Orelia's Royal Ball

Orelia celebrated her birthday this year in a manner fit for a princess.

 Our backyard provided the backdrop to Orelia's Royal Ball.

Orelia's closest friends (and their little siblings) were all in attendance.  

 My mom was in charge of providing the floral arrangements (which she executed beautifully).

Orelia loved seeing her playhouse transform into a castle.

 And she was beyond thrilled with the gown I found for her to wear.

 Harper filled the role of Bruno for the evening, and watched from the sidelines.

 Orelia and her friends made bracelets and crowns and accessorized further with the best Oriental Trading has to offer.

Bennett literally refused to eat the entire party in anticipation of the cake that was yet to come.

Orelia loves feeling glamorous, and was so excited to get her hair, makeup, and nails done.

  The biggest excitement came from the appearance of Cinderella, herself.

 Orelia was so excited Cinderella was able to come all the way "from Disneyland."

 Orelia loved sitting and chatting with Cinderella, and was so thrilled to hear about the prince, Gus and Jaq, and all of Cinderella's princess friends.

 Cinderella was very sweet and gave the birthday girl lots of special attention.

 There was also a rousing game of duck, duck goose.

Orelia proved herself very capable of running in a ball gown and glass slippers.

 The birthday girl was "goose" quite a lot, which suited her just fine.

 One of our decorations became Orelia's fan for the evening, and she held onto it for almost every moment of the party.

 During Freeze Dance Orelia showed off her spunky dance moves.

 All of the big girls at the party seemed very pleased with the special guest.

There were boys in attendance too, but they had no interest in posing for a photo.

With some help from her friends, she managed to blow out the candles atop her big chocolate cake.

 She seemed quite pleased with herself.

Bennett insisted on feeding himself the cake, and literally shoveled it in.

 Orelia is well versed in birthday party etiquette, and was thrilled to get the FIRST piece.

It was such a blast celebrating this Cinderella-loving girl.  Orelia said she had the best day ever, and it showed.