SarahMae's 3rd birthday!!

She's three years old! How did that happen so fast?! Before I jump in with pictures, I started a birthday questionnaire this year with her. I know I've seen lots of people do this, but I always forget, so I think I'm going to start it this year with both girls. It's in her own words, so it's pretty funny and sweet, too. :o)

1. What is your favorite color? Pink. And blue, black brown.
2. What is your favorite book? Where's My Teddy? ('Oh, no!' said Eddie. 'I'm scared already! I want my bed, I want my teddy!!' -- we don't know this book by heart or anything...)
3. What is your favorite TV show? Colors.  (Baby Einstein's Color World on Netflix)
4. What is your favorite movie? Cedarmont Kids Christmas. (She didn't actually say this, I inferred. Her actual response was to start dancing around the living room singing "Away in a Manger." 
5. What is your favorite baby doll? Tweet Tweet. Bee, too. (Yes, she has dolls named Tweet and Bee. At least she named them herself!)
6. What is your favorite food? Taco salad and eggs with cheese on it.
7. What is your favorite thing about Daddy? Sings me songs and reads me books.
8. What is your favorite thing about Shiloh? Plays with me and show me how to dance ballet.
9. What is your favorite thing about Mommy? Cuddles with me when I have a nightmare and says "I love you." (Aww!)
10. What do you think is scary? Storms and trucks. And bugs.
11. What do you want to be like when you grow up? Be big like Mommy and have brown hair.
12. What is your favorite thing to do at home? Dance around and play ponies.
13. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Twist on the swings.
14. Where do you like to go? The park, see my friends swing. Oh! Trader Joe's!! Trader Joe's and push the cart! I LOVE pushing the cart!! ....Shiloh's ballet, too.
15. What is your favorite animal? Butterflies.
16. What is your favorite song? King of the Jungle (Hoo-Hoo!)
17. What do you want to say? I want to dance with butterflies with my swim boot (suit) on in the water.
18. What is SarahMae good at? Dancing!!! (and proceeds to dance for the next ten minutes, humming as she goes.)

Also, some of her favorite sayings this past year:

• Wishus = Delicious
• Swim boot = Swimsuit
• Mucus = Music
• Magics class = Gymnastics class
• What the heck?!?! -- she gets this from Shiloh!
• Okay, bye.... -- imagine this from "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?" from the movie "Frozen," said in a sad toddler voice. She responds with this often when told she isn't allowed to do something.
• Riddie = Really. She says this when trying to be serious, but it's difficult to actually take her seriously when she says this.
• Wibby bit = Little bit. As in, "Mommy, cuddle me wibby bit?? Pweease?!"

Okay, on the pictures!

The night before SarahMae's birthday, we were invited to a benefit at Six Flags. The CEO of Rick's company paid for everyone to go to benefit the St. Louis Children's Hospital. We have actually never been as a family, and we didn't get many pictures, either! I was bummed that I forgot, but we were busy having fun. :o)

First, the yummiest ice cream EVER.

On the Ferris Wheel! She didn't freak out like I thought she would!

She could have stayed here all day, just running into the random fountain bursts.

This was on one of those spin-yourself rides. She totally loved it, and kept saying "faster! faster!"

We would have gone to the water park, but there had been lightning a couple of hours before, so it was closed. Boo! We all had lots of fun, though. :o)

Birthday morning!!

Helping to open presents from Nana and Papa.

A sparkly tutu! She loves it! She wore it for the next two weeks almost every day!

A sticker book which she also loved. She keeps it on her bookshelf with her other books, but the stickers didn't last the rest of the day. ;o)

And My Little Pony toys!! She loved them!

More My Little Ponies from Mommy and Daddy.

She really liked them. Couldn't keep still, obviously. :o)

And aNOTHER My Little Pony toy -- a big Fluttershy from Meemaw and Papaw. She keeps this one in her backpack to take with her places.

From Shiloh -- Shiloh embroidered "bff sisters" on some fabric for SarahMae. It was adorable. I think I'm going to frame it and hang it in her room. :o)

Looking at her cards!

Look at that sweetness!

The big present from Mommy and Daddy (being honest, mostly Mommy). I made her (finally!) a rainbow quilt for her bed. She likes it, I think. :o)

Next up, Build-A-Bear! This is the first time that she's actually gone in and made her own. We've just bought them for her the last two years.

I love this picture!

She chose a butterfly. She loved giving it a bath so much that we bought one of the scrubbers so that she can give her a bath at home, too. :o)

These pictures are so funny -- she insisted on carrying her own bags, and with her little skirt and the way she was walking, she looks so cute!

Finally, ice cream. Again. :o) She chose marshmallow, and even though it's bright yellow, it surprisingly dye-free and actually tasted like marshmallows. :o)

I think Shiloh had a peanut-butter one. It was yummy!

And that's all for SarahMae's third birthday! I'm sorry it took me a month to get it online; I uploaded the pictures almost immediately, but kept forgetting to caption and publish it. Anyway, thank you all for the presents and well wishes on her birthday. I can't believe I have a preschooler now and not a toddler!!