Playing Dress Up

The other day Ella found this dragon costume in the office and decided she wanted to put it on.  Since she had the dragon costume on, I put Elena's Tutu on that Lisa gave her for Christmas.  

After gazing at her dragon self in the mirror, 

Ella decided

 that she wanted to be the princess, and 

that Elena should be the dragon.

Needless to say the girls had a great time playing dress up with each other.  Even if it was only for a few minutes!

Ella's Princess Birthday!!

Ok, so I am finally posting the pictures from Ella's birthday. Sorry it took so long, but I have had a hundred things happening lately.

Yes, so anyone that knows Ella, or who has talked to her in the last two months knows that she wanted to have a PRINCESS party for her birthday. Dave's family wasn't originally sure that they could stay for Ella's party on Memorial Day, so they had her open the presents from them while we were at the cabin. She got a fairy night gown, little mermaid flip-flops, a couple very cute outfits, some books, and her homemade Cinderella sleeping bag. (which she absolutely loves) Later that night Jen helped Ella make a crown for herself, and princess hats for all the girls that were coming to her party. Ella had so much fun!! It was great!! (Thank you to Jen for always being so creative!)

So, for Ella's party the girls all wore their princess hats (for as long as they could stand) and we had Disney Princess plates, cups, napkins, etc. THIS is Ella's PRINCESS CAKE!!! Besides the fact that I ran a little short on time completing it, it turned out really well. I think Ella really liked it, which is the best part of making any cake. Especially when it is your own kid!! Ella did such a good job blowing out her candles, until... ok so we accidently put a trick candle on her cake. She blew and blew, and then all the other kids blew and blew, and finally we just had to put it out.

Ella got some really fun princess things from all of her friends and family. THANK YOU to all of you that came, it was a lot of fun!! (I'm sorry that I didn't list everything that she got, I have a hard time remembering in my old age....)

Music Prodigy?

I did it!! I finally video of Ella singing on video!! Ella loves to sing to the music from Enchanted!! (She actually loves to sing to almost anything) She is also amazing at remembering the context of the song. For example, we have a CD of Disney music and if she has seen the movie that the song is from, she can tell you what movie it is from and what is happening in the movie when the song plays. She will be in the kitchen and a movie will be playing in the living room, and she will tell me exactly whst part of the movie it is by listening to the music. Hopefully some of the Davis genes have passed to her, so she can be even better at music then Dave and I are! (not that the Boyle side isn't musical)

My Little Princess

It is beyond me how it is that my child has become such a girly-girl. Ok, so maybe I am girlier than I think, but Ella has beat my girliness 100 fold. Of course she does the girly things that I do, like wanting to do her hair, to look pretty, and wear cute clothes, but she also likes to carry a purse and wear lots of jewelery!! It is so cute how she puts on her "princess" dresses and dances and twirls around the house.

Lately she has become fond of the music from the movie "Enchanted." Ok, so not all the music...not even the majority of the music...just the two songs that sound the most like classic princess songs. She sways back and forth while they play, and just this week she has started singing along. It is so cute!! Somehow I am going to have to put a hidden camera in the back of my car to capture the action, cause she is to shy to do it front of people.

Warning to all father's with little girls... no matter how you try to avoid it, someday your little girl will become a princess. (this will only tighten the knot that they already have tied around your finger)