My Dad is working on a secret project with Bella dressed up as a dancer, so I thought I'd post a few of the cute pictures here. I took some pictures and then had to transpose her into a scene. It was fun and I think she'll be excited when she sees it. She's a pretty Ballerina! (I love how you can see Charlotte peeking out from behind Bella. Haha!)
Right before Christmas break, Bella asked me if she could have a pink party. I don't know where she came up with the idea, but she wouldn't let it go. Of course, during the holidays, the last thing I wanted to do was to have a party, so I asked her if we could do it after the Christmas break, maybe closer to Valentine's day. She seemed ok with that, but never let me forget. So.... after the break, we planned a pink party. Normally I would say no, but she's never had even a birthday party and I was keeping it pretty simple, more like a play date, so it was fun. We went to the store and bought some pink plates and cups and table cloth and cut out some pink hearts and hung them with some pink balloons and that was just the right touch.
She invited about 4 girls (plus Charlotte) and told them to wear pink. We decided to paint their nails pink, decorate sugar cookies with pink frosting and eat some pink food for lunch. We added in a freeze dance game and a musical chairs game and the time went by quickly. They got little pink jelly bracelets for being the winner of the round and then we just handed the rest out. One girl showed up with a present and I had to tell them it wasn't a birthday party and that set Bella off a little. I think she thought you get presents at every party and wanted to keep it. I told them to save it for her birthday... in 6 months! Ha! Funny girl. I had to take her into a different room to talk with her about it because she was really upset, but it all worked out ok and it was a fun party. She said, "next I want to have a purple party" and Charlotte said, " I want an orange party". I had to put my foot down on that!
