Happy Birthday to Princess Ella

Ella turned 4 on November 15th. She had her "1st" birthday party on Saturday, November 7th. It was a Princess Birthday party and she had about 8 friends at her party. There was a lot of pink princesses at the party!

At the party, they decorated cupcakes (my latest party trick - have the kids decorate cupcakes and call it the birthday cake! They enjoy it and there is no cake for me to make!)

Played pass-the-parcel.
Decorated Princess Crowns

Chased bubbles

Opened presents

Sang happy birthday and enjoyed party food.


Ella's "2nd Birthday" was on November 15th (her real birthday). Poor Ella had to wait for Owen to wake up before she could open her presents. He didn't wake up until 8am. He did the same thing last Christmas too! Very frustrating for Sam and Ella.

A picture of Ella with her loot

I made Ella a new dress for her birthday. Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of her wearing it last Sunday to church. It's very bright and I had a lot of fun making it. I made it from fabric that I bought in Adelaide 12 years ago!

Ella got to choose what we had for dinner. She decided on Pad Thai with shrimp (she calls it spaghetti and shrimp!) and corn on the cob.

10 things we love about Ella
1. How girly she is. She wears pink almost everyday and loves to wear tights and dresses She dresses herself and can often be seen wearing stripes with florals or wearing pink and red together.
2. When asked what she wants to be when she grows up it's always a princess - she never changes her mind. She has told us several times that she needs to go to the ball to meet a prince and get married (she thinks that Cinderella is a story about her because in our version, Cinderella's real name is "Ella").
3. She is often willing to share objects that her brothers want to make them happy.
4. How she tries to care for Elliott. When he is upset, she will try to entertain him and make sure that he is ok.
5. That she doesn't love chocolate. Because her brothers love chocolate, she will often turn to her Mum and say "girls don't like chocolate right?" For breakfast on Sunday's Chris will make oven puff pancakes and she will often ask for 'lemonade' which is lemon juice straight up and no sugar to flavor the puff pancakes.
6. She will out eat her brothers both in quantity and diversity of food. She loves corn on the cob, parmesan cheese, broccoli ("trees"), raspberries, shrimp, and most fruit.
7. She gives the best hugs and often wants to give several before she goes to sleep each night.
8. How she loves to play dress-up and will often get Owen to wear skirts, dresses and carry a purse.
9. How she keeps asking for a sister.
10. When she writes her name she loves to embellish the "E" with a few extra horizontal strokes.