Happy Birthday Princess Tamara

Happy Birthday Princess Tamara

Princess Party of course. There are a few days in a girl's life when she can get away with being a Princess in public. The most obvious is probably her wedding day. Then there's the sweet 16 party or Debutant Ball. And of course her 4th Birthday Party. :o)

Since Tamara was named after King Tamara of Georgia I thought it was only natural to celebrate her Royal roots. King Tamara was actually a woman. Her dad the king declared her a king as he realized the King title would command more respect from neighboring kingdoms. She was I believe the only female king in history. Anyway.. King Tamara was an amazingly, brilliant ruler who fought off numerous enemies over her life time. She also banished her 1st husband for lack of performance, remarried and produced two ares to the throne. She brought literacy to Georgia and if I'm not mistaken Christianity? A busy lady filled with compassion, great leadership skills, intelligence and bravery. Just the kind of princess we all hope to raise.

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Tuesday before her Birthday.

Cupcake day at school. Tamara had a wonderful time at her pre-school party.

Here she is about to eat breakfast.

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Wednesday was her official Birthday.

Tamara blows out her Birthday candle sitting on her pancakes.

Make a wish!

A stack of gifts for her to open after breakfast.

Lily can't wait.

Daddy shows Tamara her Birthday gifts. Tamara seems a little unsure at first.

She wanted to open the large one first but we explained she had to open the smaller ones first.

Video below.. Tamara opens her BIG gift.

A new home for Barbie.


How much fun would this have been when we were kids?


Barbie has to go potty... yeah.. really she does. ;o)

After dinner.. it's cake time.

How old are you now?

Tamara cuts the cake with her baby fork.

Oh... YUM

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A peak inside the dining room. Getting ready for Sunday's BIG Bash.

Tamara's dress arrived from Hong Kong in less then a week?

Her Tiara took almost 2 weeks from Colorado?

Go figure..lol

Our princess loves it.

When the guests started to arrive Tamara and I were upstairs putting the finishing touches on our Royal outfits. Every time the door bell rang.. Tamara would run to the balcony and wave, throw kisses and yell "HI". Just like a real little princess.

Let the games begin... Lisa and Denise chat

Cousin Katie came dressed in costume... that's the spirit!

Princess Tamara beaming

Princess Katie and Princess Tamara

Princes Joseph and Zachary

Wardrobe malfunction in the kitchen.

Princess Morgan shows off her star power

Cousin Amanda and Tamara playing

Love this picture. Amanda my God Daughter with my Daughter.

Too cute!

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Playing "Pin the Tiara on the Princess"

Cousin Nicky takes a turn.

Prince Braydon nails it.

Tamara takes another turn

Tamara watching

Prince Joseph checks out the doll house

The adults enjoying some appetizers

Princess Amanda gets a lesson in chopping.

King Sime & King Nado discuss world affairs while Queen Radmila keeps them in line. ;o)

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The cake... the cake.

"Let them eat cake!" That is what a Queen says isn't it?

I tried to have a black jewel encrusted shirt made that said simply that.

"Let them eat cake"

I thought it might be a humorous.. casual comfy way to dress like a ROYAL.

I thought I found someone on eBay that could / would do it but at the last minute she backed out. Grrrr........

Anyway... this is Princess Tamara's 4th Birthday cake. It took the Queen Mommy about 6-8 hrs to complete. Not counting bake time and sanity break time.
It's been a while since I made one of these. So I forgot a few minor details that really matter like house temperature. Yeah... hind sight being what it is I remembered why I never liked to do these in the summer. So everyone put on an extra layer and Mommy dropped the heat about 5 degrees.

The top tier.. complete with pearl tiara.. actually a crown.

Whip cream frosting in vanilla and strawberry. Inside of crown was filled with pink butter cream roses.

Tier 2 Strawberry whip cream frosting, strawberry moose filling.

Butter cream roses.

Tier 3

Whip cream icing in strawberry and vanilla.

Chocolate moose filling.

Yum... add a cute face and.....

WaLa

A cake fit for a Princess

Tamara gets ready to blow out the candles.

She's been practicing since Daddy's Birthday.

Make a Wish baby girl.

Yay.. she got them all.

Like a true four year old she had to do it..lol

Grandma feeds Tamara some Birthday cake. Although Tamara is capable of feeding herself when Grandma or Baba is around she takes advantage.

Zach, Tamara and Morgan playing together separately.

Time for the Princess Castle pinata.

I had two choices. The first was to let the kids swing a bat in our house?

Yeah... like that's going to happen.

The 2nd was to get a PULL pianta.

I'd rather have them pull my strings then push my buttons. ;o)

Ready?

One.. Two... Two and a half ... Two and three quarters...

I sound like my mother don't I?

Three

Tamara of course wants to see where all the candy came from and figure out how it works.

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Time to open Gifts

At this point Tamara was getting a bit tired. No nap for our little Princess.

Every so often... Tamara would stop. Look up say Hi and wave. Everyone who was watching her thought she was just the cutest thing and they all said Hi and waved back. This went on for about a half hour. Lesson to be learned here. While everyone thought that Tamara was entertaining... waving saying Hi.. It did not compare to the view that Tamara and I had of some 30+ people humoring her by doing the same. Next year I keep a video camera by my side.

Too funny to miss.
Cousins Katie and Amanda helped while Mommy trys to keep track of cards.

Someone said something?

Thank You Everyone

Tamara throws a kiss

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Soft serve cupcakes were a big hit with the kids.

Princess Castle Pianta

Balloons every where

The Foyer

One Party Favor left for the Princess

Adult party favors.

A princess photo magnet for the frig. Pink M&M & Priness mints for the trip home.

The Roses

The Dining Room Royal Buffet

I made two Birthday Banners...

This one was in the Dining room. It featured photos of Tamara through the last year.

More Roses

Details... details

Banner #2

Family room mantle

Some people use guest books..

when you're 4 you get a Tiara signiture pillow for your room.

Remember Barbie?

How glamourous she looked that first day?

Well.. this is how Barbie looked after everyone went home.

Balloons

Sign at the top of the stairs on baby gate.

Worked like a charm.. like Bruce said we should have gotten a baby gate there years ago.

more balloons

Looking down in the foyer

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So the party is over... I'm no longer the proud mother of a 3 year old.. sniff.. sniff.

They grow up so fast don't they?

The party was a great success. Tamara had a blast as did everyone who attended.

Unfortunately we had to keep the guest list shorter then usual on this one. It's amazing how your house shrinks when you have to entertain children.

We are still planning / hoping to have a Spring celebration for Gotcha Day 2009 which will hopefully coninside with a Christening... Yeah .. really ... I know it's about time right?

Anyway... that should have a much more extensive guest list. So all those who live locally can get to meet our little Princess in person.

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I'd like to Thank all those who sent Birthday wishes via blog messages, Face Book post, email and snail mail.

Your thoughtfulness means a great deal to Tamara and her Mommy & Daddy.

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