Third birthday {two months late!}

This post is long overdue but I couldn't not post pictures from when the girl turned three. Taylor's sister drove out for the week to visit and so we had mini celebrations for her leading up to her actual birthday. It is so crazy to think three years have already gone by! She is such a sweet and silly little girl.  I am so blessed to call myself her mama!

She loved her mini blue cake we made for her!

Day of her birthday:

BBQ with friends:

 

For the food she requested hot dogs and gatorade:

 

Pin the tongue on the puppy:

Not sure what they are doing here but this picture made me laugh:

Opening gifts: 

Then showing them off to Grandpa:

 

Cake time:

 

Inside of the cake! (thanks to Emily who mostly made it herself before she left!):

Her present from us {childhood dream come true for me to own a trampoline!}

Awesome friends/neighbors:

Cutie:

Punch box {instead of a pinata}. Madleyn LOVED this and wanted me to make it again for her after it was all used up. Behind each circle I taped on brown paper lunch bags that held candy (idea found here). It was a little bit of work to make so I kept the box for future parties (that way I just have to redo the tissue paper and bags each time and not cut all those circles out of the box).

Friends. Finally got a picture of the four of us (my good friend Jill and her daughter -Madelyn's bff)!