She is three years old - going on 14.....

I have already told Sarah, Ella will be her responsibility when she hits the teenage years.
A few weeks ago we celebrated Ella's third birthday. She was excited for weeks before. Ella is the last one in the immediate family to have a birthday this year and she has had to sit through all the other birthdays since her birthday.

Ella was in heaven because Ella's favourite type of food is party food.



Sarah organised a mermaid jumping castle, some games and our friend Hala to do some face painting. Granny was requested to provide a chocolate cake. The face painting proved to be very popular with a large queue forming. Another friend Lisa stepped in to project manage the activity by issuing tickets so everyone knew when it was their turn. Ella of course couldn't sit still for too long so she just got a simple design.


The jumping castle proved to a be big hit, although Ella's main recollection of the jumping castle was "the boys ran over me". Ella is one to remember the negatives. There were a lot of boys at the party because a lot of Ella's friends have brothers.

Some party tips for others in relation to face painting:

1. Face painting and jumping castles don't mix well. The jumping castle can be cleaned afterwards with a wet cloth.
2. Face painting does not mean body painting. Painting feet and arms will leave face paint all over the bedroom carpets. This is still waiting to be cleaned off. Body painting will also mean more paint on the jumping castle - see tip 1.