After track day at PCS, we headed to Navajo to bring cookies for Ellie’s birthday.
Mrs. Fry is awesome! They sang happy birthday and ate treats.
Ellie chose Olive Garden for her birthday dinner and then we went to Dairy Queen. We were so full!
Present time.
But first some fun pictures since they were all together.
Ellie being Ellie.
She got a Barbie tent and the whole series of Harry Potter books from us. She was very excited to get all the books!
Eve told me on the way home from church that she was going to learn to ride her two wheel bike that day. I tried to help her after Ellie’s party but wasn’t successful. My Dad went out with her and 5 minutes later she was riding like a pro. The next week she spent everyday bike riding to improve her skills.
Monday-she learned to start herself, Tuesday-she conquered riding on a sidewalk, Wednesday-she learned how to use her brakes. Now (in May) she rides like a pro and has graduated to a bigger bike.
Ellie had a Harry Potter themed birthday party.
First task was to make their pets. They made owls.
After making owls, they made wands.
After making wands, we watched a clip of the 2nd movie that showed planting mandrakes. We had made the mandrakes by hot gluing leaves to a baby we found at Hobby Lobby.
The planted mandrakes.
Each kid got two cups of dirt cake so that they could take out their mandrake and plant it in the other cup. We also made magic potion drinks that were presweetened Kool-Aid under ice and then you poor on lemon-lime soda. The soda magically changes color.
Ellie picked dirt cake for her birthday dessert which was perfect for planting mandrakes.
Potions class. We mixed vinegar and baking soda with some Kool-Aid powder. This was their favorite part. They thought it was so cool.
We also did a Harry Potter photo booth. Nate tested out the costume and the backdrop for us so we could figure out candle placement.
The finished backdrop. The brick wall is a tablecloth with bricks painted with a sponge. The candles were battery-powered tealights with printer paper taped around and hung by black thread.
To end the party we flung frogs. I had found rubber frogs that you could fling.
The birthday girl!
