Happy B-day...

This last week Summer had her 3rd birthday. I'm glad that she was young enough to not realize that is was kind of a lame b-day. I was really sick and so were a few others in the family, so I really didn't have the energy to do anything fun. But she didn't care. All she wanted was a pink birthday cake and she was fine.

The morning of her b-day she found these strings I have for scrapbooking and I gave them to her for a present. She was so excited and had fun laying them all out all over the floor. At that age it doesn't take much to make them happy.

Steve showed up at home with some balloons for her which also made her day. I think they were played with almost every minute of that whole day. Luckily he got two of them so Skylie could play with one too.

Trudy made Summer the cake since I wasn't feeling up to making one and my Mom brought by the dairy queen cake. It was so good.

Here's a few facts about Summer:

1. She is obsessed with my mom. She always wants to go to Grandma's house and will not give up easily. My mom will sometimes not come by just to avoid the tears that are always shed when she has to leave.

2. She does everything that Skylie does. They are always playing together and she is always repeating everything she says.

3. Loves playing ponies and barbies.

4. She wakes up almost every night. Not sure why. Lots of times just to get her to leave me alone I push the couches together and let her sleep there.

5. She is the last to go to bed at night and always the first one up, bright and early at 7:00 usually.

6. When she gets up she demands breakfast and will not stop bugging until I get it for her. If you ignore her and try to go back to sleep she will yell at me and tell me to talk to her.

7. She has the prettiest hair.

8. She could eat breakfast for every meal. Especially likes oatmeal.

9. She always wants to have a friend over. Usually it's Marlie. Too bad she lives 4 hours away.

10. Very strong willed.

11. She asks me about 5 times a day to make brownies for her.

12. She loves going to Sarra's house to play with Jacob.

13. Loves having books read to her.

14. When she is happy she is really happy, when she's mad she's really mad. Not very often in the middle.

15. She was a little disappointed to find out she couldn't start going to school once she turned 3.

16. She doesn't like being left behind. If I'm driving the kids to school she wants to come, if I'm going to the store she wants to come. And to avoid the tantrums, I usually just let her come.

17. Loves helping me make stuff in the kitchen. Stirring things, dumping in ingredients, whatever.

18. Loves riding her bike.

We sure love this little girl. Happy 3rd B-day!!!!