Anna's Princess Party

We celebrated Anna's fourth birthday this weekend with lots of fun, girly things! For her party, she had three friends join her at the nail salon for manicures and pedicures. A couple of the other girls were a little unsure of things here, but Anna kept saying, "This is so fun! Thank you, Mommy!" Needless to say, she loved it! Each of the girls chose one color for their hands and a different one for their toes. Anna's colors are so bright they almost glow in the dark!

After all the princesses enjoyed a little pampering, we all walked across the parking lot to Bruster's for the rest of the party. The girls got to make a batch of ice cream in any color they wanted - they chose pink. Once it was ready, they had access to an unlimited sundae bar and got to load their pink ice cream full of goodies. Out of all the toppings available, the silly gummy worms were the biggest hit! Anna had a great time with her friends and loved her "girls only" birthday party (we talked that aspect up a lot because her brothers stayed home with Grandy and Pop).

After the party we all came home and had lunch and celebrated with more gifts and a Belle cake. I think it's safe to say that our little princess had a wonderful day!

Choosing her colors at the salon.

Finley decided upon two different shades of purple.

Olivia, Anna, and Finley holding onto their colors waiting for Claire.

Grammy helped Claire pick out which colors she wanted.

Every princess needs her own tiara, so we crowned each of the girls while they got pampered.

Princess Claire

Princess Anna with Grammy & Ninny

Olivia was a little unsure of the pampering and in the end decided that she wasn't quite ready for a "professional" pedicure. She declared that her toes were already purple (previously painted by her Mommy) so she didn't need anything else!

We ended up with matching Belle's at this princess party.

The end result

Walking to Bruster's for ice cream.

Learning all about the ice cream machine.

I can't remember why Anna is raising her hand, but I thought it was cute!

Birthday girl pushing the button to start the churning.

Checking out the rest of the ice cream while waiting on our pink ice cream to be ready.

Pink ice cream is ready!

Happy birthday, baby!

Olivia going after that gummy worm!

It was a fun, fun party for the girls! After lunch at home, Anna got to enjoy some family gifts and a Belle cake that she was thrilled about!

Showing off her pinkalicious gloves and purse - thank you, Ellie!

Before all the grandparents hit the road, we tried to get a picture with each of them. Here's everyone with Pop & Grammy.

With Ninny & Grandy. Can you tell it's game day?

After all the festivities were over, Anna had to change into a new shirt and skirt (that plays music) and do a little twirling around!

Eating dinner with one pink glove and a purse on her arm!

Not to be left out, princess Lucy.

Not too thrilled about the tiara at this point!