Birthday Girl

The first half of the year is really quiet for us, birthday wise anyway.  But the last half of the year really packs them in.  This time it was Caitlyn.  She turned four and was very excited about it.  Because her birthday fell on a Sunday this year we had a little party on Friday with family and friends.

 When Brandon and William had their ice cream cakes Caitlyn said she wanted one too, but then she was looking through our cut up cakes book and changed her mind.  So here is her pig cake.  Can you guess why she picked it?  That's right, it's pink.  I haven't convinced her yet that I can make any cake pink, but she was really happy about her pig.

 I told her that this would be her year for a party with a pinata.  She was really excited and kept changing her mind about what she wanted it to look like but finally settled on a unicorn.  In case you are wondering the pinata is a brown grocery bag covered with tissue paper and then Brandon drew the face on for me.

 Here you can see the unicorn's mane.  Catilyn was very happy with it which makes it all worth it.

 A little pinata action for everyone.

 And the cake with candles.  Brandon was very proud of himself, he placed the candles like a tiara.

 Can it be?

 Yes it is, her very own kitten.  Caitlyn has been very sad about the fact that Britton has two stuffed animal cats but she didn't have any.  We won't go into the fact that Caitlyn plays with Britton's cats much more than Britton does or the fact that Caitlyn has a ton of other toys.  But she was really excited to get her own cat, and as she pulled it out of the bag Britton grabbed it, put it under her arm and said "Mine."  This could be interesting.

 This is from her actual birthday.  Don't mind the hair, it was braided on both sides but she lost the elastic with some rough playing that involved blankets being thrown on people's heads.  We gave into the insanity and got her a Barbie movie this year.  Her favorite part?  Barbie has a cat.

My Little Pony, I remember getting My Little Pony toys for my birthday when I was little.  Brandon said that this was the one toy that Caitlyn kept going back to when they were looking for presents for William's birthday and she was so excited when she opened it.

So it was a very good birthday, I just can't believe that she is really four already.  She thinks that she is all grown up, to a point, and she loves to play with her siblings.  And she gets the biggest smiles from Bradley any time she talks to him.  We love you Caitlyn.