Ellie is five years old!!! I can hardly believe it. Our first-born has already passed through infancy, babyhood, toddlerdom, preschool, and is entering school-age. I'm so glad there are a few years until pre-teen!
Of course Ellie was the first one awake this morning. She was very patient though and waited until everyone was awake before opening presents.
Rowan and Ellie love her new keyboard! Now she can join cousin Bryson's rock band :)
Rowan and I went to Trader Joe's for some party supplies while Jason took Ellie for a walk. After a lot of preparation, it was finally party time! Ellie went inside to change into her beautiful dress she insisted on wearing.
Jason and I brought out the colorful food (fruit, veggies, tortilla chips and salsa).
Then the activities begun! We had face painting,
games of twister,
hyper dash (until it broke),
and personal pinatas that each child decorated and then destroyed to find the goodies inside.
Except to break open his pinata, Rowan didn't stray far from the food.
Especially when Ellie's rainbow cake came out!
We all sang happy birthday to Ellie and she tried to blow out the candles :)
I was relieved to see that the cake looked awesome when we cut into it.
With our wonderful friends and neighbors, the party was a big success. Parents were helping every chance they could, which made everything work so well. Thank you everyone for coming and making Ellie's day so special!!
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Colorful Carnival
Posted by Kirsten at 9:06 PM
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4 comments:
That looked like a fun party. I liked the idea of personal pinatas. I was surprised that at first Ellie was going to let Rowan open the biggest gift. And yes, Bryson will love to add members to his band!
Looks like so much fun! Nice singing Rowan (did his voice change already?) Loved the videos. Looks like mommy put in a lot of work and did a great job!
Love you,
Mom
You always are so creative! That cake came out absolutely beautiful! Looks like the weather was wonderful as well. Nice job, mom and dad.
--aunt Karen
That cake is awesome! Where did you find how to do it? I still don't know what I'm going to to for Hannah and her b-day is in 2 days...but at least this is one she won't remember :)
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