Sarah: 3 Years Old!

Our Sarah is 3! 

I would have done a formal photo shoot on her third birthday, but these photos I took a few days earlier capture her so perfectly that I didn't bother.

Sarah is very fond of climbing on the giant boulders in our flower bed. She also has this strange love for, as she says, "looking at the dark." We will find her on the back patio just sitting in her little chair looking at the night. The sun was just going down when I took this photo, and Sarah was looking at the dark. Notice that she is dressed as a mouse. This is also a common occurrence around here.

Sarah is the queen of funny facial expressions. This is one of her favorites, and it is always accompanied with the question, "Is that what you said?"

Highlights for Sarah at age 3:

-She is a crazy, silly, energetic, loving little girl

-If we can talk her into wearing clothes at all, it has to be a shirt and pants or pajamas. No dresses or skirts unless it is Sunday or we are playing dress-up.

-Still not sleeping reliably through the night, but she does sleep in until 8 or 9 in the morning, which might make it worth it.

-Looks forward all week to visiting Grandma's house

-A major animal lover, whether they are real or pretend. She spends most of her days playing with her stuffed animals or her little people animals.

-Sleeps every night with her elephant, bunny, and zebra

-Favorite foods include pancakes, couscous, popsicles, smoothies, and all kinds of vegetables

-Favorite movies are Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and Finding Nemo

-She is our beautiful princess, and we love her so much!

We had a party for Sarah with her cousins at Grandma and Grandpa Hindman's house a couple of days before her birthday. Sarah, naked as usual, led everyone in a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday.

 She was very excited about her new horse and her Doc Mcstuffins doctor kit.

 Blowing out candles without any clothes on is a dangerous business.

 Sharing breakfast with horsey the next morning. Grandmas give the best gifts.

 From Mom & Dad she got a vintage doll house and an Anna dress. She read a story to her dolls and insisted on a black crown to wear with her new dress.

 On her birthday, we took her to a children's stage production of Peter Pan. In spite of her face, I promise she really enjoyed it.

That afternoon, we had a Winnie the Pooh birthday party with a few of Sarah's friends. Grandma gave Sarah a whole set of Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals. She may be a little bit spoiled.

We had veggies from Rabbit's garden, Tigger Tails, Hunny bears, Kanga's Pita pockets, and Piglets in a blanket for dinner.

And beehive cupcakes for dessert

After a few rounds of pin the tail on Eeyore, tossing honey balls into a bucket, and making Pooh characters out of balloons, Sarah got to blow out some more candles. Happy birthday Sarah!