A Princess Party

Karissa has been talking about her princess birthday party since Victoria had her party in October. We had a typical party for our family. We started out with dancing and games with music (musical chairs, hot potato, freeze dance). Then we made a craft. The girls got to glue and decorate these little castles. (These were also the pattern for the invitations.) This was Karissa's.They played with some dress-ups and jewelery in the basement. Karissa is the second youngest, the girl in the Belle costume is the youngest, but you can see that Karissa is taking after her mom's height pattern at this age, being shortest by a long shot.
We had some castle cake and ice cream. Unlike the last time I made a castle cake, I decided to go for the recipe that only called for one cake mix. The castle doesn't look quite as grand, but it held up better and we don't have quite as many left-overs.

Luckily, Karissa's favorite colors are red and pink, since that's what is all around with Valentine's Day coming up.
Karissa enjoyed opening her presents and having a party of her own. It was a great party!