The kids were excited to have Opa, Lita, Opi and Tia Julie come in for Ellie's birthday party. There was a countdown involved and the anticipation was so high that the kids went straight to waking them up on Saturday morning (circa 6am).
Willem helped design the cakes with the insistence of bright, neon colors and there being a tinkerbell doll on Ellie's cake since she loves Tinkerbell.
We had a swim party at Paw Paw's house with the entire family and 5 of our closest family friends. With 10 kids in the pool, a slip in slide and delicious food, we all had a wonderful time. The kids would get worn out, refuel and go back in for more.
Tinkerbell the toy and fork, how convenient!
Ellie had a wonderful day with her family and friends. She was surrounded by love and spent the entire day swimming which is one of her favorite things to do right now. Happy 2nd Birthday Ellie!
The next day with great insistence from Willem, Ellie opened her presents. It was sweet seeing how uninterested she was at the age of 2, imagine what the world would be like if we could all stay at that level of innocense. Willem helped her get into the spirit though and unwrapped the gifts with her. The stroller from the Bertolinos was one of the first opened and everything came to a halt until it was assembled and her doll had been walked for what seemed like hours. The stroller was such a hit in our house, that I broke down and helped Willem buy one a week later.
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