Carlee's 4th Birthday

My baby is turning Four!  

I asked Carlee what she wanted to do for her birthday.  She said that she wanted an Anna / Elsa cake and a piñata.  So that's what we did.  We had all of the family plus two friends over for cake and ice cream.  We surprised Carlee with a princess bouncy house that for the first time ever she LOVED! (In the past she wouldn't play in bouncy houses, but she thinks they are pretty great now that she's older.) And we hit down a princess snow white piñata that was as big as Carlee. 

 She got some really great gifts from her cousins and friends.  But i think her favorite gift came from her Grandma Brown.

What do you think?

I loved watching the kids play and have a great time together.  

Funny Story: When the kids were out of the bouncy house Aunt Cindy and Aunt Karen went in to jump.  Cindy started banging into the sides and pulling down the top of the house.  Carlee caught her.  She started chewing Cindy out yelling that she needed to STOP BREAKING HER BOUNCE CASTLE!!! Cindy was a little scared because Carlee was dead serious.  Apparently you don't mess with the bouncy castle . 

Halloween

This year we had a lot of fun with Halloween Costumes.  The older girls fell in love with the new Descendants movie and so Rebecca dressed up as Mal and Sara dressed up as Maleficent.  Rebecca posted a picture of herself on instagram and one of the main characters in the show commented on her photo.  It surprised her and made her day all at the same time.   

Carlee has been planning since February to be Fiona.  She started watching Shrek the Musical on Netflix with her sisters and fell in love with the show.  She sings the part of young Fiona and is super cute.  In August she started letting Chad and I know that dad was going to be Shrek and mommy was going to be donkey for Halloween.  Lucky me.  I got to be the donkey.  At least the masks were cool.



Everyone is growing up and so Halloween was different this year.  The girls went to a dance.  Jake hung out with some friends and watched a movie.  Joey was at home playing a game on the computer and Carlee went trick or treating with her cousin Natalia.  (Joey did trunk or treat at the church, but I guess everyone else is past the days of knocking on doors for a treat.) Crazy to think that all my kiddos are growing up.