Pre-Birthday Party

Lily had her birthday party a few days before her actual birthday this year. She really wanted to go bowling, but since I have a huge bowling ball inside my belly there is no way I wanted to do that. So, I convinced her to have a painting party at the kids art shop, and she jumped all over it! No matter what we did she was certain that it had to be decorated with My Little Pony and she wanted chocolate cupcakes! She is a girl who knows what she wants!! We had a great day. She had 8 little friends come and pick a ceramic piece to paint...and they all created masterpieces to take home. Of course there was some play time, cupcakes and presents, too. Here are a few shots from the party and our little Lily, that isn't so little anymore now that she is FOUR.






On Friday she got to be the Birthday Queen at school, and I brought treats for her class - this time her request was chocolate brownies with sprinkles. I bought her a birthday headband that got tossed aside for the paper crown her teachers gave her to wear for the day. She wore her birthday crown home and went outside to play with her friends, refusing to take off the crown. She even pulled it out again on Saturday to wear.



For dinner I surprised her with her favorite meal - McD's nuggets and fries for the whole family (to try and be healthy I did make some coleslaw, which of course no one ate). Did you know they have a 50 piece nugget family meal deal? At first Jason thought I was crazy, but believe it or not - we finished off a good amount on Friday night, and then the kids ate the rest for lunch the next day. It sounds gross now, but at the time it was kind of fun. :)