Claire's Fairy Party

It's been a "magical" birthday weekend filled with all the things that every four year old fairy needs! We had eight little girls dressed in fairy wings and tutus and we made butterflies, beaded bracelets, and magic fairy wands! The girls had butterfly cupcakes and Claire had lots of fairy gifts to open (who knew there was so much fairy stuff out there)! Claire even insisted that we put on one of her new Barbie movies after we finished with cake and presents. It was ultra girlie and super fun! Can't wait to start planning the next one!

Ready for the party!

The Birthday Fairy

Rear view!

Checking out her fancy cake

Pin the Wings on the Fairy

The birthday girl making her bracelet

Happy Birthday!

Make a wish...

Barbie movie (the quietest those girls were all day!)

Her new Barbie Escalade from Granna & Grandad

Even Kate got to ride!

Happy 4th Birthday Claire!

Happy Birthday Claire! My baby is officially 4 today... although she's been telling everyone that she's "almost 4" for a while now when people ask how old she is. The first thing that she said this morning when her eyes popped open was "am I four now?" She had a great day at school today, a quick trip to the dentist, and then a birthday dinner at Rudy's BBQ (one of her faves). When Grandad got there tonight she asked "where is the birthday cake?" When he responded with "what cake?", she said "Grandad, I had a birthday cake at my dinner at Rudy's when I turned 3... remember?" That child doesn't forget a thing! And today was only the beginning of her birthday celebration. Tomorrow we're having cookies to celebrate with her friends at school (since she had a dentist appointment during snack time today) and then Saturday is the big fairy party! More to come...

Party Prep!

We're in the final countdown to Claire's 4th birthday and her fairy party! I don't know who's more excited about it all this year... I'm loving the theme and we've both really gotten into it. All this party planning has given me and Claire a lot of "projects" to do together. Makes for great girl-time and I wouldn't trade those moments for the world! Tonight we made meringue cookies. They're the "forgotten" kind (leave them in the oven all night), so I'm not sure how they taste but they sure look cute. And if Claire licking the bowl clean is any indication, then they ought to be great!

Sneak peek!

The girls' craft bags are ready to go!


And no post is complete with a pic of the girls. Here's one I snapped of my dancing queens!