The 3 day extravaganza is past. I am just now getting more comfortable with having a 3 year old as opposed to a 2 and a half year old. How time flies.

Last Thursday, we had her first celebration at her daycare. Pizza and cupcakes from The Cupcake Shoppe and loot bags for all. We had a similar celebration last year but this year, it was very different. Sasha was more excited and she not only participated but helped me with choosing the theme, Dinosaurs and Fish, helped me choose the plates to be used and more importantly the little gifts for her friends. We settled on a little toy car placed in mini-chinese take-away style containers filled to the brim with Easter chocolates and jelly beans. We even had fun assembling the 8 loot bags. Apparently she had fun and she let R, the little boy with an uber creepy crush on her sit next to her. R is 3.5, is a foot taller than Sash, cute but has informed me that he loves Sasha because she is very exciting to play with. Uber creepy...well, as far as a 3 year old can get.

On Friday, we started the day with the opening of presents. We had a few as Doug tends to go crazy when it comes to buying toys for her. I let him buy whatever he wants because..well, he just likes doing it so much.





After a waffle and rainbow sprinkle breakfast, a bath, we measured her, as we do annually, and headed out to the Ontario Science Center.







It was amazing, impressive even. We had heard that it is great for kids, and although it is literally a 10 minute drive away, we have never been. One of those next weekend sort of outings. Are we ever glad that we did. The Center is huge. I was imagining it to be a small building with a couple of exhibits and maybe that static electricity machine thing for kids. Instead, it had an Imax theatre, many floors with various exhibits with cool themes like electricity, chemistry, the planetarium...you get the drift. More importantly, it had a KidSpark designed specifically for kids under 8 to enjoy scientific based play.



After spending what seemed like hours at the KidSpark, we watched an underwater themed Imax movie narated by Jim Carrey. Sasha's first movie in a real movie theatre. We headed home soon after and prepared ourselves for the next day.

The last event of the 3 day extravaganza was her party at Kidnasium with 8 other little friends and their parents. I decided to keep the group small and limited to the neighbours and one best friend from Daycare. The parents were also going to be there and I also wanted them to feel comfortable. It was Toddlers Gone Wild. The ran, they jumped, they screamed...all that under the watchful eye of the Kidnasium staff. Games were organized and to be honest all I had to do was light the sparkler candle for her cupcakes (finger foods only so cutlery was not needed)



After all that activity, the kids sat down for their pizza, which was ordered by the staff, juice and cheese. Desert was dinosaur and fish cupcakes from Lollicakes, with the fish and cupcakes made from Belgium chocolates.



I wanted the kids' loot to be a surprise even for Sasha so I ordered them all personalized crayon holders. I am not a fan off buying a bunch of toys and stuff for loot bags so I figured something useful would be appreciated.





After Kidnasium, we headed back to ours. I started filling up the ice buckets while Doug went round the corner to pick up the sushi...lots of sushi. We herded the kids down to the basement, stuck in a Sleeping Beauty DVD and made a couple of bags of popcorn. While the kids were zoned out on the couches (thanks Kidnasium) the adults enjoyed a quick dinner, a couple of glasses of wine and each other's company. By 9pm everything was cleaned and the dishwasher running.



All in all it was fun and more importantly Sasha was involved right from the beginning. Maybe next year she can plan her own 4 day extravaganza.