I know everyone says this, but I cannot believe I have a four year old. She is spunky, and sweet, and so headstrong I am on my toes at all times! She can be the most compassionate little person I have ever been around, and then turn around and is a completely different child! We never know what she is going to say, but it usually has us laughing and shaking our heads because she is so smart! She picks up on the smallest details about things, remembers traits about everyone, and never forgets ANYTHING! She loves to tell stories and make up songs, and she loves that littler brother of hers! She is still a Daddy’s Girl and gets a little sad every morning when he isn’t here! Bless her heart. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for her because I know it is going to be something BIG!!
We are yummy cupcakes for breakfast on the morning of her birthday!! 
That night, she got to pick where we ate dinner…El Porton. My kinda girl!
We had a Littler Mermaid party that weekend. We are usually blessed with beautiful weather on her birthdays. Not so much this year. COLD and rainy. All of the outside activities (or ac-ativities) as Kate says) I had planned had to be re-thought! I set up some tables, our bubble machine, and some crafts in the garage to give us a little more space!
The food is always my favorite part of party planning and prep! Here is the cake!
We had oysters and sand dollars.
Guppy Pops.
Peanut butter and jellyfish
Octodogs
For the big merpeople we had Chicken of the Sea salad and croissants, sea shell pasta salad, and seaweed (spinach-artichoke) dip! 
For the favors, I made “poor unfortunate souls” soap. I wanted to do fish in the bags, but apparently, little plastic fish are really hard to find. Go figure. They turned out pretty cute, and I will say Luke was much better than me at placing the creatures!
These two are something else!
Because of the rain, our house was stuffed! 
Because of the rain, our house was stuffed! 
Travis’ octodogs were perfectly placed on his plate! 
The bubble machine was a huge hit!
Garage Games! We got to use our puppet show!
There were three crafts: Digging for treasure (shells and jewelry), making a paper plate fish, and making a paper plate jelly fish. 
They are so clever. Floatsom and Jetsome. 
And then someone got a hold of my camera in my bedroom…
And then someone got a hold of my camera in my bedroom…
We sang Happy Birthday and this progression of facial expressions cracks me up!
The pinata was made extra sturdy by Daddy and Papa Q after a malfunction right as the party was starting. It took Mama a few good licks to get it down!
The pinata was made extra sturdy by Daddy and Papa Q after a malfunction right as the party was starting. It took Mama a few good licks to get it down!
Instead of gifts, we asked for people to help us celebrate by considering a donation to My Charity Water. We still got a few cute new mermaid things, but we were able to give kids like Kate clean drinking water! I cant imagine not being able to go to my tap and get as much water as I can drink in one day. And having plenty for a shower in the morning. And bath at night. And all the hand washings in between! Please feel free to check out that charity!
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