birthday Avery Mavko Flood - We love everything about you more than you can imagine~

Hoping the years with our girls slow down,
L, L, A & S