April 29th was a special day for us as Katelyn turned 4 YEARS OLD! I had to remind her of her special day, and I got the biggest smile. Pancakes have been a breakfast favorite and today was extra special, so we made extra special pancakes with strawberries and whip cream! For her birthday present, I found her a pink backpack with sparkles. She has been wanting a back pack for a while. Any bag she can sling on her back is a backpack, or a packpack is what she used to call it :)
I kept asking her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday. She wanted a pink princess cake. This is what I came up with. We had a pink cake filled with homemade whip cream and strawberries and covered with pink buttercream icing. I printed of the 3 princesses she wanted, Sleeping beauty, Cinderella and Belle. She's never seen these movies but she knows her princesses.
We booked her party at a local play place that has opened recently. We've been there a few times and for a few other parties. We got the party room for a hour and play time with friends for 2 hours. We can't book the whole place privately but we had it on a Monday morning and no one else was there, so it worked out great. Jason was even off that day and was able to come.
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| Katelyn with her friends, Oriah and Sam. |
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| Megan getting in on the play action |
Sadly this was the only shot of her opening toys and blowing out the candles that I got. So disappointed, but I was busy serving everyone cake.
2 hours and it was over. Goody bags handed out, thank yous said and we were home. I was more disappointed it was over than Katelyn was. We had a good time with all her friends and spent the opening every gift she got and playing with them all. It was a good day completed with pizza for supper.
