Happy Birthday Sasha!

Happy Birthday to my little girl. Not so little anymore as Sasha turned 3 on the 16th! She has grown so much and is doing so well.  We are in the midst of a Dora the Explorer phase.  They got their PJs a few days early. 

 Saturday started out with the girls getting up to a decorated house.  Lots of balloons and lots of Dora!  We opened presents from Mama before breakfast.  I have learned to spread the presents out as they get overwhelmed quickly. 

 They can now open presents with a lot of skill.  Here is yet another Dora DVD.

 I carefully labeled the presents for Leeza and Sasha with large Ls and Ss so they would know which was theirs.  They of course immediately opened each others presents, but no one seemed to care.  Everyone did know it was Sasha's birthday this time and understood what a birthday was.  Sasha was very happy adn told everyone she met that it was her birthday and she was 3.   Leeza was OK with it being Sasha's day-probably because she got gifts for her 3 1/2 birthday too.

 I captured the clothed doll.  Sasha toook all her clothes off and ignored the extra cloithes I bought her and carried the doll around naked.  She also has undone one braid so the hair is pretty wild right now.

 Birthday breakfast was served on Dora plates. 

 The cake was really neat.  It had Dora driving down a hill and Diego driving over a bridge.  Sasha did really good blowing out the candles.

 Sasha likes cake and ice cream.  Yum

Leeza had more fun playing with the cars.  She liked the ice cream, but doesn't care much for icing or the cake. 

After breakfast, we went to the bank and opened the girls their first savings accounts.  Then we took Frosty off to the doggy hotel to spend the weekend.  We opened more presents from Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Debbie and cousin Niki later.  We opened up presents from Kelsey on Monday.

Sunday morning we took off to Utica to spend the day at the Grizzly Jacks Grand Bear Lodge.  We stopped at a McDonalds half way there and played on the playground for a while.  WHen we got to the lodge, we went over to the amusement park.  The train was broke down so we rode a bus which made Sasha happy.  Sasha went on 5 rides this time as she was now tall enough to go on other rides.  Leeza went on the carousel, but didn't want to do any other rides.  The last ride for sasha was a kiddie rollercoaster.  She wanted to go on it and got in the car and got strapped in and was all smiles.  The ride started very fast and the smile went away.  It made 2 laps of the track and by the end of the second lap, she was starting to look like she was going to cry, but the ride ended and she got off and was fine.  Her first rollercoaster ride!  My little girls is growing up so fast.

 Our room had a nice view of the woods and the outside of the wter park.  The girls liked to run  out on the balcony in their panties.  Leeza is wearing her watch from Grandma and Grandpa.  She didn't take it off for about 3 days.

 In the very back of this photo, you can see the top of the playground.  We went there, but it was wet from rain so we didn't stay long.

 This is the stop for the pet taxi to the pet kennel!   I thought the sign was cute.

 The resort was decorated for Halloween.  They liked the little pumpkinhead boy.

 I tried to get them to stand in front of the witch for a picture, but no go.  they were not going to go too close to her.

 At night in the lobby, they have a mechanical bear that comes to life and tells a story.  The girls thought that was the greatest thing and talked about the bear for days.

 This is the entrance to the playground area.  It was cold and wet this morning.

 The walkway back to the hotel.  After the amusement park, we went swimming.  They played on the slides for a long time, then the wave pool was turned on.  The waves were really big and would just crest over Leeza's head and she would go under for a while and come up smiling.  They both love the water.  Monday we drive back home.  We stopped half way at the McDonalds on the way back and they did really good on the playground.  They are still a little small for the Playlands, but both made it all the way to the top.  Sasha went up the climb and down the slides. She was very proud that she could go all the way up on her own. 

Finally, the energizer bunny wore down.  After 2 days of no naps, waterparks, playgorunds presents etc, Sasha was sitting at the dinner table Monday slowly falling asleep.  I thinkshe had a good birthday weekend.