Annie's Princess Party

Since Annie's Birthday fell on a holiday weekend we decided to do her party this weekend instead. She got to invite a couple little girls for an all pink princess party. She got a new princess dress for the occasion and Alex borrowed the most adorable prince charming costume. The minute they both got dressed they started dancing together around the room "just like Cinderella and her prince." We decorated the room with twinkle lights and made it as magical as possible for my sweet (and spoiled) Annie.
Our good friend "King Richard" came for the occasion and read Annie's favorite story. I love that King Richard and Alex have matching capes and crowns!
When Annie's friends arrived we adorned them with tiaras and sparkly hair glitter. We made paper princess dolls and princess wands. Then I read the story of the Princess and the Pea to all the little princesses. To test out our princesses claims to be real princesses, we placed a tennis ball under a mountain of pillows and let them all see if they could feel it. Most of the time they said they could. The guys, of course, got plenty comfy on their pillows with balls under them cause they just aren't real princesses!
I love how Shaun and Rick were with all those little girls. Without a shred of male pride they talked to the girls like royalty and helped them with all the little activities. They glued together paper princesses and helped them put rhinestones on their princess wands. Do dads know how sexy that is?
Finally we got to the part that my little prince charming had been waiting for. Annie was so excited to blow out her candles and have everyone sing to her. It took her a couple tries but she managed to get all those candles blown out.
Happy Birthday my Annie. We sure do love you!