This little girl just melts my heart EVERY single day.
I’m a BIG fan of birthdays, but fell apart the day before her big day just knowing she isn’t quite so small anymore. She was the perfect angel all day, happy as can be!
Could anything be sweeter than a 2-year-old who is thrilled about her birthday!
Happiest of birthdays to my sweet FOUR year old girl!
We got so excited the night before, we made birthday pancakes for dinner. :)
We started her actual birthday with the traditional birthday muffin breakfast in bed.
And, of course, PRESENTS!
How about a birthday coffee date?
The, off to the home of dear friends with a birthday party in a bag and a fun birthday celebration.
She couldn’t live without that crown all day, not even for her birthday dinner. SO thankful she chose Chipotle rather than the golden arches!
And then…she wanted to swim. It is her favorite thing in the world, but it was chilly and as you can see…because of the weather, we got our very own private swimming pool!
A sisterly birthday snuggle to end the day!
When I asked Sophia what kind of party she wanted and she said a Ballerina party, I couldn’t have been more excited. I got an idea in my head of what it would look like and it kind of snowballed from there.
Our homemade goodies:
Guest table for grown-ups
The girls played a game with this Flower Box, but I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. They each had two flowers “planted” in the grass at the park that matched their tutus. They had to find them and put them in the flower box, and for each flower they planted in the box, they got a sucker. It was SO much fun!
A chair waiting for each ballerina to dress up with a tutu, necklaces and a bracelet.
And it couldn’t have been a more beautiful day – we got so lucky!!
Our baby ballerina - isn’t she gorgeous?!
Making necklaces to dress up even more – such a fun activity and even though I found the beads at Barnes and Noble, they were expensive, so I checked Amazon and they were a MUCH better price. Same amount of fun for half the price!
Sophia showing off her pretty necklace
And how can you not be delighted when your friends are around and you’re all wearing tutus?
Evelyn really wanted to eat the beads make a necklace.
The birthday cupcake – it got about as much love as the cupcake we gave her on her actual birthday. A finger swipe of frosting and that was about it. I guess I can’t complain about a kid who likes fruit more than cake, right?
Cute friends… 
The big girl ballerinas – they had so much fun running around the park together!
Sophia was very lucky to get a few projects, some new books and a crown from her sweet friends. What a lucky little girl!
Grandma and Grandpa gave her a ride home while we cleaned up, and she apparently declared, “That was FUN!” Success!
So, maybe I’m a few weeks behind in posting Sophia's birthday, but since I haven’t posted since who-knows-when, I’d say that’s not too bad. I remembered that this blog is one of my favorite tools to remember the little things, so I need to get better at posting on a regular basis. :) We’ll see!
Miss Soph couldn’t wait for her birthday! While this waited for her downstairs – a joint gift from Grandma and Grandpa and Mommy and Daddy, we had breakfast in bed.
I adore birthdays and love making a crazy big deal out of them, so this year, we added a shower of balloons to her birthday morning wake-up. Cuz why not?!
Since we’ve made this a tradition officially, I figured a yearly birthday plate was in order for breakfast for the birthday girl. Although, with Evelyn’s coming up, I think on the first birthday, we’ll stick with the plastic plate and save the special plate for her 2nd birthday.
Evelyn is going to love her birthday to pieces if it involves balloons in any way!
If this look conveys any of the joy we experienced, then the 5:30 wake-up to make the breakfast muffins was absolutely worth it!
Seriously – SO much happiness!!
Booster chair on the floor to contain our little crawler.
Time for PRESENTS!!
A happy big sister with a ballerina doll from her baby sister.
And the happy aftermath – dragging everything downstairs is kind of a pain, but breakfast in {each} bed only once a year isn’t such a chore.
And then there was the bike. She was pretty excited about ti but a little hesitant. Sophia decided that she was getting a bike for her birthday – I guess when she asked for one, and I told her to put it on her birthday list, she didn’t quite understand the concept. She decided the birthday list was a guarantee for delivery.
Even by the end of the day, she was getting better. She’s done a lot of practicing inside the house and we’re planning to let her hit the trail for real this weekend.
Stay tuned for more pictures and the birthday party – hopefully I can catch up from the summer soon!
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