Ellie's third birthday fell on Easter Sunday this year so we decided to celebrate on Saturday with family. Ever since I showed her bits of the Nutcracker and Swan Lake ballets, she has been calling herself a dancing bird or dancing flower so I chose a pink ballerina theme. She was pretty excited to get up and see these hanging in the dining room in the morning:
Sitting with cousin Amy waiting for everyone else to arrive:
The rest of the decorations:
The dancers (including the ones over the window that are hard to see in this picture) were turned into a mobile to go over Ellie's big girl bed in the room shared with Peter. The dried roses are the ones that Jonathan has given me over the last couple of years. I'm not the only one who doesn't want to just toss them, am I?
Pink flowers for me!
Peter with Auntie Dodo:
You're so pretty, Auntie!
Playing with the cousins (minus Judah):
Yummy birthday cupcake:
This was my first experiment with Japanese cheesecake, chosen because it was light, lower in sugar than some of the other options, and gluten free (for the cousin who would doubtless be horribly disappointed to miss out on dessert). It was quite a hit--there were no leftovers.
