With the arrival of August, we wanted to have a birthday party for Bridgette. If you know me well, you know I think children 3 and under don’t need parties. But I wanted to have a day that was all about Bridgette!!

She needed the attention and so we invited her closest girl friends and had a simple tea party for these little ladies.

We asked that the little ladies come in their dresses.

Before her guests arrived, she opened a tea set that her uncle Matt gave her. She seemed happy upon opening the gift!

We had a simple activity of lacing Fruit Loops and Cheerios onto curling ribbon, so they could wear necklaces during tea time.

(Let’s be honest, only Fruit Loops were used!)

We served the little ladies berries, cookies, crackers, Craisins, gold fishies and Chex in little cups.

(Adults ate a simple spinach salad and an asparagus and mushroom strata.)I steeped some Celestial Seasonings Blueberry tea and the girls loved it!

Bridgette hijacked someone’s necklace and quickly started eating the Fruit Loops!

Looking at all these little ladies gathered around, sipping tea with their dainty hands was probably the cutest thing I have seen in ages!

Her friends were so generous and gave Bridgette some pretty cute stuff!

A “Baby Doll” as she calls it, was from Emmeline. (Since she opened it, that’s all she has cared about! I hope that when I am feeding August, she will feed her baby, instead of crawling all over me!)

Cosette gave her a  beautiful crocheted hat and Daisy gave her an adorable reversible apron!

Daisy’s mom also made her a little baby bjorn baby carrier for her dolls. TO DIE FOR! So cute.

You are loved, Bridgette!

Katalyn gave you a great big bucket with 3 tools! We can’t wait to use that at the beach.

Cosette helped you blow out your candles on your cupcake and everyone enjoyed some strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

August woke up just as the party was ended. (Just what we hoped for.) We wanted this party to be all about you!

Some things about you:

You are so so silly and very social. You say “HI!” to complete strangers and they always say “hi!” back.

You love to push your stool up to the counter and help me in the kitchen. We recently made cookies together for the first time and now you request cookie making all the time. You like licking the beater, just like your papa!

You love going to the Church nursery for “BOBBLES!” (Bubbles) When Sacrament meeting is out, the run out to the hall and down to your nursery class and wave “goodbye” to me.

You really started talking about 4-6 weeks ago! You’re lacing 2-3 words in a sentence. “Mama’s milk” / “August wah!” / “juice please” and you can repeat most any words we say.

You weight 27.5 pounds and you’re 24 inches tall. You’ve been dealing with eczema all over your body and it’s slowly getting better.

You do this funny thing: you walk with your hands interlocked, behind your back. You’ve been doing this for a while now and it still makes me laugh.

You have some crazy bed head in the mornings, but we sure love all your curls!

You are all about “Books!” and rarely play with toys anymore. I think you like being and playing with people so much more than playing all by yourself. We spend a lot of time reading books.

You have endless energy and your love for animals continues to grow. Papa wants you to have a puppy someday.

You are starting to carry a tune. You try to sing with us when we sing lullabies to you.

Grandma Kaylyn taught you that A is for August, B is for Bridgette, M is for mama and P is for papa. Anytime you see any of those letters, you say what they mean.

You love to play hide and seek, chase and games of that nature. When you’re hiding, we say, “Is Bridgette under the table!?” and we hear you say, “Nope!” and you laugh. So do we!

You love your big “puppy” from IKEA and your “OO OO AH!” (Monkey).  I’ve caught you sleeping with your arms around your monkey before. It’s adorable.

You no longer use your little potty, but always request mama’s or papa’s potty!

You love “Pahstah!” with “Cheeeeeeese!”

When Papa is on his way home, you stand on the window sill and wait. When he pulls up, you say, “PAPA!” and then as he approaches the window, you let yourself fall backwards on the couch and you just giggle.

Your favorite friend now is “DAISY!” I’ve heard you talk about Daisy while in your crib for quiet time. She comes over and her mama takes you two girls for wagon rides around the neighborhood.

During bathtime, you like to draw with tub crayons and finger paints and request the colors “Bwoo” (blue) and “lehloh” (yellow).  We think blue is your favorite color, as you always ask for everything blue.

We spend a lot of time drawing together with crayons and pens. But mostly, we are tracing each others hands and you love that. We also trace your elbows, feet, and head too!

You love your baby brother “Ah-goost” and swing him with much gusto while he’s in his swing.

We love you so much Bridgette. We love your fun and energetic personality. You’re curious, determined, helpful, goofy and our favorite little girl ever. We’re so happy you’re in our family. How lucky are we!?