Sarah's Birthday and Party

Sarah is now 7! Wow! How time flies! (Especially since I'm only now getting to writing this and her birthday was over a month ago....)

She celebrated as much as possible, taking full advantage of being the birthday girl. Since Grandma A was here right before her birthday, they took a trip to the store for Sarah to pick out a birthday gift. She had a pajama party with her friends (more on that below). On her actual birthday, Grandma and Grandpa O, Aunt Allison and Uncle Christian were here so we had a big old party. A few days after her birthday was the last day of school, which was even more reason to celebrate. Yes, I think we may have just been celebrated out around here.

Opening presents on her birthday. She got lots of nice stuff including many of the items on her list. Gifts included a map, hand sanitizer, Polly Pockets, a placemat, beads to make jewelry, a subscription to National Geographic Kids, a leotard, a book with posters of baby animals, paper dolls and a guitar.

Blowing out the candles.

A few days before her birthday, Sarah had a party with some friends. She said she wanted pancakes for dinner so we thought a pajama party would be a good theme. Everyone came dressed in pajamas and brought a stuffed animal. Some people even brought a pillow! We started the festivities by decorating eye masks with puffy paint and stickers. We then did a "get to know you" since some of the girls were from school and some from church. Then came the yummy pancake dinner with all sorts of fruit toppings--strawberries, mixed berries, peaches, bananas, applesauce. The girls then played a bunch of games: First they played musical pillows which is just like musical chairs. Next, they were blindfolded and had to find their stuffed animal in a pile of stuffed animals. They then had to put the teddy bear on the pillow (pin the tail on the donkey). The last two games were pass the parcel, where they passed a gift around and unwrapped a layer every time the music stopped (there was nail polish inside), and a stuffed animal toss. Sarah then opened her gifts and then we had muffins and ice cream. Overall, it was a very fun evening!

The eye mask decorating station (photos by Sarah)

Yummy apple muffins

Back row L-R: Alyssa, Erina, Allie, Avery

Front row L-R: Alexis, Angie, Sarah, Emily

Did I mention your name had to start with A or E to be invited to the party...Actually, about half of Sarah's school class had "A" names so it's not surprising there were so many As.

Silly girls!