Sarah's 5th Birthday!

It's hard to believe, but Miss Sarah is 5! She had her first friend birthday party. We found out that one of the girls in her primary class had a birthday just one day before Sarah's, so we decided to combine forces and do a joint party. Sarah was so excited to have a party at our house with her friends. I found a really cute idea on Pinterest and went with it. The party was a "pet adoption" party. I bought a bunch of little Ty Beanie Boo stuffed animals. The kids all got to choose a pet to adopt. They received an official adoption certificate where they got to name their pet. We had a vet station where we had doctor toys and a little health form for the kids to fill out about their pet. Then we went upstairs and they made their pets collars and carrying bags. It was lots of fun.

A couple of the girls picking out their pet.

Making/decorating their collars and bags.

Some of these girls were very creative.

Tying on Britta's blindfold for pin the paw on the puppy.

Presents! Britta's on the left and Sarah's on the right.

Singing to the birthday girls. They are so cute!

Britta's aunt just happened to be in town, and she worked at a cupcake shop over the summer. These cupcakes she made were delicious!

Opening presents. Britta's mom is also pregnant and expecting twin girls. We have a lot of things in common. We both just moved here in the fall, we share homes with our in-laws, our husbands both work from home, Britta and Sarah's birthday is just 1 day apart and their youngest daughter's birthday is on the same day as Noah and Eli's, I have twins and she's expecting twins, we're both having girls.

As the guests were arriving Noah started to complain that his belly hurt. By the end of the party he was looking pretty miserable. It hit him pretty hard in the afternoon with waves of stomach cramps. He was screaming and crying in pain. At one point we thought we heard him yell out, "I don't want to live!" but apparently he said that he didn't want this life, as in he wanted to be someone else so he didn't feel so bad. He finally threw up a couple hours after the party and proceeded to throw up a couple more times during the day. He also had some diarrhea and a fever with chills. He was pretty miserable and didn't start feeling better until Sunday. Luckily no one else caught it. I'm not sure how we managed that.

Sarah wanted a jello cake on her birthday. She helped me make it the morning of her birthday.

Singing happy birthday to the birthday girl. Could she look any more excited!?

Make a wish!

Opening her presents.

I went out with Noah and Eli and they each picked her out a present. This one is from Noah. Eli got her a mermaid Barbie that can go in the bathtub.

This is one of the presents from us. She apparently wanted one of these balls that you bounce on for Christmas. She just kept saying she wanted a bouncy ball, so we had a little misunderstanding. Good thing her birthday isn't too far away from Christmas.

A friend of mine in the ward that also homeschools her kids makes these adorable pillows. I had her make one for Sarah for her birthday that matches her bed.

Since I was having her make one for Sarah, I went ahead and had her do one for baby sister. We're still deciding on a middle name, but she is for sure going to have Lily as her first name. Only 1 more week until we meet her!