Ellie Turns 2

Sometimes it is so hard to believe that a year goes by so fast — but it just does. Ellie’s book self is full of Dr. Seuss books and she loves the Cat in the Hat, so we ran with Thing 2 for her party theme, plus I just really wanted to put cotton candy on some cupcakes. Who knew it would be hard to find blue cotton candy.Here is a few of the party details that just couldn’t be left out.

It was fantastic to have everyone over to celebrate Ellie’s second birthday. Of course she still loved the paper more than the gifts and the cupcakes more than the food. The slip-n-slide was also able to make another appearance this year.

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We decided to get her her first bike for her birthday. If you can’t tell it looks a little funny because it is a balance bike designed without peddles to teach them how to balance first before learning how to run the peddles. She is still a bit small for it and it is overpowering to keep upright — we even caught her first bike wreck on video — but next summer I am sure it will get used quite a bit.

A big thanks to everyone who made her day special!