Celebrating Four
we had a full day of birthday celebration on wednesday! here are the highlights:
jake and i wanted to do something special to celebrate Bella’s big day, so we decided to take her to get her ears pierced!! she was thrilled!
i had told Bella that it would pinch just for a minute….
she was just so excited! but i think the pinch surprised her anyway. these following pictures kinda break my heart:
but she recovered quickly, and soon fell in love with her new look!
we were all very happy with our decision!
we then took her to her favorite yogurt shop:
where she entertained us with a little birthday dance:
we picked up Bubba from school, and she was so excited to show off her new earrings.
i think she likes them!
she went to her ballet class, where we shared cookies as she was serenaded by her fellow ballerinas:
then the fam went to a special dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. once again, the crazies provided us with some lovely dinner entertainment. this time it was a duet with s&p shaker microphones:
Bella had her fair share of treats for her b-day, and was brought a very special mini ice cream sundae by the waitstaff:
before coming home to her much requested strawberry cupcakes.









i tried this recipe for the first time, making a few changes. in my opinion, not the best, but i had a few people disagree with me! the recipe is here if you are interested. (i used cake flour instead of all purpose, and i cooked down the puree over low heat until thickened to intensify the flavors. i also doubled the amount of puree i used.)
the Big Four Year Old:
it was a fun day, full of celebration! we’ll continue tomorrow with her Bug Party, and i’ll be sure to come back with all the details!!


on a side note, Canaan Boy was in his first play at school yesterday. it was adorable…and i hope i get to experience many many more plays like it! there’s nothing quite like a bunch of sweet kiddos voices, unashamedly belting out songs about the jungle!


