Rudolph...the Princess Version...

Elly loves Princesses and they sneak into anything she's doing:




Merry Christmas!

Elly is 3!!!

Elly turned three last month and she is all grown up now. Her favorite thing to say is "I can have three treats, because I'm three."
 

She sat still while I did some "Special Birthday Hair" for her, just on that day:
 

Doesn't she look all grown up?
 


We had a really fun Birthday Ball for her at our apartment with some of her friends.





She's still young enough that I don't have to plan her birthday parties in detail. I just invite some of her friends and their parents (our friends) over and we all eat dinner together and then eat some cake. This time, one of her friends (who is a little older than Elly) kept asking me when the games were going to start. Whoops. We improvised with some Duck, Duck, Goose and some freeze dancing. I guess I'm going to have to actually plan something next year!



When we brought the cake out and everyone started singing, it took her a second to figure out what was going on. Then, she realized that everyone was looking at her and singing to her! So...naturally, she decided to give us a little show for our trouble.



It was an amazing birthday party for her and I couldn't have done it without the help of my mom, who came down from Salt Lake that day when I called her in a panic. Thanks, K-ma!

Merry Christmas!

Elly Quotes

After a woman cut me off in the car today...

Me: (under my breath) "Fine, go right ahead."
Elly: "Mom, what did you say?"
Me: "Nothing; I was talking to that lady in the car in front of me."
Elly: "Did you say: Hi, my name is Lacy?"
Me: "Yep, that's exactly what I said."
Elly: "Then, what did she say?"
Me: "She didn't hear me. Because people can't hear you when you're inside your car and they are outside of your car."

Elly: (after a long pause) "Yeah. People...and Backyardigans."

Elly Quotes

Elly: "Mom, you have to smell this...it smells ENORMOUS!"

Elly Quotes

Mom: "Elly, what are you painting a picture of?"

Elly: "You'll see when I'm done."

Halloween!

Since about September, Elly has never waivered when asked what she wanted to be for Halloween. Belle. And that was it. I even already had an adorable Dorothy costume and a Snow White one, too. Nope. Belle. And that was it. My AMAZING sister, Keri, made this dress for her from scratch with no pattern at all. I was so floored and so was everyone who saw it. Elly even won best costume at our ward Halloween party. Elly also would not take no for an answer when she told Brandon he would be Gaston and I would be Mrs. Tea Potts (as Elly calls her). I will post a picture of those costumes as soon as I find one.

The beautiful Belle:
 


All the Huntington Friends:
 

Trick-or-Treat!
 

I just had to put up this picture of my mom's house in the fall. It's so stunning with all the colors!