A Princess Party

You are invited to a princess party
honoring Princess Esther and Princess Emma's 5th Birthday

Saturday, January 19th 1-3 pm
Esther & Emma's castle
*Please wear your favorite Princess dress!*

6 am, My day started bright and early as I started
cooking and baking! Fortunately, I had two little helpers who helped me clean up.

1 pm, The Princesses and their entourage have arrived!
Mom isn't home yet, so I entertained all of the girls by having them make their very own Princess jewelery!

Poor Ivy even got dressed up!

Helping to even out our Asian population, Princess Ellie (left)
and her sister Princess Davie Ann!

Princess Emma and Princess Kayla enjoying their royal luncheon

Four little Princesses: Brooke, Emily, Esther & Angelina

A table of royalty!

The Royal Cake
(My first attempt at making a homemade cake.. I ran out of time so I didn't get to finish decorating. That brown "blob" is supposed to be a castle.. and I was supposed to ice it with icing spray, but it didn't arrive in time! That's Belle and Ariel decorating the cake!)

Princesses Brooke, Emily & Esther

Princess Mia dressed as a beautiful Cinderella!

Playing "Pin the slipper on the princess"

Pinata time.. Emma takes a swing

Prince Asher also joined in on the festivities.. he helped hold up the royal pinata

Princess Esther takes a hit!

Even Princess Ellie got to have a try... =)

But the little princesses were not strong enough, so we let the big, tough prince charming help out..

Mass candy!

The Royal Princesses--
Ellie, Esther, Abigail, Kayla, Emily, Angelina, Emma, Brooke, Davie, Micah & Mia

Uh oh.. there's one princess we forgot about!
(Princess "Ash" showed up a bit late)

Cake time..

Making wishes and blowing out the candles..

What princess doesn't lick the icing off of her candles?

Looks like a bit of Mardi Gras!

Present time.. the Cinderella castle, a gift from the King & Queen (AKA Dad & Mom)

More royal gifts

Apparently, this is what I looked like after all of the guests left..

Having virtual twins presents some challengers, but we just learn to deal with them.. or come up with a compromise! The girls' party went great, it was the first time we have had a party for the two of them. Since their birthdays are so close (Esther-January 6 & Emma-February 14) we had their party in between their birthdays. Both girls have the same friends, so it didn't make sense to have two seperate parties. Since they act much like twins, we will continue to celebrate their birthdays together, but of course have a family party on their actual birth day. We will continue this until they are older and can decide on their own what they want to do.
It was a fun day, but I was mighty tired by the end!! =)