{our butterfly princess turns 4}

we celebrated sienna's fourth birthday yesterday.

this year's theme was butterflies.

invitations were made with my much-used CK creative lettering program.

i printed some butterfly clipart (found via google image search) on cardstock and voila - decorations. cheap yet oh so cute.

the giftbags had butterfly/flower pencils and erasers and foam shapes.
all from michael's.

this year's cake decoration. i found a picture of a butterfly princess outfit online, switched sienna's head on, glued it all on scrapbook paper and laminated it. added some bling.

more yellow balloons were in the playroom too for the kids to play with.

this is how we got the idea for the theme. sienna's been excited about butterfly drawings and crafts lately.

we held two birthday parties. first one was for little girls, for sienna and her friends. we borrowed a kids' size table and chairs from the church. when the girls showed up, they first made butterfly crafts. colored these pictures and decorated them with foam/shiny shapes and stickers. everyone got a butterfly wand too that they decorated.

next we ate cake.

then we had hidden chocolate bars downstairs in the play room. made sure each girl found some.

the girls then played with balloons and jumped on the trampoline.
the girls also danced to music with their wands.

opened gifts (almost forgot about that, to be honest).

and that's about it.

then came family and friends a bit later and we had another party. more goodies, cake and presents.

sienna's favorite gifts were her new barbies.

daddy curled her hair as usual.

sienna got to do this twice. :)

fun day.

is it just me or did she start behaving like she's one year older just like on cue?

oh how fast they grow. gotta enjoy every day, every minute.