Ella's Birthday

June 5, 2009- Ella is 2 years old today. And we are happy she was born! We didn't throw a big party or anything like that, but we did have Grandma Susan, Aunt Allie & Zac come with us to Chuck E Cheese. We all had so much fun playing games and winning tickets. Grandma was a whiz at some helicopter game- the tickets just kept pouring out. Alexis' skills were very impressive, too, and she was able to score an impressive amount of tickets as well. Between all of us, we won over one thousand tickets! We had some left over from the last time we were there (my birthday!), so combined we had over 1300. Both the girls were able to get a cool prize- a squishy ball for Ella and a beading-jewelry kit for Alexis.

Then we headed home to our apartment to open presents and eat cake. Here are some videos of those events. Ella blew the candle out with no help!











Some things about Ella:
Her favorite color is Yellow.
She has over 50 words in her vocabulary.
She loves to sing.
She loves to read books.
She loves to wear a little backpack around and push her little stroller (with no baby inside).
She loves to help with everything- putting food away after a trip to the market, putting laundry in the machine, cooking dinner, swiffering the floor etc.
She knows how to use a cell phone. (She called Allie the other morning- sorry, Al!)
She can put the movie into the DVD player and start it up.
She loves to go to the park.
She still wakes up in the middle of the night at times- she just needs water, or help laying back down.
She can unlock and open the front door- and left the other day without me realizing it! (she ended up at our neighbor's apartment, who brought her back to me).
She's a climber! And she can keep up with big sister at the playground.

Happy Birthday, little one!