EVERLY TURNS FOUR

August 23, 2018 • HOLIDAYS, MOTHERHOOD

My big girl is FOUR y'all! Where did the time go? This girlfriend had the best week in the history of four year olds ever. Her actual birthday was on a Tuesday. Momma and Daddy took the day off work and did ALL THE THINGS. Here's how Everly's birthday WEEK went. Because no princess celebrates her birthday with just one day.

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Tuesday morning we woke Everly up to surprise her with a brand new big girl bicycle. After giving it a few test runs in the driveway we headed to town to get our nails done. Everly didn't just get any typical pedicure, as soon as the nail tech heard it was her birthday and that we were preparing to have a mermaid themed birthday party, she decorated her little piggies with the prettiest mermaid art and all the sparkles. Once we were all glammed up we headed to the movies. Everly's choice- Incredibles 2. We spent more on snacks and drinks than actual movie tickets. She got to pick out her favorite candy, bag of popcorn, AND a coke. Talk about four year old heaven. Half way through the movie she crashed. But at least Mom and Dad got to enjoy it. It was actually a really cute movie for any of you other moms out there with four year old's who watch movies better than my kid.

Afterwards, we headed to Target so Everly could pick out a toy of her own choosing. She made sure to explain that we didn't need a popcorn and Diet Coke this time around since we just had some at the movies. It's the secret way I've trained my daughters to love Target as much as me- give them popcorn and Diet Coke. They'll request Target every time.

We burned off the candy and popcorn with a trip to Elite Air. We practically had the place to ourselves and it was a ball. Everly even got to witness her Momma beat Daddy in a good ole obstacle course race. I bruised my tail bone flying over the finishing slide. But victory is all that matters when it comes to a challenge from Chad.

It was finally time to pick up baby sister and head to dinner as a family. Nana, Grandma Patsy and Grandad Jim even joined us for dinner as the finale to Everly's birthday. Since it was Tuesday it had to be Beef O'Brady's.

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Fast forward to Saturday and we hosted more three and four year old's than our house has ever seen. It was beautiful chaos. Everly squealed with excitement as each friend walked through the door. She even got a visit from Princess Ariel.