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A birthday girl picture from Grammie
(a message from Landon: "cute girl in the picture!")
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a birthday breakfast from Jordan
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We loved Grammie and Grandpa visiting for Ellie's birthday!
Birthday party games with some of Ellie's best friends -- Mommy, Daddy, Landon & Owen, Grammie, Grandpa, April & Nathan
The birthday girl w/ her ice cream cup filled pinata -- much harder to break than I anticipated (a chant from Landon while Jordan prepped for a second swing --
"Go Daddy! Go Daddy! Go! But don't break everything in the garage!")
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I asked Ellie what kind of a birthday cake she wanted, and we heard her serious reply for several days "
a light blue cupcake cake. because light blue is a girls favorite color, but dark blue is a boy color." I took Ellie to Lee's to help pick out a cake mix --on the baking aisle, I asked her which mix she'd like. "
um... a cupcake cake." but which one? "
a cupcake one. a light blue cupcake cake." :)
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Trying out her new built by mom and dad soccer net
(a message from Landon -- "Ellie's a great girl and now she's three!")
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carefully removing each piece of tape and setting the tape strips in a neat pile...
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Happy Birthday Ellie!