Dinah is three years old already! It seems only yesterday she hadn’t been born yet, and Kyle and I were trying to decide when he would quit the second job. We were planning on him quitting before the baby was born, so that he would be home with me more when we had the baby, and afterward. Well here we are 3 years later and he is STILL working two jobs, and we’re not quite ready for him to quit yet (even if we are always discussing when it should happen).
Dinah was oblivious to the fact that it was almost her birthday so Kyle and I, and her brothers and sister, kept reminding her that it was almost her birthday. That got her excited. Then Tuesday was her birthday and so we were all telling her “happy birthday” and I kept asking her how old she was. She would say “Two, NO FREE!” Then she would try to hold up three fingers which was quite entertaining, because we had to keep showing her how many fingers is 3.
Another favorite game that I have with Dinah is to ask her who she is. I like to ask her to see if she knows, to see what she says, and to see if she knows her full name. So I would ask, “Who are you?” and she said “Dinah!” So I said “Dinah WHO?” and she answered “Dinah Befany”, so then I would ask “Dinah Bethany WHO?” She used to say “Dinah Befany Andelin” but this week since her birthday has been the main focus, she would say “Dinah Befany it’s my birfday!” or “Dinah Befany where’s my present!”
Saturday I was gone at the retreat and we were planning on having a little party for her Saturday evening, but the cake wasn’t ready and Debby hadn’t come like she said she would so we postponed the party for tonight. Kyle made the cake yesterday since I wasn’t home and he went ahead and made the frosting today to finish it. Dinah requested chocolate cake, but she kept saying that she didn’t want frosting. “Don’t want frosting”, she would say. We had to tell her that the frosting helps keep the candles in the cake, so I offered chocolate frosting, and Kyle offered peanut butter frosting, and the peanut butter frosting won….
I love how big her eyes get!
She was really excited to get to open her present.
Thank you Grandpa Tom and Grandma Kathy for the cute outfit!
What a sweet little girl!!!