What a great day-

Ava turned 4 years old on Saturday. She was sweet all day and a little excited-

The first thing she said to me was, "Mom, am I this many now (holding up 4 fingers)."

Breakfast was good with a starter course of a rainbow doughnut with candles from Aunt Cat-

Followed a little later by pink pancakes that she requested for her big day-

We opened up presents in the morning from us so she could play with them throughout the day. While Owen was helping her put on some ear rings she yelled to me in the kitchen "Mom, Owen is making me georgeous!"

She picked out her own outfit that luckily was cute & went together pretty good-

In the morning we started fixing her cake and had planned to do this fancy cake that we found online with cookies all around to make it look like a princess crown but when we went to make the cookies for it she said, "Mom, actually I just want a plain purple cake that says Happy Birthday Ava." I didn't argue with that and she couldn't be happier.

For her party Ava had planned that she wanted to play duck, duck, goose but with a princess twist so we played that and a couple other games. After cake she came up to me and quietly said, "Mom, it's present time." So that's what we did.

Because my mom and a couple sisters are crazy & awesome Ava got some fun princess dress-ups from the day after thanksgiving sales. They were a big hit with all the little girl cousins running around.

Lucky girl.

It was a great day that I think we maximized on everything Ava was hoping for. We sure love our fun, sweet, spunky, exciting Ava girl.