Princess Reese turns 5

Blaine's daughter Reese turned 5 this year, and I can't believe how time has flown by. She's growing into the most adorable little girl, who is so sweet and kind. If I knew for a fact my children would turn out as great as her, I'd have 10 of them.

Blaine had friends and family over last Thursday on Reese's actual birthday for a Disney princess themed party. Reese was so happy to see everyone, which was a big change from her 2nd birthday party where she left the room saying, "no, no, no, no, no" as soon as Mom and I came in the door.

She gave everyone hugs and went to her room to change out of her ballet class clothes. She came out in her Snow White costume from Halloween and Blaine rolled her eyes. It was her party though, and she could wear what she wanted.

We ate dinner and watched Reese open the dozens of presents everyone brought. Miss Manners always opened the card first, "so I know who it's from" and made sure to thank that person after opening the present with a hug. This made for quite the lengthy process, but how cute is that?!

opening presents while little Mischa ran amuck twirling
and playing with that balloon

standing amongst the wrapping rubble

After presents, we sang and cut the cake. Blaine made it from scratch again this year, isn't she talented? 

The Little Mermaid of course

I had gotten Reese a set of 6 Disney princess books that came with a cute little kid's "e-reader". You click on the face of the princess you want to read, then each page has a different icon…purple triangle, pink square. When you hit that button on the e-reader, it reads the page aloud to you. So now she can sit and read all on her own.

me and the adorable birthday girl

trying to hear over everyone
making noise - so cute - hello?

Happy birthday, Princess Reese!