Grace's 4th Birthday

I have been meaning to blog about Grace's 4th birthday last month...Grace turned four and is a toddler no more (is that the cut off age?). Anyway, she is certainly becoming a little lady FAST! She is still the girly girl she was starting at 8 months when she first developed her love of jewelry. And so there was no more fitting birthday for Grace than a princesses and knights party. Needless to say, she loved the idea!

We kept it simple and rented a (rather large) bouncy castle. Favors were blow-up swords (for valiant knights) and crowns (for fair princesses). Kids came dressed up, and bounced away!

Grace loved her birthday present from us, which was her princess dress and shoes.

Grace's cake was a princess castle de

corated with four of her favorite princesses. Grace got a toy castle and princesses with it, which she's been playing with ever since.

She got way too many presents, but her friends were all so sweet to get her such great gifts! She remembers who gave her each gift and talks about her friends all the time. Grace loved her party, and it took her a few days to calm down after all the excitement.

Lilia loved bouncing in the castle, but did not like the dress-up part. She is decidedly not interested in dresses, crowns, jewelry or anything of a girly nature. Lilia loves trains,

trucks, buses, cars, balls, balloons and anything that goes! Today, I took the girls to the book shop and came home with a Princess Ariel books for Grace and a books shaped like a bus for Lilia. They couldn't be more different!