Sea to shining sea with the mosiers: Sarah: 7 Years Old

Our beautiful Sarah is growing up! Here is a little about Sarah at 7 years old:

Loves learning, both at school and at home. We have been so proud of how she has dealt with all of the madness of being a student in 2020. She has been to school both in person and virtually at two different schools this year, and she has excelled in all of it. Her attitude has been amazing. For first grade, she is attending Haines elementary, and her teacher is Mrs. Belding.
Moved for the 3rd time in her life (although the first one she can actually remember.) When we told her that we would be moving not once, but twice, within about a year, her response was, "I get to make all new friends twice! Awesome!" She has already made lots of new friends at her new school.
She was lucky enough that her best friend, Lucy Snow, moved from Fruitland to Baker City at the same time we did, so they still get to be besties!
Still spends most of her life dancing, singing, and pretending.
Learned to read, and is reading chapter books all on her own.
Sarah is a great big sister, and especially loves helping take care of Kate.
Her favorite place to be is Grandma's house, which is only a block away since we moved. She particularly loves days when her cousins get to come play.
All of the neighborhood cats have adopted Sarah. The neighbor's cat, Piper, runs over as soon as she sees Sarah come home. Other cats we have nicknamed Lurky, Snuggles, and several others also love Sarah. She is absolutely loving it.
She loves to draw pictures and write stories. She and Daddy wrote and illustrated a book of bedtime stories this year.
Learned to ride a bike without training wheels.
Started piano lessons.
Sometimes, she is 7 going on 27. Her eye rolling skills can be impressive.
Favorite foods: shrimp, curry, yakisoba, hamburgers
Favorite TV shows: Angry Birds, Brave Wilderness, The Octonauts
She is still our silly, crazy, creative, spunky girl, and we love her so much! Happy birthday, Sarah!

Sarah had a super special 7th birthday! It happened to fall on parent teacher conference day, so everyone had the day off of school. She started the morning by opening her present from Nana. It was a chocolate pen, which we put to use later in the day!

Colorful, fancy-shaped pancakes, a traditional birthday breakfast around here.

Her birthday was mermaid themed this year, so of course we needed mermaid pancakes.

Notice the oyster pancake, complete with pearls.

After breakfast, we headed to Grandma's house for a fun day of birthday preparations and celebrating. The girls helped make all of the chocolate decorations for the cake, as well as mermaid meringues and mermaid punch. Sarah and Anne had lots of fun planning the party on Pinterest.