Reese's Third Birthday

Reese was overwhelmed by her third birthday party. She did not like all of the people at the house and tended to hide. We had a house party with family and neighbors in attendance. A couple of days before the party we went out and bought Reese the Elmo decorations she wanted. When I told her that we had to save the party hats for the party, she threw a fit and promptly changed her mind and told me that she wanted Diego decorations now so that she could play with the party hats. I finally told her that we would still have Elmo decorations, but I would let her play with the hats. She agreed, and I just went out and bought another package of hats.

During the cake part Reese got upset that the cars with Big Bird and Elmo were on the cake. We had to take the cars off the cake before we sang Happy Birthday! She hid the whole time we sang and then went to her room.

PaPa and YaiYai bought Reese a beautiful Elmo pinata which was really hard to break. Reese did not participate in the fun at all, but even the adults got involved to get the pinata open. We even did away with the blindfold!

Reese did come out to open her presents, but the guests had to pretend that they were not paying attention to her. She was really cute and enjoyed this part of the party.

Once all of the guests left, Reese came out and played with her presents. We also had to redo the singing of Happy Birthday, and Reese blew out her candles again just for us. I forgot that she is somewhat shy with crowds even if they are all people that she knows.

Elmo Makes Music

Reese loves Elmo. When he is on TV, she just sits and watches. If she sees him in a book, she will keep flipping though that book and carry that book around with her. She will also carry the DVD box with Elmo on it around and try to put his DVD into the DVD player. La La is her name for Elmo. We think that she likes Elmo because he is red, and she has always been attracted to things that are red.

A few weeks ago, Yai Yai found out that Elmo was coming to town. She offered to buy tickets for us to see Elmo Makes Music and so that is where we went yesterday. Reese absolutely loved the show! She was standing in my lap or in Daddy's arms almost the whole time. She would clap and move to the music. She was enchanted!

Seeing her almost made me wish that I had taken her brother when he was younger, but I am not sure that he would have enjoyed it as much as she did. We all had a great day and a great time seeing Elmo and his friends.