Birthday Girl!

Anna turned three this past weekend.  Mike had been gone for several days and came home just in time to install a "big-girl" bed in her room for her birthday.  She has really enjoyed her new bed, mostly because it has more space area to pile-up her books and toys at night when she won't go to sleep.  Anna had a lot of fun listening to us sing Happy Birthday to You, getting a phone call from grandma and grandpa, going to the dollar store and picking out TWO birthday balloons, and getting a Sophia birthday cake (on clearance, such a blessing to me).  She wore a huge smile.
For her birthday dinner we had pizza sticks, a specialty of the local grocery store's.
That morning the neighbor's had a garage sale.  Elsie woke up especially excited and headed out the door in search of the perfect present for her sister.  She came back with a pillow pet and an elephant rocking toy.  Anna loved getting presents all day long from her siblings.

 Anna is full of sugar and spice.  She loves to sing and dance by herself.  She loves and idolizes her sister Elsie.  Anna also adores her little brother, Adam, and his binkie.  Her favorite song is Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree, she loves to play with her friends in nursery, and she loves to have anyone's undivided attention (I think that's of why she loves her grandpa so much).  Anna is a little, but strong light in our home and we are so happy to have her in our family!