Clara turned 4! I can't believe that she is that old already! I truly love how much fun she is and all the things she teaches me, but I sure miss my tiny little baby. So now that she is 4, she is a very important princess. Everything should go her way, because she is 4 of course. She wants to buy everything she sees in the store, and will often have a fit when she can't, that is also because she is 4 now. Those are her words, not mine! Every time she has gotten into trouble this past week, she responds by telling me, "well you know I am a really big girl now, I am 4". Nice. Seriously though, she is the best 4 year old girl I could ask for. She is so full of love and happiness that she is constantly reminding me what the important things in life are. She is always telling me how much she loves me and the four words, "I love you mommy", still melt me heart every time she says them. She is a smart girl and it always amazes me how much she learns every day. I love her so much and I loved watching her on her birthday, she was so happy and had so much fun, and that is what being a kid is all about!!
So we celebrated by having a pirate and princess party. It probably would have been just a princess party, but I realized that there were more boys she wanted to invite than girls, so we made a slight change. It worked out perfectly.
These are the invitations for her party. I spent a lot of time planning them out, but I am so happy they turned out so well. They were a big hit.
Here is a picture of her on her birthday, early in the morning. I arranged for princess Aurora to call her and wish her happy birthday. It was absolutely priceless to see her face once she realized who was talking to her.
Here is a picture of most of the kids at her party. It was almost impossible to get them all to sit in one place, so this was the best I could do. I never did a head count, but I know there were a lot of kids.
Here are all the princesses from the party. It was so fun to see them all dressed up. It worked out well too, because we didn't have an duplicate princesses!
We took the kids on a treasure hunt and this is what we found! It was almost impossible to break, like most pinatas are. Jeff finally went at it and beat it pretty hard. Then the kids got to go scrambling for the treasure inside.
I did not attempt to make a cake, and I probably never will again. I have accepted I am just not one of those moms. I love the look of homemade cakes, but mine are just a disaster. I hope my kids don't hold it against me when they are older. My mom always made me my cake when I was little, but I just don't have it in me. It was SO easy to just order this cake, and pick it up, and it was really yummy too!
Here is my very own princess Aurora. I was getting ready to take a picture of her and all of a sudden she starts posing like she is a super model. I don't know where she got it from, but it was something to see. I showed Jeff the pictures, and he asked me why she wasn't smiling in any of them. It was true, no smiles, just serious princess faces. What a funny girl!
I did not attempt to make a cake, and I probably never will again. I have accepted I am just not one of those moms. I love the look of homemade cakes, but mine are just a disaster. I hope my kids don't hold it against me when they are older. My mom always made me my cake when I was little, but I just don't have it in me. It was SO easy to just order this cake, and pick it up, and it was really yummy too!
Here is my very own princess Aurora. I was getting ready to take a picture of her and all of a sudden she starts posing like she is a super model. I don't know where she got it from, but it was something to see. I showed Jeff the pictures, and he asked me why she wasn't smiling in any of them. It was true, no smiles, just serious princess faces. What a funny girl!