Thursday 5 August 2010

Emily's Third Birthday

It was fun celebrating Emily's birthday in our new house (well, new rented house!) and having everyone over to check it out!

Emily has a Miffy top that she loves to wear, it's one of her favourites, so we decided on a Miffy cake for her birthday. She was very happy and reckons she wants a Miffy cake every year!


In the morning she was very excited to open her presents, she got a new baby cradle and highchair for her much loved dolls. We then headed down to Grandma's where her and Lani stayed for an hour while I played netball.


It was then back home and ready for the party! It was quite a warm day and the kids had fun running around outside and playing in the big empty front room together.



Leilani and Olivia both trying to be very good helpers!! Em looks pretty impressed with her new watch here!


Playing under the parachute!


Em was very spoilt by everyone and it was really nice to be back at home with all our family and friends to celebrate her birthday this year (a little different to last year!)

Emily is such a sweet little girl and whenever I see her smile I just want to kiss her and squeeze her tight! Emily seems to have grown up quite quickly and she often gets treated older than she is. She loves Leilani and really looks up to her big sister.

We don't get many tantrums from Em, a few rebellious shouts every now and again, but compared to Leilani at this age she is very easy going. She can dress herself and do her own hair (!!) and put her shoes on ready to go.

She gets very attached to soft toys and usually takes one everywhere (most often it's her Minnie Mouse). She gives you big cuddles and kisses - but lets you know she's not a baby anymore, she's a big girl!

Emily is also a bit of a funny girl. She cracks jokes (and laughs at them) and pulls faces and loves to do her 'funny eyes' to make everyone laugh. She will quite often have Lani in fits of laughter and they giggle for hours. She can be quite rough when they play fight too and gets right in to defending herself!

She also gets shy too, and is often happy to play on her own when there's lots of kids around.

Emily is our special little 3 year old and we love her to bits.

5 comments:

Aimee said...

oh what a sweet girl emily is.
LOVE the cake- so clever!! sounded like she had a fun time on her special day. I love that her and lani giggle together at her jokes :)

Debbie said...

Em does have a lovely disposition. Grandma loves her too.

Blanche said...

Emily is a cute little kid. Your girls are always giggling together! I love that sound - happy children.

Nikki said...

That cake was so impressive. Livy had a ball. :)

lauracritchfield said...

It's great that all kids have their own little personalities - it makes life exciting. Emily certainly is a beautiful little girl...and I can't really believe she is 3 but then again it seems like ages ago since you had a little baby..but I bet it doesn't feel like that to you. Yes Kobe carries his MIckey around with him and it's a bit annoying cause it's so big so I might have to get a smaller one next time we visit the disney store..LOL

Because everyday is different and we can't remember them all, I thought I had better start writing them down. Welcome to life in the Challis home - where everyday is different!