Ellie's 7th Birthday!

It's hard to believe but Ellie turned 7 years old on Sunday!  She woke bright and early before 7am and couldn't wait to open her presents from family.  I did manage to hold her off until everyone was awake but she was ready to go as soon as Emory rolled out of bed. 

Next we finished up the last minute preparations for her birthday party at 2pm.  Ellie invited 16 of her friends and 14 of them were able to make it so we had a full house.  Luckily we had a bounce house and crafts to keep everyone entertained.

Ellie's theme this year was pink and green with a Lilly Pulitzer elephant.  We made huge flowers out of tissue paper to decorate the table for the party out on the lanai.

I had lots of fun making the cake this year.  It was my first time working with fondant and it was much easier than I expected it to be.  Ellie really liked the way that it turned out!























After bouncing around in the bounce house for a while, the girls were all ready to cool off and do a craft.  They had lots of fun painting and decorating picture frames that they took home as their party favor.  Each of them was so cute!

After a little more bouncing we were ready to sing to the birthday girl and have cake and ice cream!  Mmm!

Even though there were 7 candles to blow out this time, Ellie had no problem getting it done on her first try!

We wrapped up the party by opening  presents  and then saying good bye to friends.  Ellie was all smiles during the party and hopefully she will have lots of fun memories of her 7th birthday and  all of her birthday wishes will come true!

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY, ELLIE BEAN!
We love you!!!