The next day was a little b-day party planned for her and her friend Kai.
His b-day was earlier that week. It was a spring theme where the kids made little faces out of yogurt cups and then planted grass seeds inside so they could watch the "hair" grow.
Then all the kids went outside to play in the little play area right next to our house. It was such a lovely day... I think the warmest day we've had in a very long time. After that the kids came inside for lunch and then cake. Each kid had a little dirt cake with gummy worms inside and a pinwheel on top to later take home. At the end each kid received a bug kit and Ella could not wait to use hers. Ryan had the day off so he was able to join in on the festivities and he was the one who went bug catching with her. They found a plump worm which she named squirmy.
On her actual birthday we did not tell her where we were going... it was a surprise. But before we left she had a surprise on TV. I sent in a b-day card to Sprout and they picked it for their Sunny Side Up show! She was thrilled to see herself on TV and rewound the show to watch it again... and again... and again.
Ryan had her b-day off as well so we were all together for her special day. She wanted to go to Panera's for breakfast and from there we took off for the day.
We ended up going to the Please Touch Museum in Philly. The kids had a great time and we stayed almost till closing time. Ryan spent most of the time with Ella and Jonathan while I watched Leia. The museum was rather crowded but the kids didn't mind. Jonathan and Ella really enjoyed the construction building area where they helped create a wall out of foam bricks which was quickly destroyed after it was built. Leia's favorite part was a house/ garden area where she enjoyed planting carrots and then sweeping up the "dirt" with a broom. A new method to keeping a garden clean.
The funniest, most entertaining part for me was when we checked out a history area where they showed what the first typewriter and phone looked like. SO this is how the event went down. I was showing Jonathan how the first phones were used and he then proceeded to talk through it. After he was done a voice said hello back. It sounded like Ryan but I could not see him anywhere. Anyway, Jonathan talked a little bit to the person, the person talked back and then Jonathan asked, "Where are you?" The voice answered back, "I'm standing right behind you!" Jonathan dropped the phone, screamed and took a few steps back. He was scared but no one was behind him. Then, we see Ryan peaking out of an area across the room that contained a second phone. Ryan and I had a good laugh over that and after Jonathan composed himself it became a joke between the kids saying, "I'm right behind you!" Man, what a classic moment.
After all the fun we headed back home for pizza, cake, and presents. Ella requested a castle cake, like the one she had last year, but this year Cinderella was added. She loved the cake and was extremely excited about the presents she received. It was truly a perfect day.
