Alma is Three!

The week before Alma's birthday, we went down to D.C. as a family to see Joshua's sister, Emily.  My parents came too, so that Joshua and I could have a night on the town to see Emily's performance in Pullman Porter Blues.  The entire production was AMAZING and Emily was jaw-droppingly as always.  I still cannot believe that she can play the harmonica like that!

We also spent an afternoon along The Mall at the Museum of Natural History.  Here's Alma enjoying her parasol which was a birthday gift from her Auntie Em.

During Alma's birthday week, we had a costume birthday play date with some of her close friends.  Aren't they the cutest?!

We also had a family birthday party on the night of Alma's birthday with Kate, Neal and my mother.  Here she is hugging the ballerina doll from Aunt Amy, Uncle David and Cousin Hayden.   

And one last party with a slightly larger group of family members.  Kate and Neal made Alma a cake exactly as she requested: pink with Thomas the Train.  How awesome!