Birthday Party Pictures!

Mallory had a WONDERFUL birthday party. We've been talking about it for weeks and knew what she wanted for her party and I think the entire weekend was a hit. Mommy is worn out, but I'm so happy that my little girl had such a special day.

Mallory has grown quite a special affinity to the flag of Norway. She asked weeks ago for a Norway cake. In addition to Norway, I decided to make United Kingdom and Germany cakes too, her second and third favorite flags. We had HUGE flags waving from the deck and small flags on her cake table. We had the jumping castle set up and had a wonderful spread of grillin' goods. Patrick manned the grill and did a fantastic job, I must say. Mallory received a Norway shirt made by our friends and a Norway pillow made by my mom. She was excited about them both, that's for sure. She's our Norway girl.

Happy Birthday Mallory!

My baby is turning 4 today. She's still sleeping and I can't wait to greet here this morning. It was this time 4 years ago I started the whole pushing process to bring her into this world. She arrived at 7:59am. Man, that was a crazy morning...

Today, though, I've got Banana Chocolate Chip muffins (with a dash of cinnamon...a spice I've figured out that she likes) in the oven, anticipating the moment that Mallory wakes up for smiles and birthday wishes. Today, she wants to color, play with stickers, go to the park, have a picnic, and play in the jumping castle. I think we can do it all. I've still go laundry to do during the down times, but with Gommy and Poppy here today I think we can do it all!

I can't wait to blog about the party on Saturday. Wow, it was a hit! Mallory was SOO excited and was in a state of pure joy during the event, and really just plain joyful this whole weekend.

Happy Birthday, sweet girl.