F-O-U-R

It was Emma's big birthday weekend.

We kept it super low key this year, which is oh so hard for me to do. I even let Miss E pick out her own plates :)

We ordered pizza for dinner, which was her request.

And, then I let the girls make dirt cups.

It was a slumber party. And, it was both of the girls' first. one. ever. They swam and ate twizzlers too.

We all hung out in the front yard.

It's obviously still hot here. Cooler weather, c'mon!

Buddy is so much fun :)

Mama C. arrived to join in on the celebrating. Emma was soooooo excited .

After swimming, baths came next. Note to self: shaving cream + food coloring = super cheap fun for little girls.

They had a blast. Let's just say that there were several towels involved in the clean up.

I brought Miss E home a balloon bouquet. I followed suite with the princess theme.

Her cake was a fruit pizza, and the raspberries disappeared so very fast.

A yellow bow of course, because her favorite color is yellow.

I wonder what she wished for...

After fruit pizza, the girls had strawberry milk and watched The Princess and the Frog. Thanks Aunt Lindy and Uncle Dill!

I let them stay up late. It was a special day :) Normal bedtime is 8:30, so I think they were put to bed around 10 or 10:30. I thought they would fall right to sleep. I. was. wrong. I am pretty sure that the sugar plums didn't dance until after midnight, and at 5 am, when Carson woke for his paci, I heard them chatting through the door :) So, bright and early the next morning, Emma asked for blackberry pancakes. They are her favorite.

She loves pancakes.

Emma's best friend had to leave pretty early, so it left just Emma to do arts and crafts with Mama C. They painted their own zoo, while Rob and I ran out to buy Miss E her birthday gift from us.

It was a new bike. "A big girl bike" she would tell you.

She was super excited.

Can you tell?