Elle's birthday

I don't know if I have really explained how Elle really plans her birthday parties every year--and how she has done this since her 2nd birthday.  See, Elle was speaking in sentences since she was about 14 months old.  Honestly.  It was incredible.  So, when she was nearing her 2nd birthday, she told me that she wanted her Pop and Yaya to bring the horses to her house so that her friends could ride them.  She picked out the cake at the store and we called the lady and she told her exactly what invitations she wanted.  It was awesome.  And she has done that every year since--she will have an idea almost immediately after the party in planning for the next party and I will write it down--and she is ready to go.  So, this year, it was about two months before her birthday and Elle made a comment about what she wanted to do...I was blown away!!  We hadn't planned anything at all!!  Usually, her party is planned way in advance...and this year I had not done anything at all...

Thankfully, her idea of what she wanted to do was a "Good old fashioned Sleep over"--so really we weren't talking about big major things--just watching movies and eating popcorn, making ice cream sundeas, playing on a waterslide, etc...  She even wanted a real cookie cake from the mall--instead of the fancy cakes that I always order and that take forever to make!  :)  The only thing that took a little while was finding personalized cups for the sundaes--for the kiddos to take home afterwards...but the wait was well worth it as the cups were a hug hit!!

Well, we pulled it off and everyone had a great time!  I will not let time fly like that again!!