Emma Turned 3!!

My baby girl has turned 3! I can't believe she is that old already. She has asked every day since then if she is still 3, as if she's going back to 2 1/2 soon. She did not get her backpack ready and ask when school starts like I predicted that she would. But she is excited to be 3.

Kris was out of town on Emma's actual birthday, so we celebrated with pizza and swimming at the gym. At 3, the kids can go into a bigger kid room where they have to be potty trained. This room was never a motivator for Ryan to use the potty, but it sure was for Emma. So I picked Ryan up from school and took them over to the gym. We were meeting friends at 4:30, so I let them play for a half hour (while I read a book!). She loved it and has asked to go back pretty much every day. We had cupcakes and swam. Everyone had a great time. Emma even kept her goggles on for over a half hour, thanks to Gracie's example. And Ryan went down the waterslide (again thanks to Gracie's example).

For her party, we rented JumpZone. It is a large place with a bunch of inflatables (I was going to write it's a big inflatable place, but then you'd think it was one thing!). The kids all had a great time. And I enjoyed not having to get anything ready or clean up after it!

For the weekend, my parents and Robin came in as well as Kris's brother Kevin and our neice Katelyn. We were able to fit everyone at our house happily and had enough eyes for everyone!

The weekend was also filled with running. Kevin and I ran the 10k at the Flying Pig on Saturday. We both hit our goals, mine being I ran it in under a 10 minute mile. Kris ran the first leg of the Marathon relay. He says he did ok but didn't make the pace he wanted because he was worried about this large hill at the end (which didn't end up being a big as he thought). He also said he felt funny because by the time he got bused back to the finish line some of the half marathoner were finished and here he comes on a bus! It did lead us both to thinking of doing a half marathon. I have always wanted to do the Detroit half because it goes thru the tunnel to Canada and back over the bridge (makes me know never to try to go to Canada that day). Unfortunately, I already have plans for this year. I have said I only want to do it once, so I'm not sure if we'll do it at next years Flying Pig.

Ryan was also invited to his first class birthday party this weekend. His school's practice is if you send out invites at school, the whole class has to be invited. I was probably as excited for it as he was. I have been to school so many times and have never met any parents of boys in his class. So this was a time to do it. I met several of his friends parents including Will, who Ryan really likes (Will has quads as younger siblings - what a family!). I also got to see Ryan outside of school but with his friends. He had a great time and he was very happy when the birthday boy chose his present to play with first!