Our Blessing is FOUR!!

It's cliche, but I cannot believe how fast time flies.....on October 26th our little darling turned 4. I had a little dilemma because I got her a cute birthday shirt to wear to school and then they pulled a fast one on me.....her class was having a HALLOWEEN DRESS UP party on her birthday.  WHAT?  So, she incorporated her shirt and she was a Birthday Princess.  Problem solved.

We both got to go to her little luncheon.  Bella wanted me to bring brownies and ice cream, so her wish was my command.  Actually, Ms. Krisa made the brownies and I bought the ice cream.

Um, this is my girl and her best boy friend.

They played some dancing games after they ate.  Again, Bella showed off her moves.

Then, it was off to Krisa and Brads for some dinner----Bella's choice- PIZZA.  Then, she got to open up her present from them.  She got the Princess and the Frog DVD (which she USED to own but lost) and..................

......a Princess Tiana Barbie.  

Happy girl!

Never a Dull Moment

There is absolutely, positively nothing boring about the Bellster. She always finds a way to laugh, smile or have fun. That's one of the many, many things I love about her!

We bought Bella this little microphone that plays the song "Just the Way You Are".  She immediately  grabbed her "rock star" glasses (as she calls them) and put on a concert.  She looks a little like Macy Gray, don't cha think?

Painting on cardboard with daddy!

Showing off her face and arm paint from school.

At school, they have a WOW TREE.  When someone does something really special, their name gets up there.  Bella got her name up there a couple of weeks ago for being an outstanding reader.  So, naturally, she had to make a WOW WALL in our living room.  It keeps growing and growing.

Partying

Last week Bella went to two different birthday parties. The first one was a Minnie Mouse bash and the other was at Jumping Jacks. Bella LOVED every minute of each party. The Minnie Mouse birthday was super fancy with lots of fun surprises and activities.

For starters, she got her face painted.

Then, she got her nails done.

Daddy helped "dry" her nails.

Yummy cake, cake pops and cupcakes.

Dance party......Bella had no hesitation.

Bella and one of her best buds.

Musical chairs.

Eating jelly beans and being silly.

Yep, Micky and Minnie arrived after a magic show from Mr. Strange.

The look on Bella's face when she saw Mickey and Minnie.

With the Birthday girl.

Then, we stopped at Krisa and Brad's and Krisa's mom (who is a Husky) surprised her with some COUGAR gear.

Birthday bash #2

 Bella being her goofy silly self!

 Scooby-dooby-doo

To Grow More Pumpkins...I Mean Loving

Bella has learned a few prayers from school.  One of them has a line that goes, "In all we do and all we  say, to grow more loving everyday."

So I asked her, "What does it mean to 'grow more loving everyday'?"

"I don't know.  Well, actually, we LOVE God and maybe we should GROW pumpkins everyday."

Gotta love her interpretation.

Pink Fur: The Next Best Thing

Every year we go to the pumpkin patch. You might find this hard to believe, but I have yet to have an autumn/pumpkin outfit for Bella to wear. This year I was all over it BUT of course the mail just wasn't fast enough. So, in case you are ever in this situation all you have to remember is that the next best thing is pink fur.

We went with the Engels of course.

Tucker's first pumpkin patch experience.  Oh, the things you do for the sweet photo op.

There were a lot of green pumpkins this year!

Bella and "her little brother" Tucker.

I had to get a shot of my sweet girl in the "dress I had to have".  I am addicted to Etsy and Zulilly, Pray for me.  We were on our way to church.

My little supermodel.

Bella's idea of a good time.