Tirzah is 3!

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Tirzah's birthday was on Saturday. Unfortunately it was cold and rainy.  :(
Mitch bought Tirzah some balloons...did you know you can get mylar balloons at the $1 store?  What a great deal!  What a great hubby willing to drive around to get better prices!
Tirzah was such a good hostess.  She greeted everyone at the door, jabbering all the while.  It was super cute. 
Tirzah asked for a "pink" cake.  To my dismay, I found that I was completely out of cake mix and frosting.  Instead of making a store run, I opted to make a cake "from scratch".  Oh no!  (just kidding).  I found a vanilla cake recipe and vanilla frosting that was "ok".  It was sort of thick--more like banana bread and not so much like cake.  Oh well...at least coloring the frosting pink was easy!
(Photography question:  Why did the flame make those ghost shadows in the pictures like at the bottom of the 3?  In a couple other pictures the flame shows up on Tirzah's face.  Weird.)
Tirzah, at 3 years old you ~have blonde hair and blue-eyes (your hair is really thin and wispy)~are very vocal (you talk about everything)~are not quite potty-trained, but you do "hold it" for long periods of time (all night!)~do not know the names of colors, but do know the names of many people

~love to wear dresses~LOVE shoes~get dressed by yourself (which includes some interesting combinations)~love babies~love to boss people around (working on your "mommy voice" already)
~sleep with your sister Eden every night, and if Eden is gone then you like to sleep with Mommy and Daddy~are very independent during the day~like to play outside, riding trikes or swinging or sliding or climbing~still miss the kittens from last October
~love to hang out with Holly and Kyle at "Amirah's house"~always want to go with Mommy when I am going shopping or running errands~confuse Mommy when you pretend to be shy~amaze Mommy with all the things you know how to do
~are quite the diva with a flair for drama--and I really mean that, you love to act!   You especially love to imitate the people around you.~love to eat a good variety of foods.  You won't try something new if we ask you to, but you easily succumb to peer pressure when you see other people doing it.  I was astonished recently when you tried some tomato dipped in sour cream--the same tomato that a few minutes earlier you had been adamant that you did NOT like.  As a baby you NEVER liked peaches.  You would eat many other things, but never peaches.  Recently Addie convinced you (how??) to eat yours.  You think they're the best ever.  :)  You love pizza and spaghetti and mac & cheese, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, and other kid staples.  You also love apples, bananas, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, peaches, pears, pineapple, and strawberries.
Happy Birthday, precious daughter!  We thank God for you.  You are a blessing and a treasure to our family.