The Hansons: Alli's 3rd Birthday!... on Friday the 13th

"When I am 3, I get to go to preschool!" Alli has said over and over. Well, she's an official 3-year-old now and can't wait to begin preschool in September. Her birthday fell on Friday the 13th this year, and it turned out to be an interesting day....

How can you possibly tell I helped Mom make cake?

Happy Birthday, Alli!

Present hog!

Preparing the fruit for her party tomorrow!

Since Alli requested a rainbow cake for her party, I had every color of frosting prepared:) She decided she wanted a yellow cupcake on her actual birthday. Mmmmmmm!

Cupcake!

Today I'm 3!

And then the clouds came in...

... and then the "roaring cranky clouds." Alli does NOT like loud noises, and this was the loudest thunder we've heard in years.

The storm knocked out our power before Alli fell asleep, freaking her out. No night light, no white noise, just clouds "roaring" in her room. She had a bit of a rough night until she fell asleep. Avery, thankfully, slept through everything.

We had an amazing light show!

And I got to finish the cake by candlelight.

At least it turned out okay!

The cranky clouds are gone! It's going to be a great party day!

Let's get the party started!!

Grandma!

Cousin Jennifer asked Alli to be a flower girl in her September wedding! (That will probably be an entire blog post of its own:)

Presents!

Front row seats.

Landon is such a good helper!

Chase is a good helper, too!

Do you think we'll have enough cake?

Make a wish!

It's imperative the birthday girl gets the first marshmallow.

The beginning of the sugar high.

These balloons were originally supposed to go on the deck, but the forecast wasn't too promising. Thankfully, the forecast was wrong, and the weather was beautiful!