4th Birthday Posts Part 2

It was...can you guess? A Pinkalicious party. Pinkalicious is a real thing.

At first, when she asked for a Pinkalicious party, I thought, "Wow! That's so much less stereotypical than a Disney princess party! My daughter is a free thinker!" What I didn't realize is that you can find Disney princess-themed junk everywhere (everywhere - just look around the grocery checkout the next time you're there). Guess what you can't find everywhere? "Pinkalicious cupcake topper rings."

In other words, I'm a magician (or just a magician's daughter) because I was able to find these things that were the key to the cupcake design. We also made bead necklaces and it was NOT a total disaster!

See that doll on the right? That's the actual Pinkalicious! Thanks Nana!!!

This party was low key, compared to last year's crowded insanity experiment. We invited five other little girls - no boys - and I told the moms, "You are welcome to stay, but I don't want to see your husband or your other baby." I actually did say this. Last year we had six moms nursing on our couch at one time. The entryway looked like a carseat showroom. We just couldn't deal with that again this year. This house was not made for two winter birthday kids, but I digress.

Georgia chose the refreshments - popcorn, naturally.

LilyS shows off her hard, hard work.

At one point, Georgia said in a total stage voice, "EXCUSE ME I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT! IT'S TIME TO GO LOOK AT THE CUPCAKES!" She was thrilled to have a captive audience.

Sophie and daddy made a brief appearance before heading to a coffee shop.

Cupcakes.

Later they played Pinkalicious bingo (also a real thing, I found for free online - there are people out there with tons of free time, and no fear of copyright infringement, apparently).

We have Lucy, Abigail, Georgia, LilyS and Elia. Flo must be off somewhere...

Present time. Pink was a major theme.

This was the only photo we could get of G with me that day. Let's just say, she went all diva on us. It was a great time and I was so proud of how well she dealt with having so many other kids touching her toys. We're working on the whole sharing thing.