Princess Playdate

Our Macey turned 4 on Friday. It was also Sneak-a-Peak for brothers at school. I had a long day of morning bday, party set-up, school volunteering, meeting teachers, party, and swim party with family friends. But to start off, our girlie got her bed present.

This was the awful 'Pop the Pig' that she wanted for Christmas but Santa didn't bring. Since it is 8 months later and she STILL wants it, I guess we could buy it. It is as lame as to be expected, but it makes her happy. :)

I decided to keep the party on the down low. We invited 5 friends over for a playdate in the afternoon. I put up minimal decorations. (More than these pictured, but still a small amount!)

I did make this very snazzy cake. It does look very cool, but it is mostly fake! I stacked donuts on a Styrofoam base. I topped it with bagels for the 'house' on top, and then a candy dipped waffle cone. Don't mind the support beam. It is hot in north Texas, and things were getting a bit saggy by showtime.

Macey was very excited when she saw it. That made the effort with it!

On our invites we put, 'come dressed in your princess best.' These girls were not kidding; they were looking awesome!

I had no games planned. The girls played in Macey's room mostly and had a very good time without any adult guidance.

I did make one craft activity. I made Rapunzel wigs and had the girls decorate them with flowers. They can wear the wigs or they can hang them on the wall to put their hair bows on them.

 

Having a girl party is so much quieter and gentler than a boy party. I safely used my china tea set with 4 year olds with zero problems! Because we had a donut tower, we had cake donuts for the main dessert. I also served fresh fruit and chocolate milk.

Our princesses were very polite and had nice conversation during the snack.

Following the snack we watched "Tangled Ever After" before Macey opened presents. Look how they all sat so sweetly. Macey loved her gifts. I have a very open idea about presents. The kids brought them, and they want to see them opened and then PLAY with them. So we opened everything up and let the girls play for the rest of the party. It was so quiet that Dan left to run an errand during the event.
Once our princesses all left, we put on our swimsuits and walked over to the pool. The D's, Contreras, and Sumners met us at the pool for dinner. It was a sort of pot luck. I WAS planning to grill, but the Sumners beat me to it. It was very kind of them to take that task off my hands. We had a wonderful meal, the kids had fun swimming, and the grown-ups enjoyed a very warm summer evening chatting.

To finish off our very long day we went back home for ice cream. I bought Macey's favorite Braums birthday cake ice cream and my favorite rocky road. Served on waffle cones, yummy! And finally sister got this scooter. In June we read a book about birthdays. On the last page were 3 gifts and we asked Macey what were inside the gifts: "A scooter, Pop-the-pig, and a soccer ball." Sure made gift buying easy this year.

Macey trying out her scooter the next day.

Going to Megan's, a regular adventure, this time with the safety of helmet and pads.

A puzzle of Sofia the First. And now Macey is 4. We have been telling her, 'When you are four you'll... like fruits and vegetables, read scriptures and say prayers, etc.' We love this princess and are so blessed to have her in our family.