Adele's 4th Birthday

I can't believe Adele is four. She is now a little girl. She's always singing and dancing about. Her life is like a musical! It's pretty funny to listen to the soundtrack. For instance, last night, she was playing with her dolls. The doll she was playing with is made so that you can pop the head off to get the clothes off and on. Well, she's sitting there singing so sweetly and then we listen, "I'm going to cut your head off...so I can dress you...mhhhhm" Can you tell she has brothers?! Anyway, I realized I haven't blogged about her birthday yet, so here it is. The day before her birthday we went down to the other side of Orlando to visit with my cousin, Denise. She was in town for a conference. We went to Chilis for supper and Denise had the waitress sing to Adele...she was THRILLED...and shocked. None of the kids had ever seen anything like this so all of their eyes were popping out of their heads...and the dessert made Adele especially happy...chocolate brownie with ice cream. She was kind enough to share with her brothers! (see the last picture).

The next morning was Adele's birthday. She woke up to the house decorated and some Princess jelly things on the sliding glass door that our friend Lisa gave her. We gave her one gift at breakfast which were shoes with Princesses on them...and then the rest of the morning she tried to wait patiently for lunch when she would receive the rest of her gifts. Lunch came, homemade pizza with Princess cupcakes I found at WalMart. We got her a Sleeping Beauty dress for her big gift...she LOVED it. It lights up a little and it doubled for her Halloween costume, too. All the kids love dressing up..and so this is a wonderful addition to the dress up bin.

One of her other requests was for the Jasmine and Tiana dolls. I found Tiana, but couldn't find Jasmine. She was happy with the Tiana doll, but then a few days later, God blessed her with the Jasmine doll as well from our pastor's family.

We ended the night with a fire (pictured above) and roasted marshmallows. All in all, it was a good day, full of pretending and make believing and lots of princesses for our Princess. The most important thing I want Adele to know is that she is a child of the King...and that is what makes her a real princess. It's not her looks that make her beautiful but it's what she allows Christ to do through her that makes her beautiful. This is my prayer for her and I trust the Lord will be faithful to complete the work He has begun in her life. I am so thankful for my little girl...and I remember so well being terrified of having her! The Lord certainly has taught me a lot through her and I know I'm not done learning the lessons He has to teach me through her...but I am so very thankful for this child, this strong, independent, persistent child! May the Lord be pleased to use these gifts to bring glory to Himself and to further His kingdom.

(That first picture is of Elizabeth and me during the fire...I though some might thing it was Adele as a baby...but no, it's E!)