Megan's birthday this year somehow turned into a whole weekend of celebrations instead of just one day. It was a little on the excessive side, but she was happy and felt special. My mom always did such a great job of making us feel important and special on our birthday and I guess I'm just trying to do the same. We started out by going to Disney on Ice on the Friday before her birthday. I took her last year for her birthday as well and she loved it. This year, Eric joined us and we got a sitter for Dane. It was fun to have some time with just her. We took her to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in Salt Lake, The Blue Iguana. They have this almond mole dish with bacon that is just divine. Eric and I both ordered it this time. On the weekends, they have this cute elderly couple that go around the restaurant serenading everyone. Megan couldn't keep her eyes off of them and even started to dance by our table.
The Disney on Ice show was really fun too. The theme was "Celebrations", so they went through all the major holidays of the year. They had so many more characters than they did last year, and Valentine's Day was all about the princesses, so of course that was Megan's favorite part.
On Saturday we had Megan's Fairy Princess Party. I had too much fun putting it all together. My friend made butterfly cupcakes for her mother-in-law's birthday last year and I thought they would be a perfect fit for our fairy party.
I found a sweet website before Megan's party that had all sorts of fairy wings, tutus, wands, halos, etc. They even had a color combo called Tink that was just perfect.
Michael's had these tiny little bird houses in their dollar section, so I thought they would make perfect fairy houses for the kids to decorate. Megan put her's in her room before the party was even over.
Tinkerbell left Megan and her friends a treasure hunt all through the house. There were clues leading to beads and then at the end, they found the pixie dust necklaces that Tinkerbell left. They even glow in the dark!
Then we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Megan loves her friends and have each of them a hug after she opened their gift.
Even though this was a pretty girly party, we did have one boy. He's one of Megan's best friends and we had to have him there. He was a good sport about all the girly stuff.
Sunday, March 13, was Megan's actual birthday. She had been begging for a Barbie cake for months. We had to go and look at the one on display at our Target EVERY time we were there. So I had her one. It was a little tricky. I thought I could use a regular Barbie, but they are actually a little too tall, so I ended up using one of those half dolls from Michaels.
My dad and step-mom were in town, so they came over along with my step-siblings. If you ask Megan about her birthday party, this is the one she'll tell you about. I guess it was because it was on her actual birthday?
Megan loves to tell people that she is 4 now. I can't believe how fast these 4 years have gone and that it will be her baptism in 4 more years. Kids grow up too fast, especially mine. Megan had her 4 year old check up this week and she is off the charts high for her height at 43 inches. I stil call her my baby girl and tell her to stop getting bigger. Her response is always, "I have to get bigger so I can go to college like Diane (our babysitter)." Awesome, not even in kindergarten yet and already talking about college...
