Ella's 5th Birthday!

To top off the emotional ride of the past few weeks, Ella turned 5 on June 2, which happened to be her final day of Kinder Kollege preschool.  I thought I had it together.  We bought a giant cookie "cake" from Sam's Club to share with the kids (and I forgot to get a picture - boo).  We walked into class and all of the kids were so excited for Ella and wishing her happy birthday!  I, well, was crying.  How in the world is she 5 already?!  How is she already graduated from preschool??  Ms. Taylor was so sweet in the midst of my complete breakdown.  HA!  I purchased a special book for these graduating moments:  Yay, You!:  Moving Up and Moving On by Sandra Boynton (link here), and Ms. Taylor and Mr. Numen (Ella's other teacher) each wrote a little note to her.  I hope to continue this "tradition" each year.  A few pictures from the big day!

First and last day of Kinder Kollege 2013/2014

 

Ella with Ms. Taylor

After Kinder Kollege, we headed out for birthday lunch at Suzie's Kitchen in Rosemount (delicious!)  We may have ran out of time in purchasing proper birthday gifts for Ms. Ella this year, so I wrapped up what I had so far (a pink Frozen t-shirt featuring Anna and Elsa) and Ella can pick out what she wants for the remaining portion of her gift...

 

 Had to snap a picture of her with the t-shirt.  She was so excited!

To make it a bit more "festive" in our mess of a house, we picked up some balloons for Ella 

and took the annual birthday balloon picture!! 

 Happy 5th Birthday Peanut!  We love you so much!

A Doc McStuffins birthday bash is this weekend, and it's also Dance Recital weekend!