A Birthday Fit For A Princess

This week my little girl turned 3 years old!  We had such a fun time celebrating.  We started off her actual birthday, June 2nd, by opening her presents and then going to IHOP.  She was very specific about the breakfast she wanted: "smiley face pancakes with the yogurt to decorate it."  

Afterwards, we went to Dublin to go to Toys R Us and spend the gift card she got from Grandma & Grandpa Scott and to go see the movie, "Rio".  Sadly, after the movie we had to drop Lance off at work, but we headed home so that Avery and Sophie could play with their new toys (of course the toys were actually Avery's, but Sophie kept reminding us that we share our toys :). Later for dinner, we went to Famous Dave's BBQ, another of Avery's specific requests.  She knows it as "the place where Wilbur is".

Today, we finished up our celebration by having a princess party. This was our first "little girl party" ever and we had so much fun!  Avery invited all her little friends and they all came dressed as princesses.  Avery got a special new princess dress just for her party.

We had a Royal Princess chair for the birthday girl to sit in (a fun, quick and cheap project. I used an old chair, gold spray paint, and a few yards of fabric).

The house was decorated everywhere you turned! 

Princess garlands were hung...

As well as beautiful pom poms...

And birthday banners.

We had treat bags ready for all the little princesses to take home.

As you entered the house the Royal Banquet table was set for all the little princesses!

And we had a feast fit for royalty (actually fit for a lot of little girls who don't eat very much!)

Heart shaped PB&Js

Cheetos in crown bags

and strawberries and pink lemonade

And for dessert, crown cookies and princess cupcakes

Our activities included decorating princess crowns

coloring princess pictures

a pinata

and face painting.

I think all the little princesses had a good time.

We finished by opening all the great gifts from our wonderful friends

We love our sweet little Avery so much and are grateful for every second with her over the past three years!