Oh the Places They'll Go: Happy 3rd Birthday, Emma!!

Emma is every bit a girlie girl. She loves, and I mean, LOVES everything princess and pink. Her room is filled with everything pink and when she picks out a toy-its pink, princess or fairies. When it came time to pick out her birthday party stuff, I thought it might be hard for her to decide between Tinker Bell and Disney Princesses. She was saying that she wanted a Tinker Bell party, but when we got to Party City, she fell in love with the Princesses. It took about 10 minutes for her to finally choose Tinker Bell-she was a little confused when we didn't have the party that day, but it eventually sank in.
We told Emma, on her birthday, that she could eat and do whatever she wanted all day because it was her birthday. I knew there would be lots of sugar involved and probably a mall trip. I just didn't realize how much sugar! She told Matt that she wanted pancakes for breakfast, Krispy Kreme for lunch, horsies and ice cream at the mall and McDonald's for dinner. We woke her up on her birthday with chocolate chip and sprinkle pancakes with a 3 made out of icing. She wasn't too interested in waking up until she saw the candle and then she was excited.
Matt left for work after pancakes and Luke woke up for breakfast and they played a little before his first nap. While he napped, she dined on a snack of sour Airheads and Dr Pepper and watched Calliou on my Kindle while I prepped foods for her party.
We met Matt at Krispy Kreme for lunch and she enjoyed a pink and white sprinkle donut with her Krispy Kreme hat. Luke had some donuts too! After lunch, we went to the library,or to everyone else, Barnes and Nobles. She got a free cupcake and picked out a Strawberry Shortcake book. I snuck in a Pinkalicious book (ladies with girls, you need to check those books out!). After about two hours in there, we were ready to head home.
Matt was able to make it home early and Luke was spending the night at Nana and Pop Pop's house. Before dinner, Emma got her first haircut!! She was so good too, she sat still and held her head down. She actually did better than a lot of adult clients I've done in the past. She also got a Face Time call from her cousin Jansen and Aunt Courtney and Uncle Justin. She had fun talking to her for a little bit and asked us later where Jansen got her cold from. The random things kids remember!
After Luke left, Emma decided she wanted Chick Fi-La for dinner. She spent most of the time watching the kids in the play area. We managed to get her to eat one chicken nugget and the she wanted an ice cream cone!
After dinner, we made a pit stop at Target to get her present from us. We came to the decision to buy our three your old an iPod. Trust me, I know how crazy that sounds. But, if you saw the way she maneuvers around and loves our iPhones, you'd understand. There are plenty of games she loves that are geared just for her and the movies she likes to watch are only available on You Tube because they are so short. So, Matt convinced me this was better than the Leap Frog pad. A few weeks prior, Matt and Emma were at Target and she picked out a white one with a cute pink case.
When we got home, Matt got it all set up and then wrapped it for her. She sat on the couch waiting to open her present and we think she was a little in shock when she saw it. Until she realized that it was all hers, it hadn't fully set it what it was. She literally fell asleep with it on in her hands. Safe to say she loves it!