It's amazing how fast 5 years can fly! Our little Ellianna Grace just turned 5! This is the short version of the birthday, and birthday prep. I hope to make time to write a longer version too . . . but I wanted to get pictures loaded.
Our family tradition is the birthday person gets to pick their menu. Elli wanted cinnamon rolls with pudding (frosting) for breakfast along with a marshmallow in her hot chocolate. For lunch, she couldn't decide between peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or pooroshkies (fried, potato filled bread). And for dinner, she wanted the local traditional dish Osh Pilau. She has lived in Central Asia most of her life, it's crazy to see how that shows up even in her menu selection.
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| Elli with her birthday banner. The name didn't work out so well. I failed to get pictures of the banner hanging throughout the room |
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| Sporting her new Kaleen hat. She was gifted multi-cultural dress up accessories. |
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| Elias admiring Elli's birthday skates (that she's been requesting for years). He started out in his pajamas, but for some reason decided disrobing was necessary for true streamline skating! |
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| Elli in her new dress up dress. Just in time for her birthday princess tea party. |
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| One of 7 adult women guests who dropped in for a birthday lunch |
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| The princess tea party guests |
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| Elli and Auntie, who made the pooroshkies and osh happen! |
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| First look at the Belle cake |
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| The Sassiest Belle cake I've ever seen! You gotta work with what you've got, and this is the doll we could find. |
Elli got a birthday card with 5 local currency (the equivalent of about a $1.) She, excitedly glanced up and said "Thanks Ezra" accompanied with a wink. This girl loves winking and seems to do it as an appropriate form of punctuation. Ezra happens to be 5 years older than her and Ethan's best bud. The entire room broke out laughing.
And Ezra started blushing!
It was a great day. Way more than we anticipated or planned for, but lots of fun. With 3 brothers, you have to seize the opportunity to celebrate the princess. And I think the day was officially seized.
Hopefully more musings to come. Until then, with all the expression Elli makes, in looking through the pictures, you may just feel like you were there!
1 comment:
Love the pictures of our Central Asian princess! Wow! Jenni you did such a good job with the dress - simply amazing. Also, are their skates there? My computer wouldn't let me see the video..but loved the pictures! Great job! And Happy Birthday to our princess!
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