Annika is 4!

On December 14th Annika turned 4. To Celebrate her big day we had a party! I made a princess cake, and we invited over some friends.

The day was pretty laid back. Annika had preschool so she went to school. Brian took the day off so that he wouldn't miss out on the festivities. Annika came home from school and we ate lunch. We asked her what she wanted and she picked Pizza Rolls.

We ate lunch and then she got to open some of her presents from Brian and me.
This is Annika taking time to model her new dress up shoes.

After that it was time to start getting everything ready for the party. One of Annika's friends got here before she was even in her princess dress. She didn't want me to do anything special with her hair, so she was pretty much just wearing a dress up dress.

When her friends got here we had put out a red carpet up the stair leading into the house, so they could all walk on the red carpet. Once they came in we started decorating crowns. Which they did for a lot longer than I thought that they would. Then we went down stairs and we played a game of pin the braid on Rapunzel.

After that we played a game of Princess Bingo. After princess Bingo they all got to go on a treasure hunt. After the treasure hunt we came in and opened presents, and then we had some cake and Ice Cream.


It was totally crazy with 11 4-year olds running around the house but I think that it went really well.

Annika had been talking about her princess Birthday party since June so I hope that it was everything that she wanted it to be.

After the party was over we changed her clothes, and we got ready to go out to dinner with Brian's family. We went out for Sushi because that is what Annika picked. After dinner we came home and opened the rest of her presents. We also Celebrated Aunt Heidi's birthday and let her open some presents. Honestly by the end of the night I think that Annika was just exhausted. I hope that she had a wonderful birthday.

I asked Annika some questions and these are the answers she gave me.
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Toy: Jewelry and Jewelry Box
Favorite Fruit: Raspberries
Favorite TV Show: Caillou
Favorite thing to eat for lunch: Chicken Nuggets
Favorite Outfit: Gray sparkly skirt with a pink shirt
Favorite Game: Play house
Favorite Snack: blueberries
Favorite Animal: pig
Favorite Song: I love see the Temple
Favorite Book: Her princess stories
Best Friend: Morgan
Favorite Cereal: Corn Chex
Favorite thing to do outside: Swing high on the swings, Or ride her bike
Favorite Drink: Chocolate Milk
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Pink flower blanket. and uni her unicorn pillow pet.
Favorite Thing to eat for breakfast: cinnamon sugar pancakes (aka crepes)
What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Sushi (we went to a restaurant called Koi.)
What do you want to be when you grow up? a Doctor.

Annika I am so glad that you are my daughter. You are such a good girl! We Love you!