Princess Party

The invitations were sent...

Hear Ye, Hear Ye,

By order of the King and Queen:

Your royal presence is requested at

An Enchanted Birthday Party for Princess

Ashley Bates

on this magical occasion of her 4th Birthday.

At this royal event will be an appearance by

the beloved Princess Cinderella!

The royal celebration will begin when all the

carriages arrive at

2:00 in the afternoon on the

19th of March 2011

and will continue until the stroke of 4:00.

King Dan is asking that you come dressed in your most royal attire...

Please RSVP with Queen Melissa if you plan to attend this royal gala…

Our party will take place at the Bates Castle This is what the back of the invitation read...

Notes: To the distinguished chauffeurs of the royal party guests. Photographs will be taken by the Royal photographer at the beginning of the party. You are welcome to stay until that time and take your own photos if you wish. You are also welcome to leave your Princess or Prince and return at 4:00pm to whisk her or him home, or stay for your amusement if you prefer. Royal snacks, punch and cake will be provided for all the Royal Guests and plenty will be available to refresh chauffeurs as well. Princess Ashley also has extra gowns to loan to any guest who wishes to borrow one. Please let Princess Ashley know if that is the wish of her royal guest. Entertainment at the party is provided by “A Child’s Dream Entertainment”

...let the planning begin.

Ever since Ashley saw Cinderella last Fall at the Pumpkin Festival, she has not stopped talking about wanting her to come to her birthday party, we let her know we would send her an invitation but wasn't sure if she would be able to come, thank goodness she can't read yet, because she was totally surprised to see that not only Cinderella but Woody showed up to her birthday party. Seeing her face when she saw Cinderella was priceless and worth every penny we spent on the party.

Of course all week long we had the most beautiful weather, so we planned to have the arty at our house we figured, we would set tables and chairs up outside for the kids and the adults could hang out inside and watch through the windows...yeah mother nature didn't agree with that plan, it was freezing cold and windy that day, so the party had to be moved in doors. No big deal, except my inside is not big enough for ~20 kids and their parents. =}

We sent Ashley down to the neighbors house to play while Mom finished decorating and getting ready for the party so she was totally shocked when she came home to a princess decorated house full of her friends.

We hid Cinderella & Woody in our room, once Ashley got home and got over the shock and got her lip gloss refreshed =} we let them out. Look at her face in these next few pictures(you can double click on a picture to enlarge it), there is also a video below.

The two Princesses

Family Picture

Princess Lessons and Princess Promise

They played two games, read a story and sung to the kids before serving them their snacks.

Lets have some cake!

Then there was dancing...

...and crafts, the Girls made Tiaras, while the boys made Woody belt buckles. Then everyone made bracelets.

Princess Ashley didn't want much to do with Woody till the very end, then she gave him a big hug and thanked him for coming.

Saying Goodbye to Cinderella.

Enjoy the videos be sure to scroll down and mute the music before playing them.

Overall, I think the party went well, Ashley had a blast and that was the most important thing. i was a little overwhelmed, trying to be Mom, host and photographer. I am very embarrassed over these pictures, NOT my best work, oh well, not much I can do now. =) Ashley got lots of great gifts, thank you everyone who came and we missed those of you that were away. I will be doing her 4 year update after her Dr appt on April 26th.