This morning Elise had her much anticipated fourth birthday party.
We can't believe our little girl is turning four already! Elise loves birthday parties, so she was really excited for her own. Can you tell? She isn't actually four yet, she turns four on December 11. But we wanted two of her best friends to be there, Reece and Joe, who are moving to Wamena this week.
Heather did a great job getting fun things ready for the kids. My job mostly was to go get the stuff...then watch the kids while Heather worked her magic getting everything ready. And she did a great job, the kids had a blast....especially Elise. Here's what they did...not necessarily in order....
Of course, they sang happy birthday and had cake and ice cream, and some other snacks. Elise really wanted a "heart" birthday. So Heather made her a heart shaped cake, and heart cupcakes, with some killer good frosting :<) This morning when Elise saw her cake in the fridge for the first time, she had a huge smile and she started clapping she was so happy!
There they are, eating out on the porch. Elise had some friends from here on base, as well as some that live around town.
And the boys on the bench....
In keeping with the heart theme, the kids made heart shaped Christmas ornaments.....
After that the kids all went outside and painted. Heather hung up sheets of paper on the fence, and put "smocks" on them....(old shirts of ours). The kids thought it was so funny wearing shirts that were so big on them!
Elise hard at work....
Here's Elise in her smock with her masterpiece!
Fortunately the paint came out just fine.
The last activity was opening gifts....Elise got some nice gifts...and some very thoughtful cards from her friends. Some of them worked very hard and drew and wrote very thoughtful things for Elise.
Of course...every kid got a goody bag on the way out! Elise spent the rest of the day playing with Reese and Joe, while their parents, our friends Daniel and Becky prepare for the big move. In fact, as I write this, they are decorating this room for Christmas, the Elise, Reese and Joe way!
