Sarah's birthday (June 6th)

 It's hard to believe Sarah is three; and what a wonderful three she is.  I can't say enough about this little girl's easygoing, yet stubbornly independent, personality.  She is a delightful mix of excellent qualities.

 As with all Afelskie birthdays, the sibling in celebration is surrounded by other gift-hungry siblings and must fend for themselves in the unwrapping and hoarding of birthday presents.

 The anticipation.

 I'm not even sure she looked at the present after she had opened it; she didn't want to lose time before unwrapping the second gift.

A quick perusal and then the requisite display of My Little Ponies (with wings).  

 I'm not sure what is so interesting about the back of the My Little Pony packages, but clearly something has caught the attention of Joe and Jacob.  The wonderful thing about summer birthdays is that there is enough light from morning till evening to take decent iPhone photos.  Thus, the neon green wall does not appear so neon-y.

The birthday cake.  Many years ago, we moved past Mommy making the birthday cakes.  They were always and inevitably a flop and I have no guilt leaving them behind.  Now, part of the birthday routine is to accompany Mommy to the grocery store where he or she gets to shop the cake bin and pick the (hopefully discounted) cake of his or her choice.  Without a second thought, Sarah chose pink with strawberries. By the way, that photo is the first blog photo of the baby bump (and we're already at 20 weeks!).

 Sarah blew out the candles before we had finished singing Happy Birthday and quickly singed her finger on the candle that she had immediately grabbed in order to lick the icing.  The pain did not dissuade her and she grabbed two more before Isaac could make his move.

 See!  Candles all gone.

 I couldn't resist these photos of Sarah's new bathing suit.  First off, that is a size 4 bathing suit:  She is very tall.

Second of all, the bow on the bum is by far the best part!