Porter David & Emma Rose Sowa: My baby girl is THREE!!!

Monday, April 14, 2014

My baby girl is THREE!!!

Emma Rose turned 3 years old yesterday. As requested, she got homemade banana bread with "scrim-scream" (whipped cream) for her birthday breakfast!

We opened presents in the morning...

Emma Rose thought her Cinderella dress was too scratchy.

She was super-proud of her new "ski helmet" (really a bike helmet) from Aunt Jenny & Uncle Justin.

...But Emma Rose's big present was her new, big-girl room. "I love it!!!" she told us when she saw it.

Emma Rose had a princess birthday party. Every single time we go to Target, we HAVE to walk by the princess cakes, and Emma Rose says, "I want one of those for my birthday!" So a princess cake she got!

All the girls at the party dressed as their favorite princesses. Emma Rose talked for months about how she wanted a new Cinderella dress for her party (which she got for her birthday), but when the date came, she wanted to wear her "green" princess dress - "but only for a little bit."

Princesses Caroline, Emma Rose, Sofia, Ansley, Avery, Gavyn, Ellery, and Hampton all joined the fun (as well as princess Haley - not seen in this picture!)

The girls had fun making tiaras...while Porter supervised.

Emma Rose loved all of her gifts, but she was especially taken by the "Princess dolls" she received. We found Emma Rose playing with them by herself: "Princess Bride" ended up in the bottom of a bag while Princess Cinderella yelled down to her, "Are you okay down there in jail?"

And then the big surprise...Cinderella came to play games with the girls! (Porter was the scrutinizing spectator in the corner... "That girl has a cell phone; she is NOT a real princess..." he announced, and when she told the kids not to step on the "magic stones," lest they turn into a frog, Porter tested it out and said, "I did not turn into a frog," and soon announced to the group, "I am NOT doing Princess stuff.") Cinderella was sweet and stayed in character the whole time.