This past Sunday afternoon,

we celebrated Miss Juliana turning four years old

with a little visit from our friend, Cookie Monster!

I had a couple of ideas for different themes for JuJu’s party,

but once I saw this cake, I knew there was no going back.

Cookie Monster, it was!

I went with the whole blue theme

and had some juice containers on ice…

as well as offering a “milk and cookies bar” for JuJu’s guests.

Are these not the most darling little milk bottles you’ve ever seen?

After having their bottles of milk with their cookies,

the kids got to have more milk with their slices of cake –

this time in “Cookie Monster” cups!

(All you need is a glue gun and a little creativity!)

We had balloons, of course…

And the Cookie Monster keeping an eye

on everything, of course!

JuJu was very excited

– and a little overwhelmed –

with her birthday party!

I can’t believe we didn’t get better pictures of the guests,

but we had a bunch of different people there

ranging from my college girls to my cousins Marisa and Cate

and, as a special treat for me, Aviean and her mother!

I was so glad to have Aviean’s mom at my house,

and the girls were, too, especially when she pulled out

princess crowns, wands and jewelry boxes for all of them!

Now you see where Aviean got her gorgeousness from, don’t you?

Don’t let Olivia fool you; she was having fun, too,

but the sugar overload was a little much.

After having lots of different types of cookies,

it was time to open presents!

Juliana received all kinds of darling things

from books to dress-up outfits to new toys!

I even ended up in one of the pictures

thanks to one of my darling college girls, Nina!

Here I am oohing and ahhing over JuJu’s new puzzles.

After all of the gifts were opened,

the little girls (and boys!) decided that Cate was in charge

of opening all of the packages up so we could play!

We missed having MacKenzie at the party,

but she had a party in Knoxville to go to,

so I couldn’t bring her down for our party.

Juliana’s dad also wasn’t able to be at the party

at the last minute after having a death in the family.

He’s actually in Florida for a few days, for the funeral,

so guess who has been in charge of three girls

since last Friday at 5 p.m.?

It’s been an absolute delight,

and we still have a couple more days to go, too!

If you need me,

I’ll be the girl toting little girls around

pretending like she knows what she’s doing.

P.S.

Want to know what Juliana told me she wanted for her birthday?

“I want you to take me to the dentist, Amy Beff.”

I had to go into the other room

so I wouldn’t cry in front of her.

And now I’m going to start crying again.

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P.P.S.

Don’t miss little Miss MacKenzie turning nine today!

It is birthday central with the fabulous five these days.