Chelsea turns FOUR!!!

Chelsea chose Ariel for her theme this year. She chose a funfetti cake with vanilla frosting. She enjoyed helping mix the batter and watching it bake. We turned the frosting blue and put little fishy shaped sprinkles on it.

The centerpiece.

I put pigtails and Brie's hair and immediately took a picture. Piggies tend to come out immediately and I wanted to document how adorable she looks with her hair actually done up. She looks so much more grown up with piggies.

Instead of having matching piggies with Brie, like I thought she might, Chelsea opted for a braid like Fawn instead. Fawn actually has her whole head of hair in a braid instead of just a little big, but who's keeping track?

Auntie Jennifer was in charge of some party games. In this one the first one (or team) to scoop all of their marshmallows from one cup into the cup on the other side of the room was the winner. This kept them occupied for a good 15-20 minutes!

The object of this one was to bat the balloon through the air across the room the fastest. Then back again. I've said it before, you can't go wrong with giving a kid a balloon. Just look at how much Brie is enjoying it!

And here we have potato bowling. I think us grown ups had more fun with this than the kids, hehe.

Birthday girl with her immedate family.

We call this one OCTOMOM. Ha! We actually stuffed a full 8 balloons into my shirt, but I have goofy faces in the other shots.

What's a party without prezzies?

Brie had a good ol' time going through the gifts and starting to play with things.

Brie was actually the first to ride Chelsea's new bike also. Do you think she enjoyed it? I'm just not sure....

Chelsea also loved her bike.It was too rainy to actually go out and ride, plus the dress was a little bit in the way, but she still LOVES it! Mommy made a good choice and guessed right at the size, whew!

After all the games were done and presents opened what did she do? Rescue worms off the driveway, of course!

Ironic how this is the best smile I got out of all my pictures this day. Worms. Whooda thunk?

Phantom sideways photo. I made a little bowl of jello with fishes just for fun. Nobody ate it (at least not during the party) but it was just for festive-ness anyway.

Daddy chose a fun game as his gift for Chelsea. Sumo Ham Slam. It's pretty cute. They are all enraptured.

And this is how game playing looks at our house: hands everywhere!

And a random cute photo of Brie. I found her like this one morning, holding her baby. Awww! She always sleeps way up on her pillow like this.