Sarah's 3rd Birthday

This girl that is bursting with personality, sweetness, and an ample amount of sass has turned three years old!  AND WE LOVE HER!

We love our Sarah.  She is the glue in our family.  The one thing everyone comments on with our little girl is that she is FULL of personality!  She is 100% her own person and we love everything about her.  There is never a dull moment with her around.  Sarah is also the sweetness queen around here.  She is so aware of others and how they are feeling.  I am so impressed with her.  She is so quick to give a genuine hug, wipe away tears, pat your back and tell you "it's okay, I'm here."  She oozes sweetness and we love that about her.  Sarah also has a saucy side too though.  She can definitely hold her own around the house too - but somehow she manages to do it in a (mostly) adorable way.  

Some of Sarah's favorite things are:

Books: Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina, Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena, and The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. 

Movie: Toy Story 3 and The Peanuts Movie

Favorite Activities: Building with blocks, doing puzzles, Mrs. Potato Head, and coloring

Favorite Snack: Pretzels and Graham Crackers

Favorite Game: Candy Land

Favorite Songs: Popcorn Popping and I Love to See the Temple

To celebrate her special day - it was all about MERMAIDS!

We got up and had waffles with strawberries, bacon, and orange juice! YUM!

We then packed up and headed to the beach!  Because, we were mermaids for the day after all!  We headed over to the city beach off of the boardwalk since we knew no one would be there rather than driving up to North Beach.  We had the whole beach to ourselves and it was awesome.  

Sarah ran around collecting sticks and burying things in the sand.  Jacob and Mark created all sorts of projects in the sand.  And Jacob and I sat at the edge of the water for awhile before moving into our perfect little half tent so he could crawl around a little (and only ate sand once...I think!).  It was a perfect morning.  

We then came back home, had lunch, and put Sarah and Benjamin down for their naps while the rest of us got ready for the party!  

Grandpa and Grandma, and Grammy came to celebrate and we had a great time!  The kiddos became mermaids and had to figure out how to be mermaids and find their treasure of shells.  Then we used the shells and some sand to make some sand art.  

Then we sat down to have some dinner.  Crabs (chicken salad sandwiches), Sea Chips (potato chips) with dip, and seaweed (grapes) topped with mermaid juice (blue punch). 

Next we opened presents.  I don't know who was more excited, Sarah or Jacob?!  Sarah was in love with everything.  I swear, you could give her a rock and she would hug it and call it her special treasure.  She is so happy with everything (well, almost everything, she is three after all!).  

Finally, we had her mermaid cake!  

We love our Sarah so much.  She brings an incredible amount of joy to our home.  She is a light to everyone.  We can't wait to see what the future brings for our little one.  Keep being you, Sarah.