Tori's 4th Birthday!

Preparation for Tori's 4th birthday started last night as soon as the kids went to bed. And it's a really good thing it did. Jared's task was to construct the play kitchen Grandma and Grandpa Allen sent for Tori- it took him a good three hours to get it all put together!!!

Was all that time worth it? You bet- especially seeing Tori's reaction when she saw her kitchen for the first time this morning! Thanks so much Grandma and Grandpa- it is perfect!!!

Shortly after Tori unveiled her kitchen, we had  a yummy breakfast, and then headed off to the State Fair. The rest of her presents had to wait until we got back home this evening. While at the fair, Benson gave Tori a Belle doll for her birthday- which she got to play with on the car ride home. We kept hearing her say, "Benson gave me a great gift!" It was really cute!
Uncle Willie, Aunt Krista, Parker, Lincoln, Henry, and Caroline- thanks so much for sending Tori a new purse! She loves it and uses it to carry around cake, cookies, and ice cream!!!

Garrett was so excited that we let him open a present today as well! He is going to look so handsome at church sporting his new bow tie!

This is going to be a ton of fun- a kit to create 10 headbands!!! Thanks so much Uncle Jer, Aunt Kim, and London!

Yeah, a whole bunch of food to go in her new kitchen!

And for the last event of the day- cake and ice cream! Tori requested a cake with pink and purple on the inside, yellow on the outside, and colorful sprinkles- we nailed it!!!

Yep, she was pretty happy with how her cake turned out!

Singing "Happy Birthday" to our beautiful four year old!

 Tori blew all of her candles out for the very first time!!!

No need to wait for a spoon- licking works just fine! (Notice the pink and purple on the inside!)

Garrett enjoyed his cake as well!

Tori asked Daddy to read her castle card (also a request) to her before she went to bed tonight- such a cute moment!

Happy 4th birthday, Tori! We are so happy that you are part of our family! We love watching you learn and grow every single day! We adore how much you love books, clothes, shoes, and anything sparkly! We love you oh so very much!!! Love, Daddy and Mommy