happy 5th birthday, savanna

11.2.2012

Happy 5th Birthday,

to our beautiful Savanna girl!

I cannot figure out how we got here already.

Savanna, you bring so much

JOY into our 

family!

You are the first one awake and always wake up excited and happy for the day.  You love your friends and you especially love your sisters.

You are quick to forgive and have

the absolute biggest heart.

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You have endless energy and the most contagious laugh.

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 We love you, Savanna Marie!

Happy #5!  It's going to be a 

a great year!

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trick or treating

 On Saturday night we had a trunk or treat at the church.  It was a lot of fun and the girls all dressed in their "Three little kittens" costumes.  It was very cute.

On Halloween night we went trick or treating to a few houses around town.  Caimbree decided to be Snow White for that night.  It was funny that she kept changing her mind about what she wanted to be.  My brother's wife sent her the Snow White costume and she has worn it every since it came in the mail!  She loves to dress like a princess.

We had a terrific Halloween and we are all tired and trying to catch up from all of the parties and festivities! 

dance costume week

 The girls love costume week at dance.  They get to dress up and they get to perform the Halloween songs they have been working on for the parents.  They get to dance in a black light with glow necklaces and they pass treats out to their friends.  It is a really fun day and Caimbree was excited to finally be part of the fun!

She decided to be Belle for her costume day and Heidi and Savanna stuck with the cat costumes they had planned out.  All three of them had a blast and it was fun to watch them dance with their friends and class!

carving pumpkins

 For family night we carved our pumpkins!  The girls drew or described the face we wanted and then we carved them out and lit them up!  The girls were very pleased with their work.  It's one of my favorite family nights!

the sweetest note

On the first day back after fall break, Heidi asked me if she could use one of my post-it notes.  I had no idea what she was working on while I busily made breakfast.  She asked me for Savanna's lunch box and I saw her sneak this note in the lunchbox.  My heart melted.  These two don't always get along.  They go through phases where they are best friends and then they have days they disagree over everything.  The good news is, I know without a doubt that these sweet girls of mine love each other a whole lot.  All three of them have the absolute sweetest, most tender hearts and I love them and their good hearts so, so much.

pumpkin patch fun

 Oh how I love fall.  I especially have loved fall here.  Stunningly beautiful and still warm enough to enjoy lots and lots of time outdoors. 

We have a pumpkin patch ten minutes from our home that we have fallen in love with.  It is so fun and the girls could spend hours there.  Our highlights this year including the jump pad, getting buried in corn, and watching all three girls ride the zip line time after time after time!

Heidi has a field trip there next week and she cannot wait to go back!

a very royal wedding

 My kids are so creative and I absolutely love it.  I love when they play creatively together and it makes me so happy they have sisters to play girl games with. 

Savanna was dressed in her dance dress and said she was getting married.  Heidi said she needed to a boy to marry.  Before I knew it Heidi was making cardboard boys out of a box.  I thought this was the funniest and cutest little activity.  The funniest part was when they were trying to dance with him without his arms falling off.

While I was on the treadmill, Heidi did Caimbree's hair fancy and she had a veil made of paper taped to her head.  It was so funny. 

I was heading out to prune and weed and told them to hold the wedding outside.  Heidi said, "Ummm, we can't do that.  We are getting married in the temple so it lasts forever."  So they went upstairs and then came outside for the reception where they

 exchanged gifts.  It was a very fun game and it lasted most of the day.  After our trip they have just wanted a few days to hang out at home and play together before we get back into a crazy routine again next week when school starts up again.  It has been such a fun break to have two weeks together and it will be hard to send them back to school on Monday!