Hayley Smith's 3rd birthday

Hayley Smith, the middle child of Rob and Denise, had her birthday last week, Jan 16.  We were invited to a pre-party Thursday night where we all went to Olive Garden for dinner because Hayley likes olives.  Older brother Elliott was busy filling the stickers in the play pictures they gave out.  7 month old Emerson slept and smiled as usual.  Rob is up and about supervising, making sure everyone is eating and happy.  This is the third night we went out to dinner with their family.  It is quite an experience watching this young family of five.  After dinner we went back to Rob's house.  He builds homes and his is a spectacular one.  He specializes in high end new construction or remodels or teardowns.  His E2Homes is growing so fast he is spending most of his time hiring people right now.

Denise made a star shaped birthday cake with chocolate and blue layers.  Hayley likes "Frozen" we were told.

Susan Smith brought her a princess bike/trike.  Hayley put her doll in it immediately and started riding around the large great room.  Great Aunt Dorothy got a try.

Hayley, 3 years old, with Dad Rob

Saturday was the big party at a local playground.  It was wonderful to see this fabulous jungle jim play area so filled with 2 to 5 year olds.  This is the perfect age for this kind of park.  Over a dozen kids played, had their face painted  and ate pizza and cake.

"Frozen" cake

Another "Frozen" cake was the dessert.  Hayley carried the cake decoration everywhere.  She and Elliott were experts on the swings.

Face painting