the ballernia & a donut

if you know anything about ellington it's that she LOVES donuts!!! gets that from me, for sure. just before beckett was born josh started taking her out on various saturday mornings for donut dates with daddy. a fun memory i have with my own dad. she loves the one on one time and of course loves the donut!! she's evolved from the usually kiddie donut with sprinkles to now loving "fritters", yep the biggest donut there possibly is in the case. {that is not always the one she gets, but would definitely like to always have that one}. so of course for her birthday she wanted to have a donut date with daddy.

josh got her up early before he had to be work and took her to the grocery store for their donut date, well they ended up back at home due to a scary "life size" caribou dressed worker. she's NOT a fan of those characters. so instead of having their one on one time there, they came home and we sang to her and she got to open one of her presents from mommy and daddy. beckett slept through it all.

happy birthday to our donut loving little girl

yeah! a fancy nancy dress-up game. fancy nancy is a favorite, ellington loves hearing the fancy words for things and what they mean.

during the morning i took the kids to the children's museum in town. elle decided that was the day to do the full tiger face painting. we played for a while, grabbed lunch on the way home and then had a surprise dessert visit from the thomas family. garrent, ethan and sydney baked, frosted and decorated cupcakes just for elle. love having a good friends to celebrate with. ellington's birthday party was a girly party, so i think the boys wanted to be able to celebrate with her.

earlier in the week, lindsay, our awesome middle school babysitter came for a visit and brought elle an awesome birthday gift...minni mouse bubble tea set.

and, it actually works! it's the cutest thing. you pour the bubble mixture out of the teapot into your teacup and then pick it up and blow...and out pops the bubbles! so adorable and girly

*the ballerina and donut party*

ellington's birthday party invites

the table scape with craft #1: fruit loop necklaces

our brunch treats: cinnamon rolls, muffins and mini donuts

stuffed play donuts for the girls - thank you to pinterest for the idea!

mini muffins & mini donuts

getting help from grammie {candy}

more help from grammie {marcy}

our fancy breakfast necklaces

grammie and grampie with the birthday girl

unfortunately, this is the only group shot i got with the birthday girl and family {including the parents...oops, to busy partying i guess}

all our {girl}friends...love all of these girls.

game time: hot potato with the princesses

present time

ellington got some fun girly gifts...princess fishing game, my little ponies, candyland, jewelry box, sticker books, dr. set, pop beads, new sleds, dance slippers, highlight magazine, hello kitty sheets, and gymnastic class from mommy and daddy.

cake time

the "donut" birthday cake!

forgot to snap a picture of it before we cut into it. i think i missed a lot of detail pictures this party time, like the fun gift bags for the girls...oh well.

mommy and the birthday girl

we love you ellington and loved having a ballerina donut party. you love to dance, twirl, be a girl and enjoy your donuts!!! thank you to all of our family and friends who came to celebrate with us. we love you all