A Princess Tea Party: 4 years old

We decided to do a princess tea party for Anna’s 4th birthday and invite all of her little girl second cousins and a friend. I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, expecting her to say a princess cake. She said, “a heart cake.” I tried to convince her to have a princess cake, just because I think it would lots of fun to make, and she said, “No, I want a heart cake.” I asked, “Why do you want a heart cake?” She replied, “Because I love everyone and I want to give them all a piece of my heart cake.” OK, how can I argue with that. A heart cake it was.

She was very excited for her princess tea party birthday. She would marked off each day on the calendar until her birthday. She helped me plan and pick out the menu. When the day arrived she was excited to help me make the cake, get everything ready, and she even set the table for the tea party with all her little tea party cups.

It was really cute. When each of her royal guests started arriving she decided she would greet them with a royal curtsey. It made me smile, she probably picked that idea up from watching Cinderella.

The royal princesses, ok, and 1 prince, had a fancy tea party, while using language such as “darling”. They were are very lovely.

What a cute princess she is, loving this day.

After the tea party there was dancing of course!

They all danced so lovely to all the princess music I could find.

The dancing was their favorite part. There was lots of laughing and fun.

That night she got a big girl bike that Kent found and fixed up for her. We will have to practice since she does not have any training wheels.

We love Anna, she has grown so much! I look at her and can’t believe my first baby is already four.

I asked Anna the day before her birthday, “Can I keep you three years old forever. Please”! She looked at me with a troubled look on her face. I could tell she wanted to make me happy but at the same time she really wanted to turn four. Then she said in her little three year old voice, “but mama, if I don’t turn four you can’t have any of my birthday cake.” Wishing I really could just freeze time I replied, “That is a good point Anna. I guess you better turn four. But don’t you dare think about turning five any time soon.” “I won’t.”