celebration....complete

how does a three year old celebrate her big day?

lunch at the hospital cafeteria over mom's lunch hour (with a special surprise appearance from daddy),

gang signs in the hospital hallway,


cupcakes and crowns and very special pajamas (that is not tinkerbell. ramona calls the image on the nightgown "a child" and we're going with that),


a bronco ride at ella's deli,


and a zebra ride at the children's museum with nana and papa.

phew. we're tired, she's got an ear infection, and the house is a mess. it's been a long birthday celebration.