Katelyn is THREE!

I sincerely cannot believe that my little princess is three years old! April 20th was the long awaited day. Where does time go? Katelyn was SO excited about being three because all of her friends are already three.

Because her birthday was on Sunday, we had her little birthday party on Saturday morning. That, of course means that I was up until after midnight on Friday night trying to create some sort of castle cake mess. I have never professed to being a cake decorator and from here on out will probably be a birthday cake purchaser, but Katelyn wanted a castle and this was my best effort!
I used my cousin Melanie's recipes (her amazing cooking blog is my only motivation for cooking) and the frosting was a marshmallow frosting. It tasted wonderful, but was either not the right frosting to make a non-leaning castle or it was way above my skill level. (I venture to guess it was the latter!) Oh well, Katelyn thought it was amazing!

She wanted to have a Cinderella party so we had a Cinderella explosion! She was a beautiful, sweet little princess in her new Cinderella dress.
The girls dressed up, painted their nails, and decorated magic wands so they could go to the royal ball. Patrick was designated the part of the handsome prince. He was a good sport in helping paint nails, dance, and minimize princess drama!

So let's be honest, when you have a birthday party for your three-year-old it is as much for the mom (I admit, that's me) as the girl! I became a disneyoutlet.com addict and found little Cinderella dolls and matching Cinderella t-shirts for all the girls. They looked so cute!
From what I understand, three is the new two so we'll enter the three-year-old phase with caution! We sure love our little Katelyn and have loved every minute of her first three years. She is truly our source of entertainment, joy, and drama!