Five Years Old

As usual, we celebrated Alyssa's Birthday on the evening of Christmas. She wasn't feeling that great and I tried to talk her into postponing it one more day, but she insisted on doing it that night. A couple of months ago Alyssa and I were watching a show called "The Cake Boss" together. It happened to be an episode where Buddy, aka the cake boss, was at Walt Disney World for some food show and brought his family along. His daughter was celebrating her 6th birthday during that trip and requested a princess cake from her dad. Pictured below is an example of what the cake looked like (I couldn't find the exact cake, but this gives the idea).

Alyssa saw that cake and decided that she also wanted a princess castle cake for her birthday, also. So that is what I spent the afternoon of Christmas Day doing. I don't pretend to be a cake artist, but I did the best I could for my little 5 year old princess.

Her favorite princesses are Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. That is why they are on the cake. Here is Alyssa with her loot. She was very happy with all of the birthday gifts that she got. They were things that she had been eying at the store and had asked for. She didn't feel like eating any of her birthday cake, but it made her happy to see the pink and purple princess castle that she had requested.
We are so grateful to have Alyssa as part of our family. She is a very sweet and thoughtful little girl. She can also be very stubborn, which probably comes from me. Some of her favorite things are her family, her blanket, and anything girly (dresses, headbands, purple, pink, nail polish, lipstick, blush, and SHOES). She loves going to preschool and is so excited to go to Kindergarten in the fall. She loves music(playing and singing) and dance. She loves to draw, color, paint, and do anything else artsy. We love our Alyssa girl! Happy Birthday Sweetheart!