Her birthday weekend...

We spent Saturday morning at one of her favorite places...the park! She had the attention of us all and because of the forecast of showers and dark clouds we had the park to ourselves! You will notice her entourage waiting at the bottom of the slide to catch her. She wanted to make sure ALL were there for her slide down. She even learned to climb a tunnel to reach a covered,winding slide.

Later in the afternoon, we enjoyed Anna's strawberry cake. YUM! Her favorite flavor "gurt" (yogurt) these days is strawberry, so we decided a strawberry cake would be fitting. Unlike last year she enjoyed every bit. She even blew out all of her candles by herself. But her favorite part might just have been when we sang, "Happy Birthday." She has requested we sing it each time she has enjoyed a "pancake" (piece of cake) since Saturday.

On her actual birthday we headed to the Goat Lady Farm in Liberty, NC where they were having an open house. This takes place only a couple of times a year and is completely free. Anna of course loved looking at all the animals, sampling the cheese but her favorite part was feeding the goats. You will notice in the pictures that she is trying to allow the goats to sample a leaf. She would repeat over and over again, "here you go, bite?" but as soon as the goat would reach for the leaf she would be surprised he was actually eating from her hand. She would jump back just a bit but would keep smiling and keep feeding them. We had to pry her away. You can see her surprised look in some of these pictures.

Anna Cate, we surely had fun celebrating with you this weekend. You make everyday a celebration!