John Stanley and I had our birthday party on Saturday. We had a great time celebrating my 4th and his 2nd year of life!

This is my amazing Cinderella cake! I know Cinderella usually has a blue dress, but my special request was for her to have a yellow dress ... very "me".

Excuse my cross-eyes in this picture; I couldn't stop looking at my cake.

My friends and I partied with our blowers!

And this is my birthday present from my parents: a cozy coupe car. The best part about it is that John Stanley got one, too, so we don't have to share :)

Happy Birthday to me! I came into my parents' room this morning and announced, "I'm four now!" Its an exciting thing to be 4...for example: I don't have to sit on a booster seat at the kitchen table anymore; I get to go into big church for the first part of church; and I usually don't have to take a nap during the day!

Here's a little Q & A with me on my 4th birthday:

What is your favorite thing about being 4? getting new presents
What's your favorite thing to eat? candy
What is your favorite thing to do? dance with dresses on
What's your favorite color? yellow
What are you really good at? riding bikes
What do you want to be when you grow up? a ballerina

For my birthday today, we went to Toys R Us. I got to pick out one toy and this is what I chose: a new Barbie with a beautiful dress. I have not put the Barbie down since I got her!

We had a birthday dinner with Granny and Gramps tonight. Some fun highlights were:
Sharing Granny's drink

Gramps joining in on the fun

Opening fun birthday presents like My First Look and Find Princess Book

and furniture for my dollhouse!

I had a play date today with some friends of mine, Julie and Abigial. They are "oldies but goodies" because I've been having play dates with them for my whole almost-4-year-old-life!

This is our musical parade - Abigail's singing, I'm playing the flute, and Julie is just marching in the middle in her beautiful dress up dress and backpack!

If it were up to me, I would wear this every day: my dress with the yellow and blue flowers (because it spins so well), about 10 barretts in my hair, and my dangly earrings.

I thoroughly enjoyed our vacation at Sea Island! I loved the beach but did not like the sinking sand with all of the "creatures". Mostly, I just wanted to build sand castles!

My mom and dad worked really hard to get me over my fear of any "creatures" in the mushy sand...

I had no fear of the pool, though!

I had special times at the beach with my dad

and I played fun games in the ocean with our friends.