My Little Girl is Turning Four

And here she is, my beautiful girl. Where'd she get this pose? Geez!


Once everything was ready for the party (including baby bear dressed in her best dress) Kennedy was in agony waiting for everyone to arrive. Luckily Laurel brought Isaac and Noah a little early. Can you imagine? My amazing sister brings her ONE WEEK OLD baby with her to help me with our lousy party!


And Sophie arrives! I couldn't resist taking a picture of these two little friends standing and smiling at one another.



Everyone was enthralled by the big singing Princess balloon (that's probably all we really needed to bother with for a good party!)


Dad bringing the cake...Dad was a CHAMP, by-the-way, with how much he did and helped with this little party. Ahh, it's so nice to have a military man HOME!


Kennedy's gifts were fantastic...she was really spoiled with so many sweet and useful gifts.


A very "Hawaii appropriate" gift from Rylee and the Reinbolds (and way too much, true to form): a darling little two-piece board bathing suit and swim Barbie.


Then the real party started... We all met at "Build A Bear" for all the kids to make their own bears. We actually thought it'd be a cool way for Kennedy's friends to remember her. Here's little darling Rylee with our fave neighbor Krissa:


After naming their bears (and some of them came up with some classic names...Kennedy's was "Cindalleah" and Isaac's was "Moses" which I actually really like!) they all got to stuff their bears and make them nice and fluffy.


Then the kids needed to help fill up the "fluff" in the "fluff machine." They then got little hearts to rub to make warm and sweet and put them inside their bears...it was so fun.


Ashton was kind of the guest of honor and we wanted to make sure he was happy with his "bear." Uncle Adam took him to pick out whatever he wanted and he decided on this funny turtle.


Here he is with his Mamma...ooh we love this boy so much!


The look on little Cate's face (and her excited tongue action) is exactly why we wanted to do this. Oh how we'll miss these wonderful friends!


There's even a little wash tub where the kids can give their bears a little "air wash."


Can you believe it? They had a spiderman outfit for Ashton's turtle; perfect!


Sophie and Kennedy decided to take their bears for a little drive...


And Mission Accomplished! Every one of Kennedy's dear friends was able to name, stuff, bathe, and dress their very own little bear...how cute is this bunch? I think my favorite was Isaac's little "doctor" bear like his Dad. What a fun party.