Look At Me - I'm 3!!

Ella's 3rd birthday was April 4th. It's hard to believe my little girl is 3!! The night before her birthday Kaiya, Cirdan and I stayed up late after she went to sleep to decorate the house. We had a bunch of balloons and streamers. When Ella woke up she was excited for her birthday. She has been talking about it for at least the last 2 months. She loves the holidays because she loves getting candy and presents! Ella asked for pancakes with strawberries on top for breakfast. After breakfast, we decided to let her open a present. She could hardly wait! We wanted to have a day of fun. Kaiya was on Spring break so she was able to celebrate with us. One of Ella's favorite things in life is...popcorn. We headed down to Renton where there is a Gourmet popcorn store. Ella was in love! There were a ton of different types of popcorn. I could have stayed there all day! The workers there were so nice and really pushed the samples. Ella picked out Tootie Frootie, Kaiya chose Captain Crunch and we also bought Oreo Blast, Tuxedo, Three Cheese and Chili Con Lemon. I am already looking forward to going back! After popcorn we went home (I wanted Ella to take a nap) and Cirdan went to go pick up Stacey and Brad from the airport. My parents and sister had gone on a cruise the week before. They were supposed to be back on Sunday night (the 3rd) at midnight. They ran into one problem after another with airplanes and weather and didn't make it back until Monday afternoon. Stacey and Brad (my uncle) took a flight out and got home around 3:00. My mom and dad took another flight and got in at 5:00. The party started at 6:00 so Nate picked them up from the airport and came right there. I was excited that they made it and all day I was nervous that none of them would be here for Ella's party. It all worked out in the end. Even though they were all really tired. Ella's party was at Chuck E Cheese. Her favorite place in the whole world. We had friends and family that came which made it even more special for my little 3 year old. Ella had a blast!! The party was from 6-8 but we were there until after 9:00! The kids played and ate pizza until Chuck E Cheese came over and joined the party. He danced with the kids, gave Ella a medallion and a crown with tokens in it and took pictures. Cirdan and Ella also got to go into the ticket blaster. I wasn't sure if it would scare Ella since it was pretty loud and crazy but since Cirdan was with her she had lots of fun. The party wrapped up and we had cake and she opened up her presents. She got some really cute things and loved her Jessie toy from Toy Story. Happy Birthday my little Ella Rosy!

When we got home I told Ella to get her pajamas on. This is how I found her...she was exchausted but had to go through the stuff she won at Chuck E Cheese.