Ellen had her 5th birthday party today. When starting to prepare for the party a couple weeks ago, she was very particular about an "Under the Sea" theme. So we sent out the thematic invites, I ordered the requisite favors and crafts from Oriental Trading and Jenny helped Ellen decorate the basement, painting large Ariel and Prince Eric pictures and plastering them all over the walls. We even had "Ariel's Secret Grotto" behind a curtain with the ball pool and her Ariel slip 'n slide set up outside. And I bought her a rather expensive Ariel costume from the Disney Store to wear. Needless to say a 5 year old has an ever changing mind, much to the frustration of her 39 year old mother with "control issues". By the afternoon of the party, she had a fairy t-shirt on, Tinkerbell tattoos in the goody-bags, and a Wall-E cake (???!!!). My dear friend Al would have had a heart attack but I think everyone had a good time despite the inconsistent theme :-)
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