Pics! and more pics!

Here are some (ok a lot) of photos of Ellie's first birthday and a shot of the dressed up girls on Easter. Unfortunately my camera is really about dead and I had to throw out 75% of them from Easter morning as they were out of focus. However.. Derrick bought me a NEW wonderfully amazing camera and it got here yesterday!! I warn you now because once I know how to use this thing, I will be a photo freak! Thankfully Jannelle Reed took most of these photos for us at the party.

Her party was a lady bug theme. The kids got to wear "bug antenna" when they got there, consisting of those little headbands with pompoms on top, all ordered from oriental trading company (thanks, Mom). Each toddler got to put together a little bug house and we had a hunt for fake bugs in the backyard. They really got in to it! We played pin the spot on the lady bug and colored lady bug pictures. All ended with cupcakes (we were supposed to decorate them to look like bugs but they were all pretty much at their limit by this point) and some "dirt" ice cream with gummy worms, of course! Our gift to Eleanor was her very own chair. I will post some more photos when I get them.

Thanks for looking!