Maya is three

Maya's birthday fell after Mother's Day, so we brought out a birthday cake and she smiled proudly as we sang her "Happy Birthday."

She let Collin know that she didn't need any help blowing out the candles -

 I don't remember most of her presents, even what Cas and I bought her, but she'd likely claim that Spin Art was among her favorite gifts -

On her actual birthday, we took some pictures in an adorable hand-me-down set before heading to gymnastics -

And documentation of her adorable three-year-old pronunciation of colors -

Oh Maya Loo, our little dumpling, our love, our sugar pie, our favorite little girl, we are so happy you are ours!

We forgot to conduct our annual birthday interview until the blog, so here's her 3 years and 3 months responses:
1.  What makes you happy?  Tickling
2.  What is your favorite animal?  Cow
3.  What is your favorite toy?  Fighting men (of Collin's)
4.  What is your favorite thing to eat?  Chicken
5.  What is your favorite thing to drink? apple juice
6.  What is your favorite thing to do? Spin around dancing
7.  What is your favorite movie?  Cinderella
8.  What is your favorite game?  Richard Scarry Busytown (we play it almost daily)
9.  What are you really good at doing? Magic Tricks (this is a blatant lie, but we cheer for her when she tries to imitate Collin's tricks)
10.  What is your favorite part of being a big 3-year-old? Holding a baby (no clue what baby she thinks she's held)
11.  What is your favorite color?  green
12.  What is your favorite song?  "Let it Go"
13.  Who is your best friend?  Gail (from pre-school) 
14.  What do you and your mommy do together?  Sing and Dance, go on choo-choo train (we go on one train ride a year)
15.  What do you and your daddy do together?  Swing, be silly, go placesPlay Memory matching game, coloring, playing with fighting men
16.  What is your favorite sport?  Swimming
17.  Where is your favorite place to go?  Dave and Busters
18.  What is your favorite book?  Press Here
19.  What is your favorite restaurant?  Chick fil A 
20.  What did you do on your birthday? Ate cake, went to gymnastics
21.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  a mommy with a baby in my stomach
22.  What is your favorite part of school?  Ms. Jill's physical education class
23.  What do you know about God and Jesus?  We learn about God in the Bible.  I love the story of Jonah.