Sara's Birthday Party

Yesterday was Sara's birthday. Scott, Aaron, Nate and I all took donuts into her Kindergarten class in the morning. Her teacher makes a really big deal of birthdays, so Sara felt pretty special. Earlier in the week, her teacher sent home a "birthday book" for us to make. It had a laminated cover, then just blank white pages for us to fill with stories and pictures of Sara. She and I had a fun time making it. When we went into her classroom yesterday, the teacher had the whole class sit in a circle and Sara got to read her birthday book to all the kids. She also got a birthday crown, and her teacher took a picture of her with us. Then we passed out the donuts and let all the kids enjoy Sara's birthday treats.

After Sara got home from school at noon, her Grandma Jo came and got her for her birthday outing. Grandma took her to lunch at McDonald's (Sara's request), then took her shopping for clothes. Sara had a great time.

In the evening, we went to the kids' back to school picnic and let the kids all play on the playground for an hour, then we went to Carl's Jr. for dinner (again, Sara's request). The kids filled up on chicken nuggets and fries and played on the playplace at Carl's Junior, then we brought them all home (exhausted) and gave them all baths and put them to bed.

Today the birthday festivities continued. Today was Sara's friend party at The Little Gym. Aaron had such a great time at his birthday party there a few months ago, so we held Sara's there, too. First was an hour of gym time...





Then the last half hour was cake and presents.









Present Time!




I think everyone had a great time and Sara came home and instantly started playing with her presents. Happy Birthday Sara girl!!!