Turning Thwee

Laila is now officially three years old.

She's been three the past two weeks, actually. But to her, she's been 'thwee' the past several months. For some reason, she never got around to learning to say 'two' when you ask how old she is. It's always been three.

And now she really is.

We celebrated that special day with the kind of celebration she wanted--a superhero cake and clowns. Daddy Cat and I threw in some fancy balloons, Divisoria-bought loot/pabitin and catered food, but none of it distracted her from the cake and the clowns.

I set up the tables outside the house and, throughout the afternoon, she'd sneak out to thrust her scrumptious sausagey finger into the cake. That would explain the shallow creases at the backside of the cake. Well, it's hers anyway.

The kids enjoyed the clown show. The clowns did magic tricks and facilitated the games for the dozen or so little kids Laila invited. I half suspect that the clowns were a little disappointed with the limited ooohs and aaaahs the crowd gave them. Laila's guests were almost all her age and, I suppose, hadn't realized that the tricks they're seeing were, well, magic.

Baby Cat got tons of gifts and she merrily tore the wrapper from one parcel to another without seriously looking at what's inside.

What really caught her attention was a little golden puppy that barked, walked forward and wagged its tail. She stopped in the middle of opening presents to play with the puppy. We had to hide the doggie from her to make her move on to the rest of the pile.

She got a lot of new books, clothes and a few dollies.

I have a confession: Laila's not into dolls or stuffed toys. She was thoroughly excited over the new books and flipped one page after another mouth agape. The doll? She tossed it away with half the wrapper still on.

That night she crumpled on the bed tired but protesting bedtime nonetheless. But we successfully bribed her with her new Princess audio-book. That audio-book has now become a semi-regular in our bedtime routine.

Hmm. Baby Cat's thwee now. Wow.