Ella had a fun b-day but had a weird time set for her party since we were leaving the next day for California. Her theme was My Little Pony and she helped pick out some of the decorations. I think we started out the day by making her pancakes and then doing a few last minute things for the party. My older kids are use to having friend/ school parties so we had friends first and then later family.
We like to have parties more on the old fashion side of things so we had a pin the cutie mark on the My Little Pony (Jonathan did an awesome job drawing the pony) and a water balloon toss. The kids liked both games and played them several times. I also had a little obstacle course where the kids jumped over clouds and crawled through pool noodles.Towards the end of the party the kids had to follow clues to find their goodie bags. We did that last year as well and the kids LOVED it. It might just be a tradition for all of Ella's parties. Side note... Jonathan got so excited that he went ahead of the group and started snagging the clues to find the box first. Luckily I noticed what he was doing and put a stop to it. It must be a good game if you can get an 11 year old excited.
In the evening we had family come over for pizza, games, cake and presents. We actually only played one game... the kiddos were having fun just playing together. The game we played, Ella played last year with her friends so it was new for family. It is kind of like hot potato but whoever got the box was able to unwrap one layer of wrapping paper and hidden inside was a candy bar! Once the kids discovered the candy, the game became more exciting and they were more willing to sit a circle.
We love you Ella and are so glad to have you in our family. It is wonderful to watch you grow up into an independent, smart, talented, beautiful girl. I can't call you little anymore... which is sad but exciting at the same time. Enjoy being 7!
