Happy Third Birthday, Margaret!

Our Margaret Anne turned three years old today!

I really enjoy a child's third birthday because it is the first one at which the child has awareness and anticipation of turning one year older and feeling like a Very Big Girl (or Boy), indeed.

Breakfast: oatmeal brown sugar pancakes

After Mary received a musical birthday card from her grandpa, 
Margaret has assured me many times that she would also be receiving a musical card f
rom grandpa when her own birthday rolled around. And Grandpa made that wish happen!

Margaret makes many contraptions to be "slings" for her doll Sally, 
just like Mama wears her baby,
and now Margaret has a real sling of her own!

Washing Sally in her new bathtub

Donning the new twirl skirt sewed by Mama

John made Margaret a paper bag puppet as well as a decorated shopping bag
for when she plays shopping and cooking/kitchen

John and Mary have long had aprons for helping me in the kitchen,
so Margaret received one of her own from Grampa N. And look who has one to match?
Margaret adores it and has worn it most of the day,
taking it off only to play outside because Mama insisted.

Reading some of our new books after breakfast

Birthday dessert!

Margaret must be falling in bed exhausted tonight after wearing her apron all day, insisting that she be the only one to help me in the kitchen at each meal ("because it's my birthday," said solemnly), bathing her dolly many times in between wearing her in her sling--alternating on her front and back during all her activities. Being a mama tuckers a girl out!