Kora is 4

This post is long behind. On August 22nd Kora turned 4 years old. She decided she wanted a little Mermaid Birthday party this year. As always we just had a small little family party. Which, my goal this next year is to start doing friends parties and family parties. We never really had the room before and since moving here, we finally feel comfortable enough for kid parties.

Kora, is a girly girl who LOVES to dress up. If she doesn't have a princess dress on, then she's probably just in her underwear. She isn't our most modest child. She loves to sing, and dance and is such a ham. She loves making people laugh and has a beautiful smile. She is our only child to make it in the double digit percentage range in height and weight at a whopping 25% in both. We are excited about that, but she is also only about 2 inches shorter than Hunter.

This year Kora found a little handout in her Snow White movie and in it, they had little snow white toys. She was obsessed with a little vacuum (aka: Zoomer) and begged us for it. After checking out the retail online $69....we decided not to get it for her....but Kelly somehow found one in a different color for less than half the other price and still a princess vacuum. She loves it and often helps me "zoom" the house.

She got 2 more princess dresses, one of which I had to hide away until Halloween and a pillow pet...along with a few other things. Hunter and Mylie both got pillow pets for their birthdays and Kora was anxiously awaiting hers. Kora just loves her new dress up dresses. She's a princess every day of the week.

Happy Birthday Kora!

Kora's birthday was actually last Saturday, the 22nd. We were in Oceanside last weekend so we planned on celebrating her birthday on the 29th. While we were in Oceanside we took her to Chuck E Cheeses for the first time and she loved it. To top the day off we went to Toys 'r Us and let her pick out a toy. When we asked her what type of Birthday party she wanted she wouldn't hesitate to say "Cinderella"...well, actually pronounced "Si-le-la". In fact, every stranger we met for the last month has been told that she was having a Cinderella party. Well, guess what type of toy she picked out at Toys 'r Us...Snow White. Yeah, never saw that one coming. Even after she picked it out I kept showing her the Cinderella doll thinking she had to be mistaken but no, she wanted Snow White. She loves it and that's all that matters. In fact, she also recently told us that she wants to be Snow White for Halloween. Maybe I'll actually get her costume done early this year since I know so far in advance....lets hope!

As for Kora's party, it was just a small family party. I wasn't sure what kind of cake to make. I thought, maybe a doll cake...didn't know how to do that...then maybe a shoe...hummm...no and then Kelly told me I should make a castle. I had to go online to get some ideas on how to do it and I think it turned out ok. Kora and Hunter actually passed up the cake and ate the frosted ice cream cones instead.

This picture is Kora in a princess dress that she got. I apologize at how blurry and dark it is. I think I need to change the settings on our camera. She loves dressing up. Kora is such a girly girl she loves to be pretty.

Hard to believe my little baby is 3...and starting Pre-School next week. Cherish every minute with your children because they grow up so fast.