Sara's Pirate Girl party

the cake, if you couldn't guess...

Opening presents with her friends.

Sara had a three day birthday extravaganza! We went to Orem for the weekend to attend our niece Trinity's baptism. We drove up Friday after school. Scott and I were able to sneak away for a little date and had delicious Rodizio's. It is a Brazillian steakhouse that is not for the vegetarian. They bring the meat around constantly and you take a small chunk of each. Then we went to a new LDS film called Midway to Heaven. it is based on a book and has one of the girls off the Bachelor acting in it. It was ok, not great but it was squeaky clean and that is good. Then we went for a drive out to Eagle Mountain and headed back. Anyways, Saturday morning we went to the baptism and then did some shopping. All the cousins were together so we had a little party for Sara and her cousin Ashley who turned 2. We then took the girls bowling. it was not as easy as all the Wii bowling we have been doing, but it was pretty fun.

Sunday morning we packed up and headed for home. We made it in time to change and go to church at 1pm. So that night Sara got a few more presents from us. She got a unicorn pillow pet. I have been avoiding those things, but they had one at grandma's house and she loved it. She has been having slight problems with sneaking out of her room during the night and being afraid of the dark, so I thought it might help.

The next morning we were up and getting ready for the friend party. She invited all her little friends from church. As always, i forgot how much fun 3\4 yr olds can be and things did not go exactly as I planned, but I think they all had fun. Here's some advice: don't try musical chairs with girls this age. sheesh. anyways, we had the cake and Sara got cute presents and everyone went home pretty happy so it was a success.

Sara is a sweet girl with a big imagination and an even bigger vocabulary. Yesterday she said "mom, last night I had the stwangest dweam..." she still cannot say her "Rs" but it is pretty cute and i am not worried about it. She is still loving all things princess, rapunzel from Tangled is the big one lately, but she loves them all. She still does not color much, nor is she interested in sitting down to learn her letters, but she can spell and recognize her name. We know she's smart, she's just a little more stubborn than the first two. She is sweet to Whitney and is a great big sister. i love how she treats her and talks to her like she's a real little person. Sara gives great hugs and lots of kisses, including fishy kisses where she makes fish lips (if she can while laughing) and then plants one on ya. Sara also loves getting into things she knows she's not supposed to, especially things in the bathroom. Usually it's my makeup, she applies long-lasting lipstick to her eyes, squirts entire new tubes of toothpaste into the sink, or yesterday, when she put deodorant on her stomach. She is definitely momma's girl, she loves to be a mermaid and run around in her underwear all day. We love our Sara and are so happy we've had 4 years to spend with her.