Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday

Saturday was a very busy party day for us. We were invited to several parties and unfortunately couldn't make them all. We did the best we could and made it to three birthday parties. We had so much fun!

The first party was Grace's friend Anne from dance class. She actually had her party at the dance studio. The girls danced around and then had cake and ice cream. Grace loved seeing all her friends from class. My camera battery died two minutes after the party started so I just have this one picture of Grace dressed and ready to party.

The next party was a Cinderella party for Grace's friend Sarah. Grace was very excited about this party because she knew Cinderella was actually going to be at the party. Jack and I were a little nervous because of Grace's fear of characters- we weren't really sure how this was going to go. Grace wanted to dress like Cinderella so there would be "two Cinderellas!" She picked out a crown and "glass slippers" and was ready to go. And believe it or not- she loved Cinderella! Worshipped her really. She met her, talked to her, had quite a few questions "Where is your carriage? Do you miss the other princesses?", and then she followed Cinderella around the house and just stared. It was very cute and lots of fun!

Reading a story with the birthday girl

Waiting in line very patiently to meet Cinderella

Two Cinderellas...

Grace was very excited to introduce Kate to Cinderella

After Cinderella, we headed to the inflatable gym for Grace's friend Braden's birthday party. We had about a 30 minute drive between parties and we told Grace she could take a nap. We weren't really serious because Grace hasn't slept in the car since she was an infant. She said "ok" and squeezed her eyes closed. She looked so silly but after about two minutes, she fell asleep like that...she slept the whole ride. Then we were afraid to wake her because Grace does not like to be woken. We gently tapped her and her eyes popped open and she said "we at the party? Let's go." It was really funny.

Grace jumped right in and had a great time with all her friends. She started to show signs of no nap a little towards the end but she really did well considering the three parties, three cakes and three outfit changes...Grace and Lily bouncing

Grace loved playing with her friend Sophia

Kate stayed awake for most of the partiesBirthday Boy