Hannah Mae Simmons at 3

She is very familiar with all of the Disney Princesses though her favorite is Cinderella with Snow White coming in a close second.

Here current favorite show is Little Einstein. She would watch it all day long if allowed (sadly I know from experience. Am I a bad mom?)

Her Favorite color is pink.

She is a girly, girly, girl.

She loves to twirl in her dresses. She has to try on the dresses before we buy them to make sure they twirl enough.

She is going to be a ballerina and can't wait to go to Ballerina school.

She knows all her letters and numbers. She knows how to spell her name (most days anyways) and can almost count to 20.

We have to sing "I Am A Child of God" every night before she'll go to sleep.

She has learned the word accessories (mainly from her dad) and knows exactly what it means. She will tell me that she is not ready yet because she needs her accessories; hair clips, necklaces, bracelets, etc.

She has started to play with imaginary friends. The main one is little chicken (I have had to set a plate at the table and put food out for little chicken).

Hannah's 3rd Birthday Party

Hannah was so excited about her birthday party this year. She decided to have a fancy party (inspired by Fancy Nancy of course). I was really surprised at how much she helped in planning her party. When we went to the store, she told me all the things her party needed, purple balloons, matching plates and napkins (yes, she really did specify matching), and frilly toothpicks.

The party kicked off with reading about Fancy Nancy.

Then the girls played pin the accessories on Fancy Nancy.

The little ladies then got their own accessories. The decorated their own crowns and wands and then got sticker earrings, necklaces, bracelets, tutus and some pretty makeup.

The girls had an etiquette lesson and then showed off on the red carpet.

We finished off with some yummy treats including parfaits of course!

Weekend Getaway

One of my favorite things about living in Northern California is the diversity of landscape around us. Last weekend we were up in the mountains playing in the snow and this weekend we were hanging out at the beach.

Brian had a training meeting for work down in a resort just south of Santa Cruz and Hannah and I were able to go with him. Brian had meetings all Friday so Hannah and I spent the day in Monterey at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Neither Hannah nor I have ever been to the Aquarium and we had a blast. I loved the big Kelp forest tank and Hannah really loved seeing the big fish. At first Hannah was too scared to touch anything in the little tide pools but finally I got her to "pet" a star fish.

Saturday, we spent the morning on the beach at the resort. Hannah loved just digging around in the sand and looking for shells. She was too afraid to get close to the water at all.

We drove home by way of San Francisco and spent a few hours on the pier and enjoyed some yummy clam chowder and fish and chips.