Evelyn's Birthday Party

Here are some pictures from the party.
Evelyn recently turned 3 on Dec.30th. We were planning on doing a low key party except the past year Evelyn had discovered all that birthday parties could be and CONSTANTLY reminded us of what she wanted. It was always the same. "I want a PINK birthday." When people would ask her WHEN her birthday was, she would always respond PINK! So the bar had been raised for this past birthday. I knew I couldn't get away with just a simple little cake and ice cream. So, I sent out the birthday invites to her friends and told them it was going to be a PINK birthday. With lots of help we decorated the entire living room with pink everywhere! We covered the walls with pink fabric. Evelyn loved it! Nathaniel and Evelyn baked a cake together and Nathaniel decorated it. He did a wonderful job. I was really impressed. I had to laugh though. He treated this task of cake decorating as he would his research which involved a pen and a pad of paper and searching every cupboard and hidden nook in the kitchen. When he would get an idea of how to use a certain item, he would say "Ah Ha" with pure delight, grab the item from the cupboard, set it on the table and quickly write down his wonderful idea. By the time he was done I think there was more items on the table, than in our cupboards. :)
We played lots of wonderful games like: Pin the teira on the Princess, Find the Princess, Pink pinatas full of necklaces and rings and candy, the last thing Nathaniel and I did for them was a little skit. It was so cute!! The girls really loved it. It was about what really makes a princess beautiful. (Smiling) Nathaniel was the mirror on the wall and I was the princess trying to get ready for a ball and I kept asking Mirror Mirror on the Wall am I beautiful for the Ball? He would keep saying No until I realized that I needed to smile. Then at the very end we danced the Waltz to "I am like a Star." from the primary songbook. It turned out super super cute!