Bentley's 4th Birthday

I can't believe it, but our little girl has turned 4 years old! It has been so much fun watching her grow and learn this past year. She is thriving in preschool and any extra class we put her in like dance, gymnastics, swimming and soccer. She loves to learn and is starting to recognize and write her letters. Counting has always been her thing and she can go up to 20. She loves crafts, games, dressing up, and anything with friends! If she could have a friend with her every second of the day she would be in heaven. She was so excited to start sunbeams this year and loves every minute of it. This girl is super likeable and has such a good attitude about life and all the fun things there are to do. I still love her giggles! She is such a good big sister and really loves having Deacon as a buddy. They play really well together and the times I see her reading to him or helping him with something makes my heart melt! She is very strong willed and when she gets her mind set on something, it is very hard to change it. She still hates going to bed, even though we've recently gotten her a bigger and really cute bed so we could give our crib mattress to the new baby coming. We love our Bentley boo so much, and can't wait to experience life with her. 

We just threw her a party on Saturday and Bentley had a blast! First we took her and three friends to Cora's for breakfast. It was adorable to see them all sitting at the table chatting and eating, especially with the happy birthday crowns I handed out. My mom came with me to help out (while Deacon stayed home with Jeff), and we also really enjoyed our breakfast! They even brought out a birthday treat for Bentley with sparklers and sang to her. It was a duck cut out of apple with some dipping sauce on the bottom. After Cora's, we drove the girls back to our house where I helped them dress up into princess gowns, accessories and makeup. Then we spread out a red carpet and did a little fashion show with music. Afterwards I had a few games planned, which included musical "carpets" (from Aladdin) instead of chairs, getting tangled in Rapunzel's hair (streamers), kissing the frog (we blindfolded them, put lipstick on, and they had to try to kiss the frog on the lips), and the poison apple passing game (if the apple stops on them they bite it, fall over dead, and the rest of the girls revive them by giving out chocolate kisses). They all seemed to really love the games! I also had some magic mirrors for them to each decorate with stickers and glitter. Then, we sang happy birthday, ate cupcakes, and opened presents. Bentley got lots of cute things and was very happy with how everything went. My mom, Cindy, and Jeff were also great helpers and we had lots of fun with the little princesses!