4 More Years

My girl Sadie Lady is 4 years old today. No biggie. She's feeling real cool in this awesome bean bag armchair she got from Nana and Papa. Check out the evolution of Sadie on her birthday since the day of her birth in 2009. I frequently forget just how chubby her cheeks were. Adorable.

 We celebrated Sadie's birthday on Saturday at the Highland splashpad, just like last year. Hosting birthday parties away from your house is the way to go. Sadie requested a Peter Pan princess cake. I asked her if pink frosting would make it "princess" and she said yes. Then the day before the party she said she wanted a Tiana birthday cake from Target. She has looked through Target's cake portfolio multiple times while waiting for a free bakery cookie and she decided it was a good time to change her mind. Too bad.

We invited a bunch of our friends and had a good time hanging out. The splashpad was deserted due to the overcast skies. We pretty much had the whole thing to ourselves. 

Once Sadie saw her cake she forgot all about the Tiana request. (It helped that the Peter Pan figurines were new). She happily blew out her candles and ran to open presents. Sadie got a great variety of gifts that she loves and insists on keeping separate from the rest of the toys right now. She didn't eat any of her cake. Sadie hasn't eaten any cake on her birthday since she turned one. I think we can safely say she follows in her father's footsteps in disliking cake. She did, however, eat the frosting and m&ms off of a couple cupcakes.

With dinner that night we gave Sadie a few more gifts. I guess I should have specified that one of them was from Elise. Daniel's family asked Sadie what Elise got her and she thought about it for a second and said, "She didn't get me anything!" in an annoyed tone of voice.

Elise ran around in this pirate costume from Will & Lauren for a few hours. Sadie may not get to play with this much now that Elise knows about it.