Happy Birthday, Emily!

Emily had a great birthday celebration!  It began at preschool on Thursday when she got to wear a birthday crown and bring ice cream cookie sandwiches for treats.  On Saturday morning she came down the stairs at 7:15am fully dressed in her "party gear" complete with dress, tights and black dress shoes.  She beamed when she saw the decorations I put up while she was sleeping.  Then she got to open a few presents from us.  Along with some new books she got a bike basket and tassels for her handle bars. 

 

When I got home from the retreat on Saturday we frosted her long-awaited "princess" cake.  This was my first attempt at anything remotely fancy as far as a birthday cake is concerned.  We baked a pink-tinted confetti cake in a Pampered Chef Classic Batter Bowl and turned it upside-down.  I bought a doll cake topper from Hobby Lobby and two containers of pre-made frosting, which we tinted using neon food coloring.  I used my PC Easy Accent Decorator and kind of made things up as I went.  I can see why it would work much better to use stiffer, homemade frosting, but Emily was absolutely thrilled, and that's what counts!

Emily was super lucky to have Auntie Abbie and Uncle Wade spend the night at our house on Saturday after attending the Iowa football game and staying through her party on Sunday afternoon.  One of her #1 requests for her birthday (besides the princess cake) was party hats.  She & Uncle Wade got a little silly. ;o)

The grandparents arrived after church on Sunday for lunch and a party.  She was dressed in her party gear again and got more fun presents.  Here she is trying out her new princess roller skates.  The silliest thing she got was a rubber snake that she had pointed out at Wal-mart when we were in Des Moines a couple weeks ago.  She loves that thing.  Weird!

Happy 4th Birthday to our beautiful little girl!