Birthday girls

The first week of November is pretty hectic for our family. Annie's bday is Nov. 3rd and Sarah's is Nov. 7th. When we said we wanted them 3 years apart, we didn't know they'd be born almost 3 years to the day! Annie's low-key birthday party included duck duck goose and listening to her favorite song, "I am a pizza". I made an easy pink cake and she got lots of cute clothes and presents. Her favorite was this Baby Alive doll, which she loves to sleep with at night.

Here's beautiful Gracie with the beautiful cake. I felt like a horrible mother for just doing one in a pan - no tiers or stacking or professional tools at all. She loved it and kept eating more and more.

I love having a 2 year old again! Annie is so funny. She loves to make all of us laugh, loves being the center of attention. Her happiest time of day is first thing in the morning. She plays with toys!!! (which we're amazed about since none of our other girls have ever done). She's obedient and loves to help. Her favorite job is emptying the utensils from the dishwasher. Her favorite thing is still her blanket, but she just gave up her bottle (finally!) so now she's a big girl!
Sarah had quite the birthday week. Her date with mommy and daddy was on Thursday night. She planned the whole thing - buy glitter eye shadow from Claires, go rollerskating and get ice cream at Baskins on the way home. She is so much fun to be with and we never get alone time with her - we all loved it!

Her birthday bash was with most of the kids in her preschool class as well as a couple from church. When she realized that boys were coming, she decided to base the party on her favorite TV show, Wow Wow Wubbzy. This is the cute pinata that I made...
We had great weather. Played in the backyard - soccer, trampoline, Wubbzy games, coloring. Then the kids ate pizza and cupcakes, did the pinata and went home. So much fun! The 25+ kids and their siblings loved it! Sarah's best buddy, Jackson, even drove all the way from Vacaville to come to the party!
On Sunday morning, Sarah woke up to even more presents.
Her faves were this "real" puppy and a big girl camera.

By the time Sarah's cake choice came around, we were all sick of cake, if you can imagine! So we made brownie sundaes and they were excellent!

I love this sweet sweet Sarah girl. She's so cute! And loves to laugh. She loves puzzles, reading books, watching TV and playing with her sisters. She's also good at everything she does (playing piano by ear), gymnastics, soccer. We love having a 5 year old at our house!