Last Saturday Elle went to her first “friend” birthday party. She was invited by a girl at school for a Pizza Hut party. How proud she was when she climbed in the car and said,”Mom, I got a birthday invitation!” We quickly RSVP’d and she knew she wanted me to buy some “Pet Shops” as a gift.
In the spirit of the three R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle) I bought a Tinker Belle Halloween Candy bag to put the Littlest Pet Shops in so that she could reuse the bag. Elle made three cards in the spirit of using as much paper as possible!
As we got into the car on party day, she asks me, “When are you picking me up mom?”. I told her that I was staying for the party, that she just wasn’t old enough yet to go by herself. This made her grumble a bit and I think she may have rolled her eyes, but I cannot confirm that (denial:). On the way out of the driveway her three older sisters were yelling at Elle to “Have Fun” and “Bring us back candy” as they were very happy for her. Elle screams back at them to let the dog and the cat in and out while she’s gone! Letting the pets in and out is Elle’s chore and she takes it very serious obviously.
She is growing up way to fast. Here is a picture of her right before we left for the party. Note that she is looking a bit goth/grunge/tinkerbellish in her new over-sized dress, white capris and Enu’s old boots that are three sizes to big! I have a feeling this is not a phase she is going to grow out of, and she will always be my “creative dresser”!
Photo by Mandy W. 2009
She really has grown so much since we last saw the family! All the girls are beautiful and we are glad everyone is doing well.