Brianna is caring, sensitive, loving, passionate, expressive, extremely helpful, thankful, an amazing big sister, a good listener, sometimes opinionated, but most importantly shows a love for Jesus that reminds me daily of my desire for child-like faith.
Lately, she says many thank you's for things. "Thank you for making lunch mommy." "Thank you for helping me get dressed mommy." "Thank you for the snack mommy." "Thank you for taking my coat off mommy." And so much more.
We also talk about our favorite parts of the day, in which she usually says, "Daddy coming home from work." She will then in turn ask each of us what our favorite part of the day. I love this. It's reminds me of playing "high point, low point" with the DeerGrove Youth Group back in Chicago.
For Brianna's third birthday, we had a family gathering for brunch on her actually birth-day; this year it was on a Saturday. It's a little bit of a challenge to transition so quickly from Christmas to birthday, but I want so much to make her day separate and special. We decorated the house with streamers and balloons, which she loved and helped with making it more festive! We also had arrangements to meet up with extended family later in the day to celebrate our Carlson Christmas at the Mall of America, so this was a full day of celebration!
We had a fantastic spread of egg bake, yogurt parfaits, pumpkin muffins, and a delicious homemade raspberry tort birthday cake for dessert.
She was thrilled to be able to open more gifts, as any 3-year-old would! Thank you to everyone for helping make her day so special!
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