More Pictures (from Summer party)

I looked back through here and realized that I never mentioned Ellie's Summer birthday party. I'm not sure why, although I'm sure it had something to do with being huge and pregnant (as you can see in one of the pics)!
Since Ellie's birthday is so close to Christmas and we have to fit in FIVE different Christmases (to accommodate all sides of the family) it just doesn't work out to have a big party with all her friends and family for her actual birthday. So we decided last Summer to throw her a huge 1/2 birthday party. It was a lot of fun and almost everyone was able to make it. She LOVED having everyone here just for her!
Then, on her actual birthday, it's kind of nice to just have something small like what we did yesterday.
Anyways, I wanted to post some pictures so I/we will have them to look back on...

Ellie's Summer Birthday

Dora and Diego Party!

fiesta

huge Dora

cake time

presents

some of the guests...
Ellie's Great Grandma (in the blue chair) is 99 years old!

new playhouse

Birthday Fun (in pictures)

Making Cake

mixing, icing, sprinkles

finished!


Princess Test Time

go through the tunnel, complete the princess puzzle

time to sleep..., "what's poking me?", "a pea!"

you passed!



Cake and Presents
proud Princess

new game


princess Josie

Happy Birthday Ellie!

Happy Birthday Little Princess! Today you will wake up to a room full of pink and purple balloons, make a "Princess Pea" cake (from your favorite show "Super Why") with Mommy, put on your new lavender princess dress and have a wonderful day. Then, when Daddy gets off work, you'll have a "Princess Test" (like Princess Pea does in an episode) that will will include going through a princess tunnel, doing a princess puzzle and finding a little pea under a whole stack of pillows. And when you pass (which of course you will), you'll receive a beautiful new princess crown. Today is your day to become a "real" princess and you have been SO excited about this! Of course, you have ALWAYS been my little princess...







Happy 3rd Birthday Ellie!

Merry Christmas!

First Snow...

and Ellie has an ear infection. :( She has been looking so forward to playing in the snow this year!
I know that Christmas is definitely on her mind right now because when I told her there was a surprise outside she ran to window and instead of exclaiming "Oooh snow..." she said "Look, a Christmas tree!" (about our little spruce tree in the back yard). I had to ask her "And what do you see ON the tree?" before she said "Snow!!!". She then ran and grabbed her snow boots (notice them on in the picture) and said "Now we can go sledding! Yay!".
Darn that ear infection!