The Birthday Girl!

Miss Maeli is 4! For about 6 weeks she's been trying to convince us she already had her birthday, but the day finally came! She did great at the doctor and didn't cry at all with her three pokes. She's in the 20th percentile all around, but passed all her tests with ease. She's a smart little drama princess! We asked her want she wanted to do on her birthday, her first choice was go to the zoo, but we just don't live close enough to make that happen (we could have if she had EVER mentioned that prior to her birthday). So she opted to have her "best friend Ali" over for a tea party.
They, of course, had to get dressed up for the occasion!
the menu: strawberry juice, pineapple, grapes, heart shaped cheese, marshmallows, chocolate and butterscotch chips, crunchy noodles, and jelly beans.
Their conversation took on a very "grown-up" attitude as they discussed how awful it is to have siblings, how much they both love Disney movies, and their common hobby of collecting random rocks.
She had some very specific requests as far as the cake went: "A Tinkerbell cake, wither Tinkerbell on top and pictures of me wearing Tinkerbell clothes all around the bottom. And really tall." I talked her into getting rid of the pictures of her, and came up with this. I know it would have been better with fondant, but I'm not an expert on cakes.
Some other friends joined us for cake and spoiled Maeli with presents galore!
Butter fly wings, and Tinkerbell shoes (not shown, but oh so cute!)
All kinds of Barbie stuff--she was pretty excited about that!
Her Rapunzel dress she requested specifically from Grandma Terry.
And her great grandparents sent money that we used to get her a big girl bike!Being 4 is awesome!