Ellie's birthday party

(By JPC)

Ellie's birthday party was the Saturday after her 2nd birthday. As you'll see below, Elmo was the theme of her party. We had family and friends over to celebrate her special day with us. And with seven kids under the age of six, it was a busy and loud gathering! Ellie had a fantastic day - helping to make the cake, playing with her friends, eating the cake, and opening her presents. Happy birthday, my girl!

Eating cake batter while still in her PJs! The benefit of not using eggs is that eating the cake batter isn't a problem :-)

Playing "pin the nose on Elmo"

And then we had an Elmo pinata....thankfully the kind with pull strings on the bottom so no swinging bats involved!

Ellie's homemade Elmo cake, which I am very proud of! She loved it!

Opening her birthday presents