Ella had a little bit of a rough night last night with her sinus stuff, but her fever is gone. We hung around the house today. The weather was pretty bad – lots of rain. This afternoon, we went to Brickelle’s 5th birthday party. Ella was so excited all day about seeing Brickelle and some of her classmates. She was out of school for 4 days last week so it was extra exciting to see everyone. Brickelle’s party was at this sweet tea place in Ghirardelli Square. It was also a princess tea party so Ella was ready to rock and roll. Here are some pictures of the afternoon.
Ella is ready to go!
Ella and mommy on the way to the elevator. Check out their rain gear!
On the way to the party, we saw this beautiful rainbow while driving down the Embarcadero.
Some of the princess party goers. Ella and Brickelle decided that the vase of roses would add a special touch to the picture. What they didn’t realize was that there was water in the vase and they got wet when they tipped it towards them.
These two have too much fun together.
This was one fun princess party for all!
I was in the middle of reading a story to the girls when the guy in the top hat came over and said, “Do you mind if I read them the story?” I said, “Sure – go ahead – good luck trying to get them to listen.” He looked at me and said, “They’ll listen, they’ll listen”. Whatever. Here are 2 shots of Sunny “enjoying” his story and his presence.
It wasn’t really raining but the girls decided that the four of them needed to shove themselves under one umbrella.
Second night of Chanukah.
Good thing Ella can’ read yet.
This summer while we were back east, Ella fell in love with the trumpet. Uncle Michael is a professional trumpet player and Ella and Michael had some pretty wild jams this past summer. Every time Ella sees a trumpet, she says, “you know me and uncle Michael are trumpet players”. Ella also told us that she wanted a red trumpet. Well…while searching around for a red trumpet (I didn’t think they existed) I came across this red pocket trumpet. It is smaller than the trumpet Ella was playing this summer and it’s shiny and red. She really seemed to like it – I think we were more excited about giving it to her. We’ll see what happens. We may have a pro on our hands.
Precious pictures of the princess party. So happy that Ella is feeling better and that the fever is gone. The red pocket trumpet seems to have been a big hit. Can’t wait to hear Ella play it. Love you. Mom
and Grandpa Seymour would be proud!