Last week, the 29th of March, was Cora's third birthday. She spent her second birthday being quarantined inside since she had chickenpox, but this year she was in mint condition to party.
Cora has started to be invited to other children's birthdays, and she was always excited to go. Some time before her actual birthday I also told her that her birthday is coming soon, and she seemed to understand it. A couple of days before her birthday she was heard constantly saying 'Ik ben jarig!' (I'm having a birthday). So we decided to throw her a small parties, inviting her closest friends from the daycare and several other children we know.
So we invited people to come on Sunday afternoon for cakes and drinks. This was actually the first time we invited that many people to our house, since we were never officially done with the interior (but I don't think we will ever be anyway). People came, and at first Cora was a bit whiny; being a mix of tiredness of skipping nap and the panic of seeing other children straight away started to play with her toys. But as the little guests shed their shyness and started to play, Cora was soon enjoying the crowd, and especially the new toys she got for presents.
It was not a complicated party, really, and I was happy to have kept it that way. The little children seemed to just enjoyed themselves with Cora's toys and each other, and there were no need to whip out special party games.
So I guess Peanut is not a little baby anymore now; she's talking, she's out of diaper, she's a happy little girl eager to do 'big girl' stuffs. To tell you the truth am I too enjoying this phase so much, so much more than when she was a helpless little baby. Where I lack the patience for the monotonous routine of a baby's life, I am quite surprised how I actually have more patience with her demands of interaction, answers to her questions, and just to simply spend time with her and relate as two people (as opposed to a person and a clueless infant).
Happy Birthday, Cora. Mummy's very looking forward to your next birthdays.
Pictures of her birthday bash can be found here.
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