She is 4!

Our youngest granddaughter celebrated her fourth birthday this week! We were able to go down for part of the weekend and enjoyed being with her!!

While we were there, she opened a couple of presents from family. Mark's sister sent her the fairy wings, crown, and a tutu. She loved this present!!

She also loves this "princess" dress that she is wearing. It was a hand-me-down from a friend and she was on day 4 of wearing it. She doesn't want to take it off! That is Pearl with her. Pearl is the service dog at our daughter's school and our daughter is the co-handler. Pearl is the sweetest dog EVER!

We contributed toward a new swingset but I wanted her to have something to open for us. Her favorite color is "purple sparkle" so I found a "purple sparkle" Barbie online and thought she would love her. She opened it and started crying! Oh well . . .you can't win every time.

She wanted a Tea Party for her birthday so her mama and I pulled off a tea party. Her other grandmother had been buying cups and saucers at the thrift store for the last year! The girls were to take home the cup as their "party favor." Laura bought a file for placemates and had them printed. They were personalized with the name of the birthday girl and there were things to color and other things. We put crayons in tiny mason jars. Laura had purchased baby's breath and maybe spider mums(???) and I made little arrangements for the tables using mason jars. Laura saw someone giving away a sack of mason jars on a free site so she grabbed them. There was even a purple jar and we put the forks in it on the food table.

Laura had a sign painted for the birthday girl.

We served cheese straws (made by me) and decorated cookies (made in Birmingham and transported to Pike Road) and chips.

She had a purple birthday cake and we served macarons (from Publix). Mark said the lemon ones were really good.

We used cookie cutters shaped like circles, stars, and squares and made sandwiches - PBJ, Nutella, Jalapeno Pimento Cheese, and Bacon Pimento Cheese.

We moved the regular kitchen table to another location and put two card tables together and all but one little girl (the youngest) sat together (she was happy to sit with her mommy at another table).

She opened presents and did a good job of saying thank you.

We sang happy birthday and mommy helped her blow out the candles.

We are so thankful for our sweet family - granddaughters are just awesome!!