Ella's 4th Birthday!

Yesterday was Ella's 4th Birthday!

We let Ella open one of her gifts the night before her birthday.

She loves her new dog! Cookie barks, turns her head, blinks, and "chews" her toy. Usually these types of animals are hard because they're basically robots, but this one is really soft and cuddly.

Emma got a few small gifts for sister's birthday and opened one the night before too. She loves kitties and this one meows, walks, and kneads.

Opening more gifts on the evening of her birthday

A Snow White dress!!! Ella's been asking for a Snow White dress for the past couple of months and was delighted to find one in her gift bag!

Emma opened a gift from Gramma and Papa.

She loves this Noah's Ark! She takes the animals out, makes roaring sounds, and stuffs them back into the ark. She even took her evening nap with the ark and animals in the crib with her.

Excited to discover the Lalaloopsy Treehouse

 

Emma, holding the Sleeping Beauty doll we got for her

Ella, opening her Mulan doll

I'm so glad Disney made some of the lesser known princesses in "toddler" doll form. Ella's so happy to have Pocahontis and Mulan!

Uncle Nate and Auntie Joy sent Ella the Strawberry Shortcake Market and a Strawberry Shortcake Ballet School book! Ella immediately started "reading" the Ballet School book. :-)

  

Ella loves playing with the Strawberry Shortcake Market! She has better hand-eye coordination at 4, so she does pretty well with all the small pieces. She loves that it has a working register, take-out window, and cake that rises in the oven. :-)

The Princess Zhu Zhu hamster sets assembled

Ella LOVES this Tag reading system! She took it up to bed with her after exploring it downstairs for quite awhile.