Brooklyn's 4th Birthday Party

This picture was taken 2 days before the birthday party as I was making the cake and getting it ready to freeze. The kids could not stay out of it...and neither could I to be honest. This cake batter was exceptionally yummy that day.

The day of the party, Monga made the frosting. How many kids does it take to get frosting and powdered sugar all over the kitchen? Only 1!! but in this case there are 2. Monga just thinks it's so funny.

Frosting the first layer was scary getting around the edges of the pointy crown. I almost tore it off a few times.

See the size of picture I had to work with? Luckily Sleeping Beauty's crown is easy to free-hand, but I had to stand there scratching my head for a little while figuring out how to make this itty bitty picture transfer to the size of a large cake.

Papa had been working in Argentina, but flew to our house instead of going home just for Brooklyn's birthday party. He flew in for less than 24 hours to be with Brooklyn for her birthday. Wow, what a sacrifice!!! That's a whole-lotta-love right there. Thanks Papa- you are amazing!

Papa putting frosting on their noses. Beckam kept trying to reach his tongue up to his nose to lick off the frosting.

Aunt Sue always decorates her gift bags to tie into the theme of the party. Brooklyn sat there staring at all the pretty pictures of Sleeping Beauty and her Prince. Brooklyn tells me she can't wait until she can have a prince too.
But, first she'll have to go through the 'boys are gross' phase, then we'll talk :)

Her cousins, Draden and Aliah came down

The finished product!

She got four sets of fairy wings, and a never ending bag of dress ups and jewelry from Aunt Sue and Uncle Ken. So, we invite all little girls over to play anytime!

About to blow out the candles... she blew out each individual one with their own full breath.

Beckam had a blast with the balloons all night. They occupied him for hours.

Princesses were a sure part of Brooklyn's birthday this year.
We can't believe we have a four-year-old princess ourselves. How do they get so old so fast?
We love you B-Kate, Happy Birthday!!!

Cabo or Bust!

Here we are just arriving at LAX to fly out to our long-awaited destination- Cabo!
If I look like I was sad, however, it is because I was. It was so hard to say good-bye to my babies for a whole week. This is the first time we have left them for more than a day or two and I cried all the way to the airport. I told Jason through my sobs and tears that this vacation better be worth it...and it was definitely a needed vacation and totally worth it.

Let us just take you on a tour of our vacation...

I had to take a picture of the clouds underneath us. Doesn't it make you jealous of the Care Bears? If only you could really jump on the clouds.

Here we are dining our first night we arrived.

The kitchen in our room.

The dining area and family room.

Out on our deck where we ate our breakfast most of the time.

The Mexican Fiesta- a special dining experience put on by Cascadas Beach Grill (the restaurant at the resort). They had entertainers, delicious food, amazing service, and the perfect environment- out on the beach.
All the chef's came out to serve you the food in the buffet line. They were so sweet to let us take pictures of them- they would just smile and pose.

My favorite part- the desserts! I tried them all and liked them. Jason was a little more well-composed for this part than I was.

One of the entertainers came and got me out of the audience to dance with him. He didn't speak any English so we pretty much just smiled at each other and danced.

The end of the show. It was such a unique and fun dining experience there everyday. But I especially love Mexican Fiesta Night. We came to this exact place six years ago for our honeymoon, so everything was surreal for us- even Mexican Fiesta Night.