The party!

Took me a couple of days to get a moment to sit at the computer and sort through Ry's birthday pictures. It was really quite a magical day!

The three monkey's were waiting for the partygoers to arrive!

Friends started arriving and I had everyone wait inside while we waited for a very special guest... Cinderella! She rang the doorbell and I had Ry answer the door. She didn't quite know what to think or to say! Cinderella read a story, danced with the kids, made crowns, and played limbo. It was tons of fun!

They were doing magic spells singing "Bibbity Bobbity Boo" and they were all Dragons here. :)

Look at that smile on Ry!!!

Sweet...

Her "Glass Slippers"

So after Cinderella left to see Prince Charming, we all headed outside for pizza and swimming in a new inflatable pool we got. All was going great until Fire Ants made there way into the pool and the kids were getting bit - Eeek! So we did the pinata in the house - no pictures - I was holding the pinata and then onto the cake!

She took a deep breath to blow out her candles!

And we opened gifts too. She got lots of amazing presents. More than any 4 year old needs! The funniest part was that each of the kids who brought the presents didn't really want to give them up. Challenging age! I did take some pictures for this part, but the kids were so fast and moving in front of the camera that they aren't very good. I did get this one though. This is Ry's good friend, Ryan, who she calls "Boy Ryan". They are very good friends from preschool. And I love that both of them have such long eyelashes!

Everyone started going home and the party was winding down when Kai blew out his diaper all over the carpet. That sure cleared the room and ended the party!!

It was really such a wonderful day. I was completely and totally emotionally and physically exhausted afterward, but it was so worth it.