It's Party Time!

Today we gathered family and friends together to celebrate Morgan's fourth birthday. As evidenced above, we had a Princess and the Frog themed party complete with a southern ruffled dress and a lilypad and frog on the cake!

Morgan had five classmates from preschool (including Coen, the boy Morgan says she's gonna marry....when she isn't gonna marry James), her teacher Ms. Christine, and five of her good friends from "way back" to come to her party. The kids had a fun time making candy necklaces for their craft, running in circles (literally), playing in the woods, playing on the playground, and blowing the horns I put in all the treat bags. In a sudden misjudgement on my part, I passed out the treat bags BEFORE we opened gifts. Note to all you parents reading this: DO NOT make this mistake, especially if you put horns and whistles in the treat bags. Yeah, not a good move. But it was hot. And I was tired.

Here's the birthday girl, all dressed up with her birthday sunglasses. She got so many wonderful gifts from her friends and our huge families. Highlights included Jessie and Bullseye dolls (From Toy Story 2 and 3), real, red cowgirl boots just like Jessie, a Barbie scooter, lots of Toy Story books and toys, and some really cute clothes.

Aunt Amy saved the day by decorating Morgan's cake with the lilypad and frog after I misplaced the cake topper. I think she did an awesome job, and Morgan loved it.

It's now nearing 8:30 and Morgan is winding down, although she is still pretty sugared up on cake and the delicious pepperoni rolls that Aunt Linda made. We are still sorting through the bounty of toys that Morgan received. Thank goodness I am planning to have a yardsale soon! We need to clear out a ton of toys to make room for all the things we got today. We are so blessed with so many good family and friends.

So good night from Small Town USA, where one very happy, almost 4 year old, is slowly drifting off to sleep....