Sierra is 3!

Sierra turned 3 so we decided it was time she got her first bike!

Just kidding!

This belongs to her Uncle Blaine who dropped by to wish her a happy birthday.

We had a little party in the backyard with a few friends and a big bouncy house. I asked Sierra what kind of cake she wanted (to decide on a theme) and she said all sorts of colors on it. So when I called our friend from church to schedule the bouncy and found out what was available we decided to go with butterflies. We made some simple plans and bought a few things and sent out an invite.

Then Lily told Sierra it was going to be a butterfly birthday and Sierra's reaction was (shouting): "No! I'm having a mermaid birfday!" There was a little back and forth ("Butterfly." "MERMAID!") before I could get Lily to drop it - so that made me a little nervous, but we just didn't bring the theme up again and figured you couldn't really go wrong with a bouncy house! She was so excited by that surprise she didn't bring up mermaid parties again at all and had a great day! 

The bouncy house itself was the main decoration, but I had the girls color some butterflies to keep them busy during the week and turned it into a banner at the last minute. Lily made this awesome homemade sign with a snake saying Happy Birthday, Sierra! Just because. The snake wasn't for S, Just a snake :)

Grandma Elsie helped out a ton blowing up balloons and so much more!

Sierra is so lucky to have such wonderful Grandmas!

Here's the birthday girl in her butterfly dress from her Grandma Kathy!

We had 2 planned activities besides bouncing. A necklace with some butterfly buttons I found at Walmart and colorful beads, and this simple paper butterfly:   It was all about the lollipop :)

The cute birthday friends!

Sierra was not too sure about the candle blowing wish making thing, but she got them out after a few tries. She told me later that she didn't make a wish though which is a shame - I know exactly what she should have wished for! ;-)

Excited to open presents!

& Showing her gratitude with hugs :) 

One very happy little birthday girl!

Lily with one of her two best friends from school Chloe, and her little sister Emma who is Sierra's friend.

Sierra & her friend Vienna playing with toys.

Sierra is such a sweetheart and makes us smile and laugh every day - even days when life is hard and we don't feel like laughing! She is such a joy to our family! She is smart and strong willed with her own quirky cute sense of humor, and she loves other kids and her family! She loves going to her nursery class at church. She loves popcorn and cheese and fruit and candy whenever she can get it! She always wants to help with a cooking or cleaning or any kind of project, and do as much as she can of it herself! She loves shows and playing on Starfall.com, but she also loves to be outdoors and active and laughing and having fun with her sister. The floodgates have opened and she can be just as talkative as her older sister! It is so fun to listen to her when she starts to go on and on (I will try to post a video soon). We are so glad to be your parents Sierra! We love you so much, Baby Girl!

My cute kids in the bouncy house: