Izabella's 4th Birthday

I know that this post is coming rather late but hey, better late then never right?

Princess Izabella turned 4 on 11 August 2012 but the celebrations started on 8 August in school.

I challenged myself this year with a 3D cake and I was pleased with the result. Although it had lots of room for improvement, it was a amateur baker's dream to do something really out of the box (or pan in this case).

Princess Cinderella Cake in Blue!

I was lucky to get some tips from baker fren/fellow mommy Catherine who taught me to put in some fondant to shape the skirt (see yellow part below). The rest was just improvisation hahaha

Cross-Section of the cake

It was definitely a treat to have her celebrate her birthday in school and for us to be around to witness it.

Trying to get Izabella to look at camera is nearly impossible!

We didn't managed to get a shot of her with her teachers and schoolmates though. Will have to do that next year! Mummy went all out this year with the cake, matching cupcakes as well as the matching princess dress from taobao :)

The second celebration we had was a simple family poolside BBQ with my parents and my brother. Ian's fren Andy and Dad's drinking buddies also joined us. Izabella had fun swimming and then playing with bubbles after an early dinner!

Off for a swim!

The BBQ Experts!

My pretty princes in Cinderella Blue!

Constipated look...

Busy catching bubbles!

Hair messy from all that running around!

After a sumptuous BBQ, we ended the night with cake cutting and family photos!

Princess eyeing the cake suspiciously

Me and Izabella are not very photogenic as you can tell..

Grandma, Mummy and Princess

And we always end of her birthday celebration with a trip somewhere on her actual birthday.
Year 1 - Zoo
Year 2 - Underwater World
Year 3 - USS and RWS
Year 4 - Zoo

So its back to the Zoo again. We reckon that now that she is much older, she would be able to understand better and recognise some of the animals. This time we brought Grandma along.