Kate's Birthday!!

Kate is now 4 years old! On Saturday we had a birthday party, and it was as girly as a party can get! It was a Princess Sofia party. Princess Sofia is the new show on Disney Jr and it is a favorite among the little girls right now. We had all the girls wear princess dresses and we had a royal celebration!

The invitation I made:

Sofia is a brand new thing, so they are not really any themed decorations you can go buy, so I just went with the colors, purple, white, yellow and pink.  The tables had white table cloths with a purple wrapping paper runner, I also had purple vases with white and purple flowers in them.  I did a lot of decorating with streamers, mesh ribbon and balloons, and I also made a few fabric banners.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

For food I made cupcakes, white chocolate dipped marshmallows, and a cheese ball and crackers.  I found the cute candy cupcake toppers at walmart, and the cute water bottle labels were a print out I found online.

As the little princesses were arriving the first thing I had the little girls do was color.  I printed some Princess Sofia coloring pages off of Disney Jr.

As soon as everyone was in attendance, we started our next activity, making crowns!  I found these cute sparkly crown kits at Joanns and the girls had so much fun putting them together!

Next up was a reading of the book, Sofia the First!

Then we donned our crowns and went into the "ballroom" to dance!  We danced to the songs of Princess Sofia of course!

Then we had a game of "Pin the Carrot on Clover" (Sofia's bunny friend) hand drawn by Dustin!

Then it was finally time for presents.  Kate got so many cute gifts, thank you all!

After all gifts were opened, we went into the kitchen to sing happy birthday and eat cupcakes.

R-L- Jayde, Emmalyn, Libby, Shailene, Ashlynn, Olivia, Kylie, Evee, Tatytum, Jaylee, Kate, Kensley and Coralee.  These girls are a mix of cousins, friends, neighbors, and girls from her preschool class!
Grandma Watson, Aunt Lacie, and Aunt Bethany were also there!

We got done with everything with time to spare, so we sat down to watch a little of the latest episode of Sofia the First!

The loot:
Dazzling Princess game, Minnie Mouse hair styling toys, purple princess shoes, a crown,play-doh, a Cinderella play-doh kit, a purse and chapstick, coloring books, 3 My Little Ponies, nail polish, nail glitter, and nail stickers, bubbles, a jewelry box, a flying tinkerbell, a tutu and a sofia bow.  Aunt Beth gave little Lalaloopsies and made a little house for them to play in!  Grandma Watson gave the singing Sofia doll, and some cute new clothes.  Mom and Dad gave the big Lalaloopsy, the white dress, and a brand new camera!

I think it's safe to say that Kate had a fabulous birthday!

It was SO much fun to put on this party for Kate, I was worried that it would be hectic with you many girls came, but it went so smoothly and the girls had so much fun.

Happy Birthday Kate, we love you so much!

Picture Dump

Sometimes I just need a post to post a bunch of pictures that have been floating around.

Beauty and the Beast

Last Thursday I gave Kate and early birthday present and took her to see Beauty and the Beast!!

I love going to shows, and when I heard this one was coming again, I knew I had to take Kate.  I did some research and found a girl who manages a group buy and I was able to score floor seats for a smoking deal!  We we in the 7th row and it was awesome.

 I made this dress for Kate to wear for the occasion.  I thought about getting her the gold dress, but then Dustin suggested that I just make the blue dress and I thought it was a great idea.  No one ever dresses in the blue peasant dress!  She loved looking like Belle, and got lots of compliments on it. 

I can't describe to you how much Kate LOVED this!  I was a little nervous that it would be too long for her, but it wasn't!  She kept saying "It's not over yet is it?", and "This is so magical Mommy".  She would clap and cheer loudly at the end of each song.  She had a big smile on her face the whole time and was totally mesmerized by the whole experience.  Worth every penny!! 

"What was your favorite part about the show?

"Shot ribbon out." (This is a part of Be our Guest.  They shoot ribbon and confetti out of trumpets into the crowd.  At intermission, she hunted one down to take home.)

"Okay what else?"

"Plate, fork.  Dance, kick!"  This is complete with a dance routine.

"The belle show is so awesome and i like it every time that we come there.  My mom loved it as much as me."

"Was it funny?"

"Yeah.  Beast asking Belle to come to dinner."

"What else did you like?"

"The music, I loved the Belle music."


I have to say that this was the most fun I've ever had with my daughter.  It was so fun to share my love of the theater with her, and I'm glad she loved it so much!  I see many more shows in the future!

Schnepf Farms

Today's preschool was a field trip to play at Schnepf Farms.  This is a farm/amusement park about 5 minutes from our house.  It's super cute and fun.  They only open the rides during their big events, but there is still plenty of stuff to do for free.  They have a few fun playgrounds, and a petting zoo.  That is what we did today.

Kate had so much fun with her friend Evie today.