Ella had plans for her fourth birthday. Plans that involved crime-fighting super heroes and bowling...cuz doesn't that go together like peanut butter and jelly? We rented out a local alley for a few hours and invited some of our closest buds. Unfortunately the alley was dark with decades of bowling alley grime, paneled walls and asbestos tiles. I worried that we should have supplied our party goers with a hospital mask and gloves in their goodie bags...heck, we could have worked that into the super-hero theme. The kids made bowling with a cape look like second nature. Ella had a blast. At the end of the party, as I was getting the kids into their coats, I noticed this beautiful potpourri of perfumes and colognes still lingering on Ella and Viv's hair and clothes. Throughout the party they had been passed from "aunties" and "uncles" from their Lola, Mimi and Lolo. My daughter celebrated her birthday with people she adores and people that adore her. People that I know would be there in a heartbeat if we needed them (as we would for them). People that believe in her and believe in us. These are people that Jerry and I love...people that have been hand selected as family. What a gift. So when Ella said, "Mommy, ask me why I'm so happy today"...and she answered because she had a "super" party. I know why. It's her super friends and family.
Ugh, someone get some kryptonite for Super Sappy.
Above is Ella incognito and Kato. I went as Lois Lane (aka lazy mom that didn't feel like wearing tights and a leotard).
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