Princess Party

(Gracie (in her "pretty dress") with one of her favorite people in the whole wide world - her aunt Maddy).

This past Friday night (Jan. 22nd) we celebrated Gracie's 3rd birthday... princess style. She picked out cute little princess invites and we sent them out with a photo of her in her princess attire... then we counted down the days until the "royal ball". During the days prior Gracie kept telling me that she 'needs' a party. Also, every morning she woke up saying two things: "I'm hungry mom" and "Where's my 'pretty dress'?". We decided to keep things as low-key as possible by only inviting family members - 2 sets of grandparents, 2 sets of great-grandparents, some of her uncles and her aunt Maddy. We enjoyed a spaghetti dinner, followed by presents, and then cake. Gracie LOVED opening her gifts and it definitely showed! We had a great evening and as Gracie was falling asleep during storytime she said, "Gracie gonna do the party again tomorrow" I said,"Well honey, today was your special party and we won't be having another one tomorrow, but I'm glad you had fun." She then said, "okay, thanks mom." What a sweetie pie... I sure do love my princess! Here's a pic of Gracie's princess castle cake (carrot cake, yum-yum!)...


Here's the video of us singing "Happy birthday"/Gracie blowing out her 3 candles... it's a little dark - hopefully you can still see her proud little expression.