Happy Birthday Ellie

ELLIE IS 6 YEARS OLD

Ellie had a fun birthday this year. She decided she wanted to use Hello Kitty for a theme, she was able to do a lot of fun things. She got to celebrate at school, at home and with a fun birthday party at Michael's. She had a great couple of days and was of course very spoiled.

The morning birthday decor. Hello Kitty themed of course.



We are suppose to send "healthy" snacks for birthday treats to school, so we compromised and sent a snack mix that contained some healthy snacks but had candy too. Live a little I say. She also included a pencil for everyone, she was very excited to be the star of the show for the day. She was also very happy about her name being announced over the intercom in the morning, since they had an assembly that day, the principal said Happy Birthday to her and another boy at the assembly. Lucky :)

Here she is with her birthday sticker

She really wanted to have a tea party birthday at the same place that Bailey did, but that lady is no longer doing birthday parties. That is a bummer because she did a great job for a great price. She then changed her mind to wanting to have an art supply party???? but still could not quite let the tea party thing go, so the compromise was birthday party at Michael's and birthday lunch at Miss Tami's Tea Cottage. Miss Tami's is a local place that serves every kind of tea imaginable and also serves lemonade in a tea pot for the kiddos. The food was pretty good but the experience was really fun. It was a little too dainty in there for Logan he made us nervous the whole time. I am glad we chose to go after the lunch time rush.

She was very excited to pour it herself

Bailey had a soccer game that night so we all headed out to that. We told her to score a goal for Ellie since it was her birthday. She did, but they called it back because they said she was off sides, I am still questioning that call. Ellie thinks she scored for her so that's all that matters.

After the game it was time for presents and cake

A new cute turtle Webkinz and clothes for her doll were some of the favorite gifts

Ellie loves the tradition of being the first one to take a bite of cake. She is very insistent about this on all of our birthdays.

She also loved this Hello Kitty bubble blower. It was really fun on the night of her birthday. It broke after that and went back to the store, but at least it was fun while it lasted.

The next day she had her birthday party with her friends. We had her "art" party at Michael's craft store. It was a fun place to have a party and I think everyone had a great time.

The kids all made a tote bag, decorated their spot, played with clay, went on a tour of the store, sang a special birthday song to Ellie, and of course did presents and cupcakes.

Everyone signed this poster for her when the arrived

The kids decorating their spots

Opening presents. Noah made her this pinata by himself, he filled it with treasures for everyone to enjoy, even Bailey and Logan. Sweet kid!!

Check out those sweet tote bags

She really wanted me to show off some of the new doll clothes, these were some of her favorites!

Here are six things we LOVE about Ellie..........

1. She is funny and silly she makes us all laugh with her little antics.

2. She loves to ask questions and turns everything she has to do into a question. "Why don't you go to sleep when you make me go to sleep? Why do you like the house to be clean? Why doesn't Logan have to do jobs? Why do some people have orange flowers at their house and some people have pink?" All inquiring questions from El

3. She always gives me hugs and kisses and tells me she loves me.

4. She loves "pretty things" as she calls them. Any little bit of bling catches her eye as does a cute pair of shoes.

5. She is a little foody, she will try just about anything and she sometimes prefers more grown up type foods. Example: the other day Bailey and her friend were having mac and cheese, as was Logan, Ellie wanted tuna and crackers. She ate every bit of it too.

6. Ellie is a talker. If I want to know all of the details about something, I ask her to tell me. She doesn't leave anything out. Bailey doesn't really enjoy this characteristic when she is the one in question. The girl will talk your ear off if you let her.

Love you Ellie Jo Jo!!