The day of Ella's actual birthday we went to Cole's house in the morning to bring his present. The kids had graham crackers with frosting and a candle. For her birthday Ella really wanted to go to the Mall of America and do the rides. So later that afternoon we picked Matt up from work and spent the evening riding rides. Ella is an absolute ride junkie! They went on rides for 4 hours straight - they would barely stop to eat supper. There was nobody there and the kids got to ride some rides over and over with out even getting off. I think they rode the log chute ride 3 times before getting off, which by the way has a drop that scared me a little bit. In the pictures they look terrified but they kept wanting to go again and again! Ella went on the swings - even Collin didn't want to do that one. I think their favorites were the Log Chute and Ghost Blasters. Ella is not afraid of anything! We stayed at the Mall of America until 9:30 - I thought for sure Ella would fall asleep on the way home, but no way. She was so excited to open presents when we got home at 10:00! The kids did not go to bed until 11:00!

Seriously could they be any cuter...

When she saw the hockey stick all wrapped up earlier in the day she seriously did not know what it was....later she accidently ripped some of the wrapping paper off and saw one tiny little part and said "I think this is a hockey stick" - as if it was so clear now - but you couldn't tell before. She got a bakugan and wii game from Collin and a pink scooter from mom and dad. The kids did not go to bed until 11:00!

Ella and Cole got to celebrate their birthdays together at pre-school on Thursday with ice cream sundays!