Four for Four

Four years ago today a 6-pound-13-ounce baby girl came out of my body at 10:29pm.

To celebrate her fourth birthday we've had four mini-parties, as well as a pre-party a couple weeks ago when we were visiting her grandparents in QC. One friend joked that D's having more of a birthday festival than a birthday party!

Three boxes of chocolate cake mix and two batches of homemade cream cheese icing provided us with enough sugar to produce: cat cupcakes to share at housechurch and daycare, a rainbow princess cake for a party with neighbour friends, and a neon coloured layer cake with a vague Lion King theme for our family celebration tonight. By the time we got to the final cake, she was just as eager to blow out the candles but didn't even want to eat a piece. For the main courses we had sushi on Sunday and Vietnamese take-out this evening with her beloved uncle. Yum yum.

I made these, inspired by these ones.

She got a lot of presents including a bunch of books, some Shrek stuff, some princess-y stuff, a magnetic fishing toy, a flashlight and a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. She wanted to try everything out immediately. When we played Hungry Hungry Hippos she called the marbles "murmels." We also played an old-school Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game and did a treasure hunt with one of her best friends. Fun times were had by all.

I got a little lazy on the back of the cake as I ran out of icing.

D is such an amazing little person, always pretending to be different characters and acting out different scenarios that usually involve parents and their babies or princesses and mean guys. She is communicative and expressive and curious and smart and oh-so beautiful. Okay, enough with the maternal gushing. Happy 4th birthday, baby girl.

I love this jumper dress. And those big brown eyes.