Happy 2nd Birthday Ellie!

We celebrated Ellie's actual birthday with a small family Dora the Explorer party!  It was perfect for little Miss Ellie and she was all smiles during the entire day. She started off her birthday with "fairy dust" pancakes made by Daddy and was super excited to get pink and purple balloons after breakfast.  We celebrated during lunch with pizza and cupcakes followed by presents and lots of playing outside because the weather was perfect!  It was nice having a small crowd on Ellie's actual birthday because she was able to take it all in and she knew it was her special day.  She was running around like crazy and was so excited when everyone arrived to celebrate!  After a nap, we headed over to St. Mary's for Irish Night to get our St. Patrick's Day groove on.  The kids had a lot of fun listening to music, eating Corned Beef and Cabbage (they actually ate chicken nuggets), doing crafts and eating cake pops for dessert.  Madelyn's favorite was the Bailey's flavored cake pops!  Here are some pictures Ellie's big day:

So excited about her balloons!!!

Ellie loved her Dora cake.  It was purple but looks blue in the photos!

All ready for my party!

Meme and Ellie

Super excited that Nana and Pop have pulled in the driveway!

Nana and Pop with the McGuire girls!

Can't believe our little Ellie is 2 years old!

Joshua all decked out for St. Patrick's Day!

The kids eating some pizza for lunch!

Ellie was very into opening her presents!

Grandpa attended the party via Skpye and Ellie showed him every gift she opened.  It was precious!

Suitcase from Nana and Pop.  Ellie is all ready for a sleepover.  Any takers?

Dora Doll from Nikki and Nick!

So excited about all her gifts!

Ellie's favorite part was blowing out the candles and she did great!

Sweet cousins!

Tom ready to sing with his Dora party hat!

Yummy Dora cake!

Two tired little girls all ready for Irish Night at church!

Madelyn loved the cake pops!