Ella's Wild Backyard Adventure Party

An early celebration--Safari Style...

In lieu of gifts, Ella sponsored Smokey, a twelve-year-old golden retriever (who made out like a bandit by the party's end;).

Silly siblings

Happy Early 5th, Ella! 

And thank you friends and family for making her day a real adventure.  When we asked what her favorite thing was about her party she said, "having a backyard full of friends!"

Frozen

With the threat of snow and ice these past few days, Ella and I left the warmth of our fireplace and ventured outside for a little experiment:



We filled a couple of bundt pans with water and flowers (thank you dad for always spoiling your girls with fresh flowers) and set them outside in the every-so-slighly below freezing temps.  

After day two with only a thin sheet of ice, we surrendered to warmer temps and put them in the freezer;). 















A few hours later, our floral ice wreaths/suncatchers were frozen and ready to hang outside.  

Tonight, we said our goodbyes, AND... 

...Ella focused on something else Frozen.  Frozen was the first movie she saw in a theatre, and it has become one of her favorite soundtracks;). 

Ice Lanterns

The icy cold weather hit our area, and Ella's school was closed.  Most of the day was spent indoors, but we did venture out a few times to blow bubbles and create balloon ice art.

WISHING YOU A WEEKEND OF FUN AND WARMTH!