Ellie's 6th

For Ellie's 6th birthday her first request was a picnic in the park with some "food from the slushy place". With such beautiful weather, how could we say no? So, we picked up some Sonic and headed out to celebrate.

Ellie is one of my favorite present-openers. Her anticipation is only rivaled by her enthusiasm.

She also happens to be an incredibly grateful girl...which is super sweet.

(Curtis spent the entire day telling everyone it was his birthday. And he wouldn't listen to any contrary opinions. Poor thing wasn't used to someone else getting all the attention. In the middle of our little party he stood up on the bench and loudly pulled out his recent crowd-pleasing "Welcome to the gun show!!!" routine. It's hard to shut him down when he's showing off those muscles.)

Anyhow...back to the birthday. Ellie's second request was a black and white polka-dotted cake. Fortunately, for me, I recently made friends with the bakery at the local grocery store. She came through with flying colors...or in this case with black and white icing. Awesome.

Happy birthday, girl. We love you SOOOOOOOOOO much!