Violet's 3rd Birthday!

Violet turned three on Sunday.  She started the day getting an awesome kitchen from Aunt Deanna.

Rocking her awesome party dress

 Then we celebrated by going to a local bounce house place, Jump n Jammin.  Violet loved it and at one point we noted that with her high pitched scream, she was the loudest kid in the place.

Digging in to chocolate cake with her friend Emily

Running through a kid habitrail

Friends

Nana and Papa

Everyone signed a pillow case.

The ball room

This year was really fun because it was the first year she understood what a birthday was and that the party was for her.  She had been excited for weeks leading up to it.

Thanks to Aunty Jenny for capturing the day on "film" and to Jeff to getting the video of the birthday moment both this year and last year.

Violet's View of the World

Violet is obsessed with taking pictures whenever we take the camera out.  Her picture taking has definitely started to improve.  Her choice of subjects and angle of view gives us an idea of her view of the world.

chickens at Irvine Great Park

And thanks so much for Aunt Rosanne and Uncle Al who gave Violet this fabulous purple turtle which has become her first "lovey".  I am already looking for a back up one in case it ever gets lost.

Daddy Days

Hiking with Daddy.

Painting nails.

Nightmare Before Christmas t-shirt and dark nail polish.  This is definitely my kid!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Violet got to celebrate Christmas as well as Hanukkah.  Lucky girl!

Bath toys!

Pots and pans!

Train set from Grandpa

Rocking zebra from Daddy

First School pictures

Violet just got her first school pictures back.  It seems like it's the first milestone of many.

Preschool Year 1

Violet has her sleepy eyes in this picture.

We also just got holiday pictures done.

And recently we decorated a gingerbread house.  We are all just waiting to start eating it!

Victory is mine!

Holidays

 Violet is finally at the age where she is "getting" the holidays.  She is still talking about trick or treating and visiting the pumpkin patch, even though it was well over a month ago.  She loved getting a present every night for Hanukkah and some nights had more than one thanks to friends and relatives.

Lucky for her, she gets to celebrate Christmas as well.  She really enjoyed helping pick out the tree.

She picked out her first ornament, a chocolate cupcake.

Here's a video of her enjoying the snow in Tahoe.