So it took days to prepare and a day and half to recover…who knew throwing a little princess party for a 4-year old was going to be so much work.<\/p>\n
I know it seemed like more work than it should have been because I have such high expectations for everything. I really wanted the house to be perfectly unpacked and in order (which it wasn’t), I had a picture of a grand castle cake in my mind (which turned into a horrible ordeal and mess), and although we had Uncle Jeff and Wendy and our very close friends here…it was a little hard not having all of our family and friends here. It was our first birthday that the grandparents, Aunt Meesh and the cousins couldn’t attend.<\/p>\n
But despite all of this, we had a great time.\u00a0 Emma was the most gracious, sweetest little Birthday princess, and I was very proud of her. And I think everyone else had a good time, too. I just put up all of the birthday pics on flickr – including ones that Em took with her new little FisherPrice digital camera. (A Birthday gift from Nena and Uncle Jeff!)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I think it just sunk in. She is really four. Wow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So it took days to prepare and a day and half to recover…who knew throwing a little princess party for a 4-year old was going to be so much work. I know it seemed like more work than it should … Continue reading ![\"em_belle.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/em_belle.jpg\")
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