Party's Over

The party was today and that marks the end of "Ava's third birthday extravaganza." Now we have to wait a whole year to do it all again. We had so much fun today with 6 three year olds and their boundless energy. One of my favorite pictures is of Ava and her 5 friends sitting in a row on the couch. Each one has a different look on their face. Each has their own little personality and countenance about them. I tried to imagine those same kids sitting in a row 15 years from now. All of them at age 18...how they would still resemble strongly these little faces we see today, but they would also be different. More mature. Young men and women. If the first 3 years is any indication, then I know a decade and a half isn't really that far away.