Ellie's Third Birthday !!

 

It is very hard for me to believe that my little girl is 3 years old. How is that possible !! I remember the day she was born and we all met her for the first time. Ever since that moment she has brought joy into all of our lives and she continues to make us proud everyday. She also makes us laugh. She is one funny little spitfire. Happy birthday Ellie. We love you !!

 

Last weekend we celebrated Ellie's third birthday. She and 15 of her friends had fun on the Tumblebus that took up the whole length of our driveway !! It was a great day and everyone had fun, including the adults.

 

 

The Birthday girl waiting to get on Tumblebus.

 





 

Tumblebus !!

 

 

She looks so little next to the huge bus :)



Ellie dominating the rings inside Tumblebus.

 



As you can see from this picture, Isabelle also loves Tumblebus.

 

 



Grammy and Ellie.

 



Blowing out the candles. You can never be too careful, so she has her helmet on :)

 

 

The infamous Tumblebus cake. It tasted as great as it looked. Thank you Grammy!!!



 

The obligatory birthday picture under the sign.

Now both girls have Tumblebus shirts and they don't need to fight anymore. Woo-hoo!!!

 

The chaos of opening presents.

We also celebrated Papa's birthday earlier this month. Here is a rare picture of Papa and all 9 grand kids. Casket photo !!!



And another rare picture of all of the cousins.

 

The 2 birthday buddies !!

 

 

Ellie and Grace playing football.

Danny and the girls before his big game. He sure looks tough in all of the gear!

 

Below are a few random pictures of what we have been up to over the last few weeks.

The big 3 year old has also started taking gymnastics classes. She loves the class and she really pays attention to what the instructor says. Here she is using her concentrating eyes to watch the instructor.

 



The picture is not very clear, but she is on the balance beam. Her new trick is to do a somersault on the balance beam. It is awesome to watch.

 



 

 Isabelle is still doing soccer and loving it. She has come so far from when she first started. Doesn't she look like a pro in this picture?!

Ellie has also decided that she would like to be a hockey goalie. She is the cutest goalie I have ever seen.

 A few weeks ago we were able to see Meredith and to meet Ian. It was great to catch up and see the that crew again. We can't wait to see Meredith and Ian in March at their wedding.

Ellie has that big smile on because she is at the farm in her jammies. She won that battle and wore jammies all day. 

My little sunflower.

 

And my little crazy :)