Birthday party #3

Allie had a party with our family on Wednesday, her birthday, and then Thursday she had another party at her preschool. On Sunday she sang her I am a Child of God solo in the primary program-she did so perfect! Her grandparents and aunts and uncles came to watch her and she sang it so beautiful and everyone was so proud of her.

We had dinner at our house after. We had lasagna and salad and rolls and frog-eye salad. I made a barbie princess cake last year so this years cake had to be equally as cool. This year she wanted a pink princess castle!

This is at the present opening before it started and obviously I hadn't helped her wash off her face that had lasagna on it! She was so happy to have all the attention on her and be able to open presents.

She first opened a card from her Great Grandma Betty and Papas. It was a Sleeping Beauty card that sang "I know you", one of her favorites!

She loved the princess wrapping paper too and it was fun to watch her open it. She got a book called Silly Sally. It is such a cute book and I remember reading it when I was little. "Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards upside down." We've read it at least once a day since she got it.

Then she opened the present from Grandma Jackie and Grandpa Curtis. She got lots of stuff in there, a paddle ball toy where the ball lights up and flashes different colors when you bounce it!

And she got an outfit for fall/winter, some crayons and coloring books that were Dora and Diego!

She opened the next card from Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa John and the whole family and it was a Sleeping Beauty card!

It was the exact same one from the greats! I love this face-she was a little confused!

She got a super cute outfit that was pink zebra and had fuzzy zebras on the front of it!

Her next present was from Aunt Cassie and Colton and Uncles Zack and Shelby. It was a PILLOW PET! She has been seeing them on tv lately and asking if she could have the unicorn one for her birthday! I'm so glad she got it- she loves it and has named it "beauty".

Now it was time to sing and blow out the candles on her lovely cake!

It was really rich and moist and yummy-the best I've had for a while. It was 4 layers tall, but we fed 20 people with it so I'm glad I made a tall castle!

The birthday girl loved it- especially the frosting!

It was a fun birthday WEEK long celebration. Its so weird to have a 4 year old but I love her so much and she will have a great time being 4. She is already a big helper and loves her new found grown-up-ness. She is always like "I need a drink but you don't need to get it for me, I can get it myself." She is in preschool and loves to be with friends and learn new things all the time.

Allie's Birthday!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe we have a 4 year old! Allie turned 4 on Wednesday and she had such a great day! I got her all this Dora dress up stuff for her birthday and she wore it all day.
The earrings and crown were bugging her at first so she said, I'll take it off for now and then put it on when we get to chuck e cheese. Then while I was getting ready she said, "Mom, do you remember at Brittany's wedding dress store that Chelsy was the maid of honor? She was helping Brittany get on her dress and look pretty? I need you to be my maid of honor when you are done getting ready. So come into my room and there is my dress store to make me pretty." It was the cutest thing ever. I got done getting ready and then helped her get her sash, and crown, and earrings on like any good maid of honor would do! She has been wanting to go to Chuck E Cheese again for a really long time because we passed it almost every day while going to and from daddy's work.
Here is the birthday girl at chuck e cheese riding with him in a car:

Her friend Janie came to celebrate with us. Janie is her best friend and she is such a sweet girl.

Janie gave Allie a present, a pony, a stained glass window set, and a big set of suckers.

Allie was so thankful and gave Janie a great big hug.

Then they went on the roller coaster ride together, Allie's face says it all!

The best part of it was while we were eating, THE REAL CHUCK E CHEESE came over and gave her a birthday hug! She was so excited and happy to meet the REAL chuck e cheese!

When we got home, she got a package in the mail! I gave it to her and she couldn't wait for me to help her open it she was so excited that she ripped it right in half! It was a Zhu zhu pet from her aunt Chelsy! It was so thoughtful of her and Allie loved it-especially getting it in the mail.

Here she is with her new Zhu zhu pet, Roxie!

When daddy got home, we had dinner (it was breakfast: pancakes, hash browns, and sausage) and we gave her presents. She was being such a good girl all day, not being mean to her sister and sharing with her, not whining or crying at all, and being so sweet and happy. She got a spin brush toothbrush, an outfit with shoes, and a big surprise. We blindfolded her and walked her to her room and this was her reaction:

As she was realizing what it was:

And then she got really excited!

It was a princess tent for her bed! It turned her bed into her own little princess clubhouse. She loved it so much! There was even a touch night light to go in it! She had to practice clubhouse with Marlee right away.

I think it turned out to be a great birthday to our little 4 year old princess!

Here is her showing off her new outfit:

I'm making the big birthday cake for Sunday when the whole family comes over but we had to make some cupcakes for her preschool the next day so we used some leftovers so that she could have something to make a wish on her birthday. Plus she told me that she isn't 4 yet until she blows out the candles-it melted my heart.

Allie and sister blowing out the candles:

This isn't the end. She got many phone calls on her birthday but we haven't had the big party yet. On Sunday she is singing her I am a child of god solo in Sacrament meeting so everyone is coming to watch her and then we are having dinner and cake and ice cream after. More to come soon...!