The Birthday Girl!

I can't believe she is four already! Such a short time to becoming such a big girl. It was a whirlwind month of celebrations - we began in late July with the special 2-3-4 tea party for Siena Cate and her friends, and then went to Seattle for her birthday (okay, we were going to Seattle anyway, it just made it more "exciting" for the stay in a cheap hotel to be about her birthday and not about our adult plans!), where we visited with our friend Samuel, had dinner at a Mexican restaurant (her request), ice cream, My Little Ponies, the works. Then we had a real birthday party - in the enchanted forest, where fairies and princesses are known to giggle and play. She and two girlfriends (and one boy friend, who I think was very grateful to have Sterling there) made princess crowns, clothespin fairies, ate magic cheese wands, and built fairy houses. It was a great success - and we all had fun watching these little fairy girls flit about. Here is my favorite photo of that day...