3!

A couple of weeks ago my baby turned 3!!  This little girl is spunky and fun, girly, messy, feisty, sweet, and is almost always is saying it's too hot!  She will come and give me a big hug and then tell me to go away because I am making her hot.  haha.  (She is lucky she lives in England.  I don't think she'd survive in AZ/NV/TX!) She makes me laugh every day with the little things she says and does.  Her little voice saying I love you sooo much just melts me.  I love you Ella!!  

 Some of Ella's favorite things at 3:

♥ She says that her favorite thing to do is play tea party and princesses.  She spends a lot of time jumping on the trampoline and is still a big book worm.  I asked her what her favorite book was and she mentioned just about all the books we own.  

♥ She loves playing with her brother.  She misses him when he's at school.  

♥ Her favorite girly buddies are Amelia, Liberty, and Olivia.   

♥ Favorite movie/TV shows all involve Dora the Explorer.  

♥ Every night she requests that we sing The Itsy Bitsy Bider before bed.  She loves to sing Snuggle Puppy and Sesame Street's I love my Hair at the top of her lungs (click here to hear the hair song if you haven't.. it's pretty cute).  

♥ She's a big fan of water.  Loves bath time and swimming lessons.  She can often be found making soup with water from the hose, rocks, grass, and whatever she and her friends find outside.   

♥ She isn't a picky eater, but when it's her turn to choose she usually wants spaghetti.  She loves fruit too.  

♥  She loves animals.

♥ Oh, and to throw one more favorite into the mix,  she loves the color pink.

Miss Ella, here are some pictures from the day you turned 3.
You wanted to open your presents bright and early.... before your dad left for work a little before 7.  We ate waffles and then walked Luke to school.

Every time we pass the bakery in the commissary, you want to check out the cakes.  On birthday week you finally got to pick one out!  We looked through their big cake book and you were set on having a Dora cake. We picked it up early in the afternoon and you kept climbing onto the counter wanting to look at it. You were pretty good about not touching :)  

We went to the park and played with some of your buddies and then the Willeys came over for dinner.  You were sad this year again when it was time to blow your candle out.  Just like last year.  Everything was great until we lit that candle.  Dang scary candles...

You wanted spaghetti for dinner. Oh, and dessert didn't come first, guess I'm just putting these pictures in the wrong order.

You scored some fun presents. This was the year of the pink scooter, dress-ups, and fun little pets. You were spoiled by grandmas and grandpas. It's exciting getting packages in the mail! Trying out your new Rapunzel dress...

Okay, Miss El,  I think that was most of the big day's highlights.

Can't wait to see what this next year brings for you.  ♥, mom