The Princess Party

Sam turned four! And I was the best mom in the world making her little princess dreams come true with a completely store bought Princess birthday party. I fought all my urges to try and do something outside, something that involved hiking or a picnic. And instead we played princess games, dress up like princesses and ran around the house playing with balloons.
Sam loved every minute of it!!

First, the decorations. I didn't buy all the decorations that the store had to offer, instead I decided to decorate the main party rooms with all of the princess stuff that we already had. (Thanks to my sister for this idea. She did something similar, but in a much cuter way with horses for my niece!)

This is where the ice cream sundae bar was located.

 The Big Four Year Old Birthday Girl!

 Her good friend Madison.

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 Taylor, who is really Avery's friend. 

 All the princesses and one prince!

 I couldn't believe it actually worked out that Sam got the ribbon that opened up the pinata. And even better that before that every kid had a chance to pull one ribbon off!!

 The ice cream was a big hit!

I was not the best mom with the camera at her party. I failed to get that many pictures of her and her friends and have no pictures of her opening gifts. But she had a great time, all the kids seemed to have fun and the house was not completely destroyed. So, I say it was a success.

But next year I might convince her to try and do something a little less "store bought"!