Most Thursday mornings Alden and I go to his playgroup and since it's Patrick's day off, he stays home with Tula. Usually Tula is sleeping when we leave and sleeping when we return and I have to admit that I haven't given much thought to what goes on in between. That is, until Patrick snapped a few photos.
Apparently, when mommy and big brother are away, Tula gets a bit wild. She lets her hair down, plays with the "big boy" toys, and embraces her free spirit. It looks like that particular morning Alden forgot to take his backpack with him to playgroup. Tula looked more than happy to give it a try!
Alden turned three on the 16th of February. He was set on having a "yellow buggy-car party" and had been talking about it for months. We had entertained the idea of having a huge rent-a-venue style party since our house is about big enough for our family and maybe two other small children. But we decided that we just weren't up to the task of planning and executing a huge party and since he is, well... three, we figured he wouldn't mind if we kept this a little more low key. We celebrated with some pizza, some cake, and a few of his friends—we even managed somehow to squish more than two kids in our house. I think Alden had fun.
This was my first attempt at a fondant covered cake. It was really fun to make. Alden thought it was cool, but he asked me why the tires were flat!
