Emma's Birthday Party!

Have you ever thrown a birthday party for a 4 year old? If you have, my hat's off to you! It's not as easy as it looks! But we had success! Emma enjoyed her first friend birthday party this morning. There were 7 silly girls running around my house and I think they all enjoyed themselves. Emma's actual birthday is on Tuesday, so she was able to celebrate a little early this year. We decided on a Barbie party after I saw a beautiful cake online that I wanted my mom to make. After pricing it out, we went with the less expensive version, that turned out prettier than I ever thought possible! My mom is amazing! It may sound silly, but I almost cried when I saw the cake because it was not what we had talked about doing...she glammed it up a bit knowing I wanted something ridiculously fancy for a 4 year old party! :) The cake was a big hit with the girls! Thanks again mom! Our house was decked out in pink everything...Emma asked why I was taking it down after the party. I think she thought that was our new decor! We played "Pin the Crown on Barbie", made necklaces, opened presents, ate pink cake and pink ice cream, colored pictures of Barbie and of course played Barbies! Emma received wonderful gifts...when I asked her what her favorite was, I think she named every present she got! She was busy playing with new Barbies and toys for the rest of the day. Derrick was excited to play with all the balloons! So, ask me right now if Emma gets a party next year and I would probably say no, but maybe by then I will have forgotten all the stress that goes a long with it! In the end it was worth it and I'm glad the girls had a fun time!