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she is three: the party

This girl is fun on a regular day. But on a day like her birthday? With cake and candles and balloons and cousins and presents?

No words.

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She loved every one of her presents: glittery Toms, a new backpack, some Signing Time DVDs and a tiny Asian family.

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But when it was time to move on to the cake, she was ready.

We made a teeny tiny cake just for her, hoping she might poke it and prod it and taste it – enjoying all the fun (and mess) that can be had when you’re the birthday girl.

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We barely got the candles out of the cake before she plopped both hands right in and squished. By the time I had my camera in hand, that tiny cake was history.

And the birthday girl was oh-so-happy.

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Thankfully we also had cupcakes. Because cake demolition can make a girl hungry. Clementine proceeded to manhandle the icing right off several cupcakes, leaving the actual cupcakes behind.

A girl has got to prioritize.

And when you’re the birthday girl, you get to prioritize however your heart desires.

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Oh Clementine. It is such fun to celebrate you.

This mama simply cannot adequately express how completely and overwhelmingly we adore you. You make our little corner of the world a much better place.

Happy Birthday, my little love.

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04.28.16 · celebrations, Clementine

I'm Stefanie. Wife to one, mom to 13. Occasional blogger and t-shirt maker. Wannabe photographer and exerciser. Constant grace-needer and orphan advocator. more
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