Turning 4 Round Two…

 Round Two was another party using the blow up water slide but at our house with mostly friends and my side of the family. We had a lot of people in and out of the house and a chaotic week leading up to the party. We decided to put in a back porch which was wonderful for the party but stressful leading up to the party.

Tess went to school on her actual birthday and wore a special birthday girl shirt. We ate donut holes that morning and brought cupcakes for her class to eat for snack.

Her class sang Happy Birthday to her, she loves the birthday song especially when they are singing to her.

We had a ton of people over for her party, and we made it pretty easy on us this year. Food to snack on, tray from Chick-fil-a, veggies, and fruit. It worked pretty well and was really easy which was needed since we had two parties this year.

We had another cookie cake and Tess loved that this one just had pink and purple on it, her favorite colors. We got the biggest cake because we weren’t sure how much we were going to need. We ended up sending some cake to the fire station.

Tess got a lot of presents and she was so excited when she saw them. My sister got the whole opening presents experience on video and everyone at the party thought it was hilarious how excited she was for every single present. They call it the Tess Experience. She is so innocent and I love that even when she received the same toy twice she was just as excited the second time as the first time and exclaimed she could share it with her best friend Kayla and Anthony.

She had a good time celebrating her birthday (twice), this year we started to a process that she needs to clean out old toys before she can put open up and put away her new toys. We then donate her old toys. This helps us keep her playroom clean but it also helps us teach her that its always good to help those that may need it more than we do.