Neely's 3rd Birthday!

NEELY OPENING PRESENTS
IN THE SANDBOX WITH OUR NEIGHBOR ASHLEY

BLOWING OUT HER CANDLES
YUMMY!
OPENING HER NEW DRESS FROM GRANDMA CHAPMAN

Neely's birthday was a hoot! We celebrated with our family, and some of our new neighbors. We had a PINK princess party. We had a princess cake from Baskin Robbins, complete with pink bubble-gum ice cream. I even bought a dozen pink roses for the table centerpiece. Truly a girly event. She has been asking for a sandbox with pink sand in it since she played with her cousin Haylee's back in April. So we found the sandbox, the pink sand, and all the fixins. We set the sandbox up in the backyard before the party, and she accidentally noticed it while daddy was BBQing our dinner. OPPS! So she played some before the party. Then during the party, I had taken all the sandbox toys, and put them in one of those giant gift bags. She opened a few other presents, and then we let her open the big one. She opened that thing up, and as soon as she figured out what they were, she got the most astonished look on her face, grabbed her bag, and headed for the door! We had to stop her because she had more presents, cake and candles still to go, but she could have cared less...she was soooo excited about the sandbox toys. Our neighbors still tell me that when they think about it, they still laugh. Anyway...here are a few pictures from her special day. Enjoy!