This cute little girl turned 4 in May!! I don't know anyone more excited for their birthday to come. She had been asking about it for months. I helped her make a paper chain to count down the days until her birthday because I was getting tired of her asking me how long it would be until her birthday. The chain was at least four weeks long when it started. And ever since she saw the movie "FROZEN," she talked about how she wanted a FROZEN birthday. She was, however, very upset when she found out her birthday was going to be on a Sunday this year. She didn't want a birthday on "church day." But what she didn't understand is that having a birthday on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend is actually a great time to have a birthday because it means celebrating all weekend long! As you'll read in this post (and the next), Leah's birthday was certainly not lacking in fun times this year.
Her birthday celebrations started Saturday afternoon. First, keeping with the FROZEN theme, we took Leah ice skating.
Just Leah and I did the ice skating while Ross and Corbin watched. I had been many times before, but it was Leah's first time. She was really excited to try it out, but it proved to be harder than she thought it would be. So I just held her up as we skated around, which was harder than I thought it would be. We did have one big crash that hurt both of us pretty good. And after that Leah didn't want to skate again until we could get the skating walkers to help her stay up on her own.
Once we had one of these walker things, we both had a lot more fun. Leah loved that she could skate around all on her own without falling down and that I could also push her around with it and we could go really fast. This definitely made the skating experience a lot better. She was all smiles the rest of the time.
After skating, we picked up Ross's mom and went out for dinner to Leah's favorite eating out place: Del Taco. She was really excited to get some nachos to eat and play on the indoor playground.
After dinner, we went to Provo Beach Resort (another one of Leah's favorite places). This is the third year in a row that we've gone there for her birthday. The kids had a great time playing in Toddler Town (a little indoor playground). Corbin enjoyed it as much as Leah did. He even went down the slide all by himself over and over again.
Then it was time for ICE CREAM! We love the ice cream shop they have there. Ross and I always get their Southern Blackberry Cobbler flavor. YUMMY! Corbin was a pretty big fan of it too! Leah would have made her Grandpa Leslie proud by choosing the Strawberry flavor. It was loaded with real strawberries. He would have loved it so much. And Grandma Leslie got her favorite, Mint Chocolate Chip.
And no trip to Provo Beach Resort would be complete without a few rides on the carousel! Leah even convinced her Grandma Leslie to ride with her one time.
On Sunday (her actual birthday), we went to church where the kids sang happy birthday to her in Primary. She even wore her "Birthday Girl" ribbon to church so that everyone would know it was her birthday. Several people stopped to talk to her in the halls and wish her a happy birthday.
After church, my parents, Lyndsee and Taysom stopped by on their way to Price to see Leah for her birthday and give her a little gift. Later Ross's mom came over for Sunday/Birthday dinner and for more birthday celebrations.
After dinner she opened her presents from us and Grandma Leslie. Corbin, who wasn't much into opening his own presents, wanted to join right in helping Leah open hers.
As you can see, this girl got pretty spoiled for her birthday. She definitely wasn't lacking for birthday presents.
After presents was birthday cake! We even Skyped with my parents for this part so that they could sing and see her blow out her candles too. They were with most of the rest of my family, so lots of her Tucker cousins got to wish her a happy birthday on Skype too. All and all, I'd say that was a great birthday celebration, but the fun didn't stop there...
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