Ellie is SIX!

It seems so cliché to say "I can't believe Ellie is 6 years old"

But I really can't believe it!

I can remember some days at home with a crying baby or button-pushing toddler and thinking things would never change. 

 And yet, here she is . . . 2 teeth missing, in elementary school, learning to read, having crushes on boys(!), and sometimes blowing my mind with what a little beauty she has become!

 This birthday will be remembered as the one all about AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS!

Ellie has been wanting one so bad and we decided to make it happen.

I gave her my doll, Kirsten, which was very special but had been boxed up in the attic since I was 12.  Mum and dad gave her a doll wardrobe, refurbished to perfection by MaMop.  Grammie and Grampy added a horse and stable and doll clothes has been arriving from the Aunties

 

 Lunch at the American Girl Doll bistro.  You're not allowed through the doors if you're allergic to the color pink!

 

 Sweet 6

 

We got Kirsten's hair done and her ears pierced (the dolls' not Ellies!)

Seriously, why didn't I think of this business model??!!

 

Completely successful birthday for the best little girl!