Anya's Third Birthday

October 19, 2004

In advance of Anya's birthday, we asked her what she might like for a present. Her reply: "Balloons". We passed this request along to her party guests: just bring a balloon as a present. This works out great! Anya loves the balloons and there's nothing to unwrap. (A three year old can take hours to unwrap a big pile of gifts.)

Before the party starts, Anya sets the table with Angela's help.
(Anya has already received a giant cat balloon.)

Since Anya's birthday is just a little before Halloween, for her third birthday we select a pumpkin theme. Letting three year olds carve a pumpkin is a scary prospect, so we settle on decorating pumpkins instead. The week before the party, we cut up a bunch of black paper to make piles of face parts (noses, mouths, etc.), purchase some googly eyes, and come up with some other fashionable pumpkin accessories like little witch hats.

Guests arrive and throw themselves into decorating pumpkins

Mark Wong helps his daughter Kiyomi glue a face part onto her pumpkin

The first batch of completed pumpkins

More pumpkins

Angela and Liya observe the festivities

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