good times.

We celebrated Everly's sweet little friend Tay's birthday this afternoon. These two are a dynamic duo who have built their friendship on like-minded ways such as tenacity, imagination, and their never-ending love of pink and all things girlie. Fine with us, their moms say as we sip our coffee and chat while they play.

Everly was beyond excited for Tay's party today. She woke up asking about it. We began wrapping her present at 8am and the wrapping concluded in three different stages throughout the day. She tried on different outfits and "party clothes" and asked questions about the party with a nervous excitement. It was pretty cute. And a big deal. Because I realized as time crept closer to Party Time, Everly has never been to her very own friend's party. Like any second born, she tags along a lot to her brother's friend's parties with other kids her age. And she has been invited to her friend's parties, but being three there's only really one year of opportunity to have a party she can remember and I think we've been out of town for all of them. Hence, Operation Complete Party Preparation (it lasted all day).

I think her excitement about the event was absolutely fulfilled when the party consisted of all of her friends, making beaded necklaces, a game involving a blindfold and a rainbow cake. And there was Everly the entire time, with an excited grin and eyes wide with wonder. She kept whispering to me "This is a party!".