Mara's Birthday Celebration

Grandma Tolman was gone for Mara's birthday, so she came over about a week before and gave Mara her gifts. She got a way fun Princess book that came with a playmat and figures, and some new clothes.

The night before her birthday we gave her a new nightgown. It was one that I had bought at a craftshow and had forgotten about. I'm just glad that it fits her.

For breakfast she requested pancakes.

Then it was time to open gifts from us.

Xander picked out the Princess & The Frog Polly set for her. Which she loved!!

She also got a few new dresses, a tableware set of Princess & The Frog and a 'Snow White Baby'.

I even did a 'princess' hair style for her for church!

I forgot to get a picture of the kids before church when they wore their Easter clothes, so I made sure to get one before we left.

After church, Aunt Karri was here decorating Mara's cake and she had to give her 2 cents about it.

The finished product!

After a yummy dinner and playing outside with cousins it was time to open presents!

She was very spoiled and got a bunch of fun stuff.

This movie from JD & Chris (Barbie: The Princess & The Pauper)  made her scream so high that only dogs could hear!  We had rented it a few months ago and she love, love, loved it, so she was overly excited that we now own it!  She also got a Barbie: Mermaidia movie too :)

A new Beauty & the Beast playset from Mana!

My mom is working hard this year to make pillowcases for all the grandkids for their birthdays. It's been really fun for her to use the Cricut in a whole new way.  She uses my machine WAY more than I do!

New Barbie and Ken from Aunt Karri, along with a carrying case!  So cool!

Barbie clothes from Mana!

A Prince Eric doll from Grandma Joan!

And it's official: Mara has WAY TOO MANY BARBIES!!! 

Lisa (my sis in law) and I have been discussing the fact that our girls have way too many barbie dolls and 90% of them have come from Grandma Joan!  She just can't pass up a great deal and LOVES to give gifts to the grandkids, so mostly it's a new barbie for the girls.  It's getting really tiring having so many dolls lying around. Ultimately, I would love for Mara to have maybe 3-4 dolls and just keep the clothes from the others and only buy new clothes for them. We have both told Grandma 'no more barbies', but she's still trying to give them, so we'll see what happens in the future. But for now, Mara likes playing with them and I just need to figure out which ones are her favs and then get rid of the rest.

That night was a combined celebration of all the April birthdays in the family. Mara's bday is the 11th, my mom's is the 14th, and my niece Sawyer's is the 19th. We've been lucky to celebrate them all together, but might need to have them separate in the future, you know, girls and their jealousy.

This picture makes me laugh. We've got our 3 birthday girls and then Conli had to jump into the picture! She was so funny all night and had to be in the middle of everything, even though her birthday was barely a month ago!  We might just need to change her birthday from March to April so she can feel included in the festivities! But I love that it's Mana & her 3 girls :)

Happy Birthday Girls!!