It happened. Allie's officially the age she's looked for about 6 months now. We celebrated her fourth birthday beginning early Thursday morning (not quite as early as her very first birthday, but early enough for a school-day), and capped it off with a Rapunzel birthday party full of purple, sugar, friends, family, and fun.
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| Happy early morning birthday girl! (Birthdays are the few exceptions that warrant a smile for our non-morning-person girl.) |
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| Allie and a few of her closest Rapunzels came in for a birthday snuggle with Abby. |
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| Despite what this picture suggests, the ice-cream cake made it through the song.. |
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| Minus one begging boxer, plus one year. |
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| Neither Chris, nor I have any idea what to do with this, but she seems pretty pumped (soccer starts in April). |
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| Birthday wishes... |
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| and Birthday Kisses. |
It was a long two days, but Allie's birthday-party-day finally arrived. Pinterest, Grandparents and I combined forces to transform our townhouse into a town-tower for Allie's Rapunzel 4th Birthday Party. I'm a sucker for any excuse to combine Disney, good friends, and a happy Allie, so naturally, today was a very good day. When I asked Allie at bedtime what her favorite part of the day was, she said 'All of it.' A big 'thank you' to our friends and family for making it such a special gathering (and for braving the winter-weather that kept you on the road for much longer than expected going home)!
All Tangled-Up in fun...
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| Barb and Steve (Grammy and Grandpop) nailed the braided cupcakes. (The only combo of hair and food that is totally delicious.) |
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| No one decided to scale their way to the party...fortunately. |
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| Great Crafty-Grandmoms think alike. |
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| She had this smile on her face the entire time :o). |
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| Don't let this guy fool you...Nathan was partying with the best of them by the end of the afternoon! |
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| A sofa full of male-solidarity. |
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| On to more crafting! |
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| And more crafting... |
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| And more crafting! |
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| When in a princess and pink Rome... |
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| Do as the Romans do. |
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| Get your princess on. |
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| And...your super-girl-princess-snack-on. |
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| Cupcake time! |
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| Happy Birthday Family. |
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| And no Allie birthday party is complete without a pin-the-something-on-the-something. Allie of course spun around with the blindfold and then took it off in time to pin on her flower. |
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| She then proceeded to usher all of her friends to the braid so... |
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| EVERYONE was a winner! |
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| And, since she's declared that she will marry him, it's only appropriate that Allie start bossing Brady around now. |
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| THERE'S the party animal! |
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| Quick... |
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| De-tangling spray... |
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| And a brush... |
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| Stat! |
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| The streamers did 'knot' disappoint. |
We had a (Flynn-Rider)-Wanted-Poster Photo Opp for all those who wanted it...or who were made to do it :o).
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| We didn't have to ask this birthday ham twice... |
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| Or her Rapunzel twin. |
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| Allie needs to work on her framing, but Brady's mastered the serious-thief-business-pose. |
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| No shocker that Olivia has a mug-shot-made for Hollywood. |
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| Grammy and Grandpop take a Valentine's Day turn. |
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| Alice..wanted for extreme cousin-cuteness. |
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| Sarah...she's been on the Allie's most-wanted list for a while. |
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| Nathan...this kid is a total repeat offender. |
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| Hannah's the queen of juvy. |
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| :o). |
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| Who let these two crazy kids in to the party? |
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| Ebi... |
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| And his partner-in-crime. |
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| Blame the Buehlers for whatever was stolen. |
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| The Hardmans - their rap sheet is pretty long. |
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| Wanted for extreme-partying-skills. They brought Riley's cotton-candy-maker to the complete thrill of those young and old. |
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| They even took orders! |
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| This one ordered up some fun... |
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and she absolutely got it!
Happy Birthday, Al. We love you! |
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