Princess Party

Princess E celebrated her third birthday with royal flair, naturally. She told me that she wanted a "pink Sleeping Beauty party" and that she specifically wanted a pink party hat. She even picked out the plates that we ate off of. She had her ball gown, pink sequined party hat, Princess Aurora heals and pink birthday sash picked out days before the event. I think that she would have staged a wardrobe change during the party if she would have thought that was allowed.

I decided to make her cake myself and that was quite an undertaking. I did my best to disguise that it is the leaning tower of cake. I have much respect for cake decorating (I am talking to you- April and Kelly!) The bottom layer was chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and the top two were butter cake with strawberries. They tasted pretty good and that is what matters, right?

I captured the moment that she realized that the huge art desk in the middle of the room was actually meant for her! The look on her face is so precious.

All in all, it was a fun party and we are so thankful to all of our friends and family who came out to help us celebrate three years with our princess. I truly thank God for the blessing that she has been.

Birthday Princess

Miss E took some princess pictures today and even sang a birthday song to herself. She is very excited about turning 3 and having a PINK Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) party. For the most part, she has been a very mild two-year-old, but it seems that the terrible three's are upon us as her inner diva emerges.

2011 E-isms

Princess E and I were in her room this morning playing with her new Sleeping Beauty Castle set. Once she had everything the way that she wanted it, our cats decided to make an appearance. We were pretending that they were fire-breathing dragons coming to attack the castle. She is so cute, she said, "Most dragons go 'roar,' my dragons go 'meow.'"

There was a funny conversation between E and Daddy this afternoon; they were discussing the spanking that he gave her in church this past Sunday. Back story: during the service, she was pulling the ribbon strings from the hymnal of the girl in the pew behind us. Daddy told her "no," and swatted her tush. She was not hurt, other than her ego, and began crying hysterically. She caused quite a scene. It was funny to see her go from zero to DIVA in 2 seconds flat!

Today's conversation...

E: You spanked me.

Daddy: You were bad.

E: You're mean- Jesus does not like that. He is big and strong; he will take care of you. He will spank you!

Daddy was laughing too hard to reply.