We succeeded in having a great weekend for Elena. She was a little surprised when all of her family people showed up at her house on Saturday! John, Susan, Grandma, Cliff, and Pam came over Friday night and Saturday morning to visit, and she opened some of her gifts from them then. Playing peekaboo with Uncle Cliff through the chair.
We gave Aunt Pam magnet frame sets for her birthday, and Elena was pretty concerned that the "book" wouldn't open. She tried several people to get it to work, but no one was smart enough to figure out how to turn those "pages". Opening her new marker set on Saturday morning.
Getting ready for the party. I had worked with her crazy schedule all week so that she would take a morning nap and then an afternoon nap, even though it was a week of having her go to bed at night at 11ish. As they say-the best laid plans... She slept ten minutes for the morning nap. She was in a good mood, though, so it worked out. Here are some pictures of the food, etc. from the day.
Our "garden" of vegetables... Mama and Leni before the party. Her dress has chickens on it, and she really seemed to like it. I made it red, since that seems to be the color she always gravitates to, and it seemed to work!
Scrapbook station
Birthday hats-we found these farm animal ones instead of regular ones.
She stood in the middle of everyone, twirling around her dress. Pretty much adorable.
Grandad picked out a special necklace for Elena, and she loved the box the most.
Everyone had to wear these crazy hats, but this might be my favorite picture.
She really loved the glue stick, and carried it around for quite a while
All in all, a great day. I'll have another post in a few days with some pictures from that night and some from Susan's camera, but just thought I'd get these posted for now. It was a wonderful birthday, and thanks to all of you who came in to make it so special for us and Elena. We are truly blessed, in a multitude of ways.
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