Ella is 8!

Ella turned 8 today. We woke up this morning to a rainstorm. And of course Ella's party is scheduled to be at a park at 10am. We decided that we did not want to have to reschedule it so we decided to make the best of it. Luckily most of her friends decided to do the same. We had a great turn out (12 of her friends plus family).

She picked "Peace" as a theme. Each girl was given a peace sign necklace when they arrived. Ella wore a tie dye shirt. We decorated with tie dye balloons and primary color table cloths. The paper goods were tie dye as well with peace signs. It rained pretty much the entire time, but the girls didn't seem to care. After they played on the playground equipment for a while it started to thunder, so we decided to play some games under the pavilion. They played a Hula Hoop Game, Duck Duck Goose standing up and Silent Ball. We were hoping to play some field games but the girls had fun playing these just as well. After the games, we served hot dogs, grapes and chips. They played a little bit more in the rain before Ella opened her presents. Ella loved them all. We served cookies instead of cake. I have to say they were awesome. I made them and decorated them with a peace sign and wrote "from Ella" on each one. Ella helped a little, but it still took forever, but it was well worth it. They then played some more on the playground and took a walk in the rain until all the girls left.

It was a great success even though it was raining. Except we forgot to sing "Happy Birthday" so Grandma and Grandpa sang to her on the way back home.