Beatrice's Fourth Birthday

Beatrice has turned four. She got really dressed up for the occasion, note the tutu and the tufted fleece hat. You know that's classic party wear!

Here she is with all of her gifts.

A new box of crayons!! Beatrice spends hours coloring each day, so she always needs new crayons. She also got some new coloring books.

And YOSHI!!

Here's her cake, just like the one she picked out off of the internet. It was Grandma's first fondant cake and it was a success!

Here's the birthday girl with her cake, pre-fire.

And here's the blowing out of the candles action shot! She has awesome technique!

Beatrice had a great birthday. We started it off with Grandma and Grandpa Supan coming in to Frontenac on Thursday. You always know the party weekend is getting underway when the Grandparents roll up the driveway. On Friday we went to a little Valentine's Day party with two fellow Home Schooling families. The kids all got and gave Valentines and also got to decorate cupcakes and sugar cookies with pink icing and lots and lots of sparkles and sprinkles. Of course, they ate a ton of sugar, but also got to play a lot of it out of their systems.

On Saturday we went to see some of the sights in Red Wing - mostly the big antique outlet in the historic RW Pottery Factory building, with a stop off at the chocolatiers and also the bakery for lunch. Then we came home for an afternoon of Super Mario on the Wii followed by Beatrice opening her gifts. She loved them all - the pegasus from Maggie; the dress and sweater, paper doll set, coloring books and play dough from Grandma and Grandpa; and the Ariel doll with matching dress-up dress for herself from Mom and Dad. And of course, YOSHI! Then we had her birthday dinner: this year Bee wanted Chicken and Dumplings, which I'd never made before and the dumplings sort of dissolved, but it still tasted pretty great. But then it was late in the evening and time for bed, so we held off on the cake and ice cream until Sunday afternoon. That was her actual birthday day, and besides, I like to stretch birthdays out as much as possible!

Sunday was a pretty lazy day. We sang happy birthday, ate lots of cake and the ice cream, had left over chicken and dumplings, played card games and video games. Some of us even got a nap. Oh, and the kids all got Valentines Day gifts from Grandma, too.

So now that Beatrice is Four Years Old how will life change for us? In crazy and wonderful ways, I'm sure. And, I'll be sure to let you know as it does!

Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day, too.