A Very Merry Birthday

We celebrated Ella's 3rd birthday this weekend. Grandma Pam had recently bought her an Alice dress so she wanted to have an Alice in Wonderland Birthday Party.

My friend Candace gave Ella an Alice doll. Ella just loved her and carried her around all day.

Ella wanted a cake just like the one the Mad Hatter gives to Alice at the tea party. My friend Katie made it. I was afraid it was going to fall, but it held up all day. It so cute that I didn't want to cut it and serve it, but I'm glad I did because it was delicious.

My aunt, Denise, and my uncle, Scott, decided it would be fun to dress up for the party. Somehow they made dressing up sound like so much fun that most everyone else came in costume too. Ella got so excited every time someone new showed up.
My aunt, Chery and my mom made the mistake of calling and asking Ella what they should wear. Ella told them exactly what to wear to the party. I think they thought she would ask them to be a character from Alice in Wonderland, but instead she wanted them to wear what they had worn to my cousin's wedding a few weeks ago. She remembered and described to them exactly what they had worn.

Costumes: mom in wedding outfit, Alice in Wonderland, March Hare, my aunt in her mother of the bride dress, Queen of Hearts, Tea Party Mouse, Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, The Ace, the Evil Queen from Snow White, Twiddle Dee, The Red Rose, The White Rabbit, The Deuce, and Twiddle Dum.

She loved singing Happy Birthday and Blowing out the Candle.

Our family friend also came dressed as the Evil Queen from Snow White and gave Ella a Snow White costume. At the end of the night Ella was playing with her, but when she first arrived Ella wouldn't go near her because she had brought a "poison" apple. When we tried to give Ella the present she had brought Ella say, "um the Evil Queen brought that one." and them pushed it aside and opened a different present instead. It was too funny. She loves the Evil Queen and even has her on her wall, but the poision apple was too much.