When you’re born in the middle of August and your mother (and your Gigi) have a penchant for throwing elaborate theme parties, it’s often necessary to postpone the major celebration of your birthday till September. That way, all your friends are back from camp and vacation and in town. So this year Finley Ray’s fourth birthday party was on September 23rd even though her birthday is August 13th. Can you imagine the patience of such a young one waiting with great anticipation for the big day to arrive? Luckily she was quite distracted by the endless summer days in the Hamptons, a weekend with Gigi in early September, starting school and of course the fact that I don’t think she can really quite grasp the whole calendar concept!
Last Sunday we attended her fourth birthday party and it was as usual a gala affair. If you’ve been a faithful blog follower then you know that each year of this precious little girl’s life has been marked with an all out balls to the wall party! There was the Ladybug party at age one. By the time she was two, she already had a voice and opinion as to the theme of her annual celebration and that year it was Snow White. There are some great photos in the blog of that party; see link; https://pbenjay.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/its-p-day-in-boston
Then Francesca came along and her birthday is in October, so between August and October, once again September seemed the perfect month to celebrate both their birthdays at once! It was a great idea until the time came to get the presents back home – I swear they needed a separate cab to get just the gifts home! Anyway, that year to honor the pretty Clark girls, the theme was the ever-popular Pinkalicious! OMG not one but two little cuties all decked in pink fluffy dresses AND every guest wore pink as well. I have a friend, Louise who would have JUST LOVED it! Everyone was in the pink, both in clothes and wine! The tables were laden with various bowls and containers of pink candy and Pinkalicious and friends made an appearance.
Finley and the Floppy Magic Wand
Dancing Girl
See what I mean?
So that brings us to this year; Finley originally wanted a Minnie Mouse party which she would announce every few weeks throughout the year but in the end, Minnie was hard to pin down so Little Orphan Annie to the rescue! See for yourself what a lovely time it was.
I’m Annie!
photo courtesy of Diana Delucia
Annie and Pooch
Photo courtesy of Diana Delucia
Tomorrow! The sun will come out tomorrow!
Photo courtesy of Diana Delucia
” I wish, I wish…”
photo courtesy of Diana Delucia
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