Happy Birthday Elina! January 12th!!

Wow, having two children around the holidays makes for TONS of celebrating!!
I asked Elina if she wanted cake, cookies or brownies for her Birthday. As she told her Grandma, "we made a silly cake out of cookies!" We didn't even need to tell her to blow out the candles...as soon as we finished singing, she went to town!!

Elina opened her first gift of talking letter fridge magnets and loved it so much, we had to convince her to open the rest!

Here's 10 things I love about Elina:
1. When she really wants something, she says, "Mom can you say, "Yes, you may?" Without even asking the question :)
2. That she can sit for an hour reading books!
3. I've been trying to teach her not to yell for me in the middle of the night. Instead, she comes in right by my bed and whispers..."Mom, can you hold me please?". Even though I'm dead tired, it really is cute:)
4. Helping her write letters...she gets soo excited
when one is actually legible!
5. She'll say something like, "I know, lets have some ice cream...that's a good idea"!
6. When Elina is the only one who can make Aaron laugh. They love to play peek-a-boo through the spokes of the stair railing
7. I love that Elina will occasionally want her Daddy instead of me :) Yeah!
8. When she tutors Jenna on saying words:
Elina: Jenna, say, "Monkey".
Jenna: "Montey"
Elina: "Good, now try it again"
The whole conversation repeats over and over!
9. I love to watch her learn new things. She especially loves to practice somersaults and skipping!
10. I love how sweet, loving, intelligent and silly my little Elina is!!