A Very Special 3rd Birthday!

Since Avery's party isn't until next weekend, but her actual birthday was yesterday, we decided on a quick trip to Indy to celebrate her day just the four of us. We're all pretty tired today from jamming in all of the fun, but it was worth it!

Monkey Joe's...

First we hit up an indoor bounce house play area in Casleton called Monkey Joe's. It was an awesome place and I highly recommend it. It was clean and decently priced-and it's unlimited play! Plus they have a nice snack bar and sitting area for parents with TVs and computers and free WiFi. Of course since our children aren't old enough to just go off on their own we couldn't utilize these nice parent perks...yet!

She is fearless when it comes to this stuff!

Being silly:)

Spencer was even in on the action!

They had two very fun play areas specifically for toddlers so Spencer didn't feel left out. This little boy kept following him around:)

See Avery holding her own with all those big kids!!

The reward for climbing that tough wall on the other side! The kids were so worn out from playing, non-stop for an hour and a half, it was fantastic!

Children's Museum...

This was only our second visit ever to the best Children's Museum in the world and we can't wait to go back again! It's impossible to do everything in just one trip so this time we tried to hit up most of the things we didn't do last time we were there (earlier this year).

Showing off her dino digging skills! The dino area was Artie and I's favorite part of the whole museum. We got to see and touch real bones and learned all we could about dinosaur discovery in the U.S. In fact, I got information to attend an actual dino dig with the museum in South Dakota and am already planning my trip for next year!

Very carefully making a bracelet in Egypt.

Having a tea party with a little stranger. Avery tried to give her a cup of tea and "cheers" her, but the girl didn't know what she was doing!

In the Barbie section, Avery was scratchin' as a DJ and walking the runway in this lovely neon green tutu!

Water table fun!!

Learning to slide on ice like a penguin!!

Spencer giving it a try, in his own way!!

Spencer loved the play area because he actually got to run around. Bye, bye mommy!

This very cushioned under-2-area gave Spencer tons of confidence to test out some skills-climbing being one of them!

You could almost always find Avery wanting to "make a snack" in the kitchen play area.

The finale...

With everyone working up an appetite after so many fun activities, we got some grub and headed on our way home.

Avery had to have a birthday meal of spaghetti with butter and cheese since that's her favorite thing to eat!

Once we got home she modeled her new fancy shoes:)

And fed her new friend and current obsession, Baby All Gone.

Spencer was mad because he wanted to "share" Avery's birthday present. By share I mean take BAG's sippy cup and hide it.

I got a great recommendation for a cupcake bakery in Indy called Gigi's (thanks, Trish!). They were very delicious! And all of that practicing blowing out her three candles paid off!

She literally dove right in!

That's better:)

I can't believe my baby girl is three years old already. I'm so lucky to get to be her mommy! We had a great time celebrating your birthday with you:)!