Sara's Birthday

Sara had a week long birthday extravaganza! On her birthday she had a dance recital and soccer game and grandparents visiting so we couldn't have her party but we had frog cupcakes. She asked for a frog habitat for her birthday and she got it with 2 real live tree frogs. Then on Monday she had her "school birthday" so I made another batch of frog cupcakes (as per her request). Then the next Saturday we had a friend birthday party and she requested a fish cake (We were running late so I spent about 20 minutes on it...again, not my best work). We had friends over to play outside and then went swimming then back to the house for cake and ice cream. I thought I had it all planned out but we were running late after swimming because I didn't realize that it would take 6 - 8 year old girls 30 minutes to get ready after swimming. I thought at 8 years old they could put on their clothes and call it good, no need for hair-drying. Finally at the 30 minute point I told them that we had to go or their parents would be waiting at our house to pick them up. The girls all had a blast. I am so grateful for this girl. She is so spunky and fun and she always keeps me on my toes. She was at a friends house the other day and each of the 3 other kids asked at different times, "why is it so quiet?" Sara keeps us all entertained and she rarely complains that she is bored because she is so good at finding something fun to do, creating a new game or reinventing an old one. She is a great older sister to Carter and Allie and includes them in her fun, and she is a great younger sister to Hanna and I am happy that they are each others best-friend. I am so blessed to be her mom!