Kate had her third birthday on November 29th. She got a new bike that she is a little dare devil on. She rode it around the kitchen over and over again and would turn the corners without even slowing down. She crashed a bunch of times and got a lot of bruises, but she kept getting back on. After quite a few crashes, she asked me to get her helmet out for her.
After opening presents and having breakfast, we headed to Austin Park ‘n Pizza. Unfortunately, most of the fun stuff is outside and it ended up being rainy, windy, and cold that day (at least for Texas). And even more unfortunate was the fact that you had to be 40 inches tall to ride anything. (Kate’s only 37 1/2 right now – which apparently puts her in the 75th percentile. Who would have thought we would have a kid above the 10th percentile for height.) So, we had lots of fun, but I felt bad for Kate missing out on stuff that Audrey got to do.
Kate loved driving the cars and playing the video games. Audrey, however was not a very big fan and mostly just whined to be done with the motor cross as soon as she sat down.
Since I have a big ol’ belly right now, I couldn’t climb or do much of anything, so I had to live vicariously through Scott. He was still complaining about his soreness from the Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving, so I had to force him onto the rock wall. I tried forcing Audrey too, but she wouldn’t do it. What’s wrong with my family?
This is the one and only ride Kate got to go on. She almost fell out right when the train started because she was posing for a picture.
After a big down pour, we went out and played mini golf. Kate abandoned her club pretty early on and Audrey made up her own rules of hitting the ball while it was still rolling and picking it up to put it in the hole, so Scott pretty much played by himself.
The main thing the girls wanted to see from the moment we drove into the parking lot was this castle. That was the whole reason we were even on the mini golf course. They were pretty disappointed when they discovered that they couldn’t go inside it.
After the castle Audrey abandoned her club for a while too, so I started playing for her. Then, I looked over at Kate who was in her own world. Sometimes she thinks she’s Ariel from The Little Mermaid. This is her singing on the rocks, “I don’t know when. I don’t know how. But I know something’s starting right now. Watch and you’ll see. Some day I’ll be. Part of your….WORLD!”
The go carts and the tea cups were the two saddest things for Kate to miss out on. She really wanted to do them. Scott got so dizzy on the tea cups that he couldn’t even wave to us. If you look at the picture you can tell he’s waving to someone, but it’s not us. I think it was actually the entrance gate he was waving at.
Kate wore herself out nicely.
And of course, an Ariel cake. That last candle took a lot of tries. Good job Kate! Happy 3rd!
