Celebrating 3 at the park

We had a small birthday celebration for Elise today at the park. She and her "best friend" Ella are 8 days apart, and were in the same class at school. Since all of the other kids in their class are also born in the summer (thus, our little social butterfly has been at parties every weekend), Kimberly and I thought it would both help us, and the other parents, if we did their party together! The girls seemed to have no problem sharing the spotlight, and it definitely made things easy for Kimberly and I!
It was a very hot day, but the only people that seemed to notice that were the adults (me included)! I needed nap time after the party was over!!!



Above you can see the finished product of all Elise's hard work yesterday! (Thanks actually to my Mom for making them-- this was definitely a very budget friendly party-- but the cupcakes were delicious!!)



Kimberly's Mom found these adorable crowns and Ella was nice enough to share one with Elise! Super cute!!
Don't worry Aunt Mo, we will be pulling out the extra special felt crown next Saturday on her real birthday!



Cutie pie Will!



David catching some video...




Ella and Sydney playing in the sand...




Abigail (how cute is she? and her dress!!)



Jenna raking the sand...



The kids enjoying some PB&J and snacks...



Amelia...beautifully accessorized as always...



Birthday Princess Ella- she is so much fun!!!



Our sweet birthday princess!



Ella feeding Elise some fish!! They are so cute to watch. They really love each other....



Elise and Amelia Kate!

They were so excited to see all of their classmates...The summer is a crazy time, and although we planned on getting all of the kids together this summer it really only happens at birthday parties! So, it was great to see everyone!

Elise has been celebrating her birthday for about 6 weeks now (she started when Bennett and Lila had their party) and so it should be interesting to watch how she handles it when it is really over next weekend! We have let her open presents as they have arrived, thinking that may be better than her being all overwhelmed with so many gifts at once..But, I think we may have created a monster!! Now she is so used to opening presents I think she thinks it is the norm!!
But, I am excited about a lot of the new games and activities that she received, which will hopefully help us survive the rest of the summer!

Special thanks to Suzanne, Davis, and Aimee for sweating it out with us. It was a hot one!

Hope ya'll are having a great weekend!
Love, Nicole