My baby girl turned four today. In fact, she informed me that I cannot call her "baby girl" any more, I have to call her "big girl." How did she get so grown up all of the sudden? We celebrated with a Princess party. The kids had fun decorating crowns, then the girls got to pamper themselves with nail polish and a makeover. I thought Keaton would high-tail it, by this point, opting to go do something more boyish, since he is, after all, definitely all-boy. But instead, he insisted on painting Addy's nails for her! She's showing off her beautiful manicure below.
After the make overs, the girls got dressed in fancy princess dresses and danced around at "the ball." The whole day was simple, fun, and surprisingly enjoyed by all the kids (even Keaton, amazingly. I think secretly he's just happy that he's old enough now to resist being dressed up like a princess by Delaney--which used to happen quite often, mind you. But now that Keaton is old enough to assert himself, he'll have none of that. Good sport that he is, though, he'll gladly dress up as a prince if it means he can join in on the fun!)
After a special birthday dinner, we ended the day by opening presents and eating a princess cake. (I had to think of some way to use the pink sugary-sparkles that Addy chose for her cake! A mouthful of crunchy sugar is not my idea of a mouth-watering cake, but apparently it's every four year old's dream!) I think the day was a success. Addy felt like a princess, and literally had a ball. And one of her favorite parts was being spoiled by everyone since it's a rule in our family that no one has to do any chores on their birthday!
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