the willetts: birthday

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Ava's 4th Birthday, Frozen Style {birthDAY}

Ava's Birthday was nothing short of a celebration!!!

Her birthday fell on a Sunday so we planned a family dinner after our state tournament. However, the state tournament was rained out so there was a change in the Sunday schedule. We ended up having a family lunch instead. All was well and good because Ava was still spoiled and enjoyed every minute of her BirthDAY!!!!

Ava loves all things SWEET, so naturally, she wanted to help bake her FROZEN birthday cake.

Finished product, Thanks Daddy for another fabulous cake design!

Each birthday, we hand balloon from their doorway, matching the theme of their party. Ava woke up and came down stairs shouting about her BIRTHDAY BALLOONS!!! We ran back upstairs to take pictures and play.

Mommy and Daddy had another birthday surprise waiting for Ava...

When Colin and Daddy got home from the 7:30 AM game, and Ells woke up, we had breakfast...donuts and kolaches, with candles!

Before the family came over, we took a few BIG GIRL 4 YEAR OLD pictures...

She is 4 going on 12!

Side note: she brought her Ariel Barbie outside with us and set her by the front door, she even requested I take a picture of her. See, Ariel is still her favorite!!!! My Little Mermaid Loving heart is SO happy. :)

Let the family party begin...

Time for cake!

We sand "Happy Birthday" for her at 1:27 PM, her actual time of delivery!

We are so lucky and incredibly blessed to have Ms. Ava Rose as our first daughter and middle child! She is one of a kind and God new exactly what he was doing when he made her. SO SO SO, in love with our Princess!

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Ava's 4th Birthday, Frozen Style {prep and party}

We have a 4 year daughter, y'all!

I can not believe how time has flown by and that my first born in already 4 years old...going on 10!

She is a princess at heart, loves to sing, dance, take care of her babies (real and dolls), and LOVES her family. She already has such a big heart and is the sweetest girl I know. :) My family says she is EXACTLY like me at 4 years old. We'll see...maybe she will be a teacher and want a dozen children herself. ;)

Her favorite foods are (turkey) pepperoni, carrots with ranch, strawberries, fruit snacks and popsicles.

She loves all things Princess, but her current favorite is Elsa, from Frozen. However, her all time favorite is still Ariel!!! Like mother, like daughter.

She still can not swim with out "floaties" or ride her bike without training wheels, but we are REALLY close on both!

We LOVE spoiling our children and creating life long memories for them. The best way we know how to do that is to make them feel special and love them unconditionally. Well, birthdays are a FAVORITE around here and we always celebrate in BIG ways.

I treated Ava to a Mommy-Daughter date to the "nail shop", as Ava calls it. She wanted blue and pink for Elsa and Anna. Blue on her toes, with snowflakes, and pink on her fingers. Ava also told me that we need to match so I went with pink. :)

Ava and Ella helped me choose things for the party, house and treat bags. Even though there wasn't a great selection of Frozen things at the party store, we still got what we needed.

Ava loves helping Mommy, especially when it about HER! :)

For a surprise, we bought Ava a new Elsa dress. She opened it and put it on immediately. She said "Oh, it's so beautiful!" and hugged it.

Pre-party snooze...

Ava's Birthday party was at a Fro-Yo place near by, called Orange Leaf. We invited her girls friends only (her request) and Colin got to invite one friend. It was so perfect! All the kids had a great time. Especially when they got to serve and create their own ice cream cups!