Birthday Girl - Part 2

The kick off to her birthday celebration was her party..the main event began bright and early on March 24th! Seeing as the early hours are generally the better ones, all of the celebrating was pushed into the beginning of the day - starting with the presents and balloons...

...followed by the morning breakfast donut (our thanks to 3 Peanuts for this idea - although we skipped serving it in bed!) and candle....

...then some play with the new easel from Pop-pop and Grandma...

Then on to school for that celebration! Miss Linda makes a big deal out of birthdays - she makes a crown, and there is a special chair cover for the birthday girl/boy! 

Doug & I surprised her at school for the snack party...then told her we were taking her to Disneyland for lunch with the princesses for her birthday! She was so excited..."Prince Charming" got all the glory & credit - and kisses of thanks! 

With Ariel and her birthday balloons when we arrived at the Grotto for lunch

SLeeping Beauty training wanna be princesses in the fine art of princess dancing - 

At the Grotto, you are assured of seeing five princesses - Ariel plus 4 others. Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and CInderella are almost always there - but the other three rotate. We were so blessed - Mulan was the 4th one this time and she is Becky's favorite right now. It was a bonus birthday present! 

Cinderella, who is the runner up for favorite, was there to help wish Becky a Happy Birthday with her cake and princess party favors...

After lunch, we ventured onto a few rides. Mom got to ride on this one, as the ones that go "round and round and round and round" are not Dad's favorite! 

Becky, on the other hand, loves the ones that go "round and round and round and round"....so we did another one! 

It was a great day to turn 4! It was also a great way to celebrate our precious princess!

for those who are wondering why Katie did not come with us and might be feeling that she was left out....Disneyland is WAY too over stimulating for Katie and she becomes highly agitated after a short time there. Sometimes that is ok - but we did not want to spend Becky's birthday  focused on managing Katie - so she had a very nice time at home after school with her favorite babysitter Brittney.