As for day 2. Her father and I decided a few months ago that instead of spending a couple hundred dollars on a party for a bunch of kids we don't know, that we would take her to NYC for the day and I wanted to take her to American Girl Place so she could pick out her first doll. I scoped out the place when I was in NYC with my friend in December. A couple weeks ago I gave Bella the catalog and she pretty much was reading it all of the time and picking out which doll/outfits she wanted. We had intended on taking her on her actual birthday but snow in the forecast changed those plans. So off to New York we went on Monday, we rode the Ferris Wheel at the Toys R Us in Times Square, Bella made a special M&M mix at the M&M store, and we went to American Girl Place. I think I have found the one trait that my daughter has that she did not get from me....Decisiveness. When we arrived at the store, she knew EXACTLY what she wanted. Once we found everything she had picked out before, she was done and ready to leave. She didn't want to shop around, she wanted to get her doll and move on. Honestly I don't even think her dad is that decisive because he wanted to stick around and look too. We headed down to the Disney store next and then walked all the way to FAO Schwartz to find it closed early for inventory...ugh! So Bella got a lot of presents that day and the greatest gift that I gave her in my opinion was not the American Girl doll but a day in NYC with her father, I don't think many divorced couples would be able to do that...but I did, solely as a birthday gift to my favorite little girl!
Her actual birthday was low key since she was with her dad in the morning. But I decorated the house with all of the Happy Birthday Banners I had from her other birthday parties, I made her favorite meal, spaghetti and meatballs, and her cake which she requested it to be a strawberry valentine's cake. My parents came over to have dinner and cake with us.
Then I was up late making birthday treats for Bella to bring to school. I decided to make chocolate chip cookie cups and topped them with chocolate buttercream icing and sprinkles. They came out so cute and were super delicious! This ended the 4 day Birthday Celebration for Bella!
I am exhausted, it has been a long week of birthday celebration and yesterday I had a job interview. I would love nothing more than to spend the rest of today in bed, but there is still job searching, headband making, and cleaning to be done. Ahh it never ends! Happy 5th Birthday to my amazing little princess Bella!
It sounds like ya'll had a great time in NYC. My daughter turns 5 in June. I can't believe that we are mothers to daughters that are that old. I can't seem to remember how the time flew by so fast but it sure did. Before we know it, they will be 16. I don't think I'm ready for that.
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